SB 1720
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: APPROP DP 6-4-0-0 | 3
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Read 25-5-0-0
House: 3
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Read 47-12-0-0-1
SB 1720: general appropriations act; 2023-2024. (Substituted for HB 2810)
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Transmitted to the Governor
Overview
Appropriates monies for the operation of the state government in FY 2024.
History
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general
appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2 of the Constitution of Arizona requires the General
Appropriations Act (feed bill) to contain only appropriations for the different state departments,
state institutions, public schools and interest on public debt. Statutory changes necessary to
reconcile the appropriations made in the feed bill and other changes are drafted into separate
budget bills prepared according to subject area.
Provisions
1. Clarifies that the FY 2023 allocation of $4,000,000 for Navajo and Hopi nation housing projects
may be used for projects on the tribal nations. (Sec. 1)
2. Reduces the FY 2024 New School Facilities Fund advance appropriation from the FY 2023
budget by $5,388,900. (Sec. 2)
The tables below indicate state General Fund (GF) and other fund (OF) changes for appropriated
state agencies in FY 2024 stated in terms of changes to the FY 2024 JLBC Baseline.
Major footnotes are stated in terms of changes to the FY 2023 General Appropriations Act.
Summary of
Changes
Fund Comments
FY 2024 Changes
to JLBC Baseline
Acupuncture Board of Examiners (Sec. 5)
eLicensing Costs OF
Acupuncture Board of Examiners Fund;
ongoing
$3,000
Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) (Sec. 6)
Health Care
Interoperability
Grants
GF One-time $3,000,000
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Fire Incident
Management System
Grants
GF One-time $12,200,000
School Financial
Transparency Portal
GF One-time $2,000,000
K-12 Transportation
Grants
GF One-time $15,000,000
School Gym Floors GF
One-time transfer to Miami Unified
School District
$350,000
Employee
Compensation Study
GF One-time $4,000,000
Kirkland School
Districts
GF $300,000
Early Literacy GF $250,000
Accounting System
Upgrade
OF
Arizona Financial Information System
Collections Fund
$557,000
Risk Management
Claims Adjustments
OF $6,455,100
3. Requires ADOA to report to the Director of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) on
prior year Cyber Risk Insurance Fund expenditures by November 1, 2024.
4. Requires ADOA to submit a report to the Legislature on the results outcome of the employee
compensation study by October 1, 2024.
5. Extends the lapsing date of the FY 2022 Enduring Freedom Memorial Repair line item through
June 30, 2024.
ADOA – School Facilities Division (SFD) (Sec. 7)
School Facilities
Inspections
GF One-time, non-lapsing
$1,000,000
Building Renewal
Grants
GF
One-time, in addition to ongoing
$16,667,900 in the Baseline
$183,300,000
Santa Cruz Valley
High School
GF One-time additional funding $2,000,000
FY 2024 Land Cost
Estimates
GF One-time $42,300,000
FY 2024 Site
Conditions
GF One-time $3,800,000
Revert Sahuarita
Funding
GF
Cancelled by SFD due to enrollment
data
$(22,811,800) SB 1720
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Revert Pima Funding GF
Land purchase price less than prior
funding
$(3,600,000)
6. Allows ADOA-SFD to use the unencumbered balance of the New School Facilities Fund for
facilities that received final approval before December 15, 2022.
7. Requires ADOA-SFD to report to JLBC and the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and
Budgeting (OSPB) on the final amount of a distribution for a land purchase.
Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) (Sec. 8)
Increased Workload GF
One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and
2026
$180,000
8. States that Increased Workload line item will revert to the GF if a bill addressing provider
claims against insurers does not become law in the 1
st
Regular Session of the 56
th
Legislature.
Arizona Department of Agriculture (Sec. 9)
IT Support GF One-time $1,200,000
Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) (Sec. 10)
KidsCare Expansion GF
Ongoing; from 200% to 225% of the
Federal Poverty Level
$5,000,000
Indian Health Care GF
Ongoing; also $300,000 of federal funds
and 4 full-time equivalent positions
(FTEs)
$200,000
Secure Behavioral
Health Facility
(SBHRF) Provider
Rate Change
GF Ongoing reduction $(10,000,000)
Critical Access
Hospitals
GF One-time $4,200,000
On-Call OBGYN
Services
GF One-time; non-lapsing $7,500,000
Rapid Whole
Genome Sequencing
GF
One-time pilot; non-lapsing through FY
2026
$160,000
Children's Behavioral
Health Services Fund
GF One-time $250,000
KidsCare Expansion OF
Children's Health Insurance Program
Fund; ongoing
$16,620,800
Rapid Whole
Genome Sequencing
OF Expenditure Authority $326,500 SB 1720
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9. Specifies that $700,000 of the AHCCCS operating lump sum appropriation is for the prepaid
Medicaid management information system (PMMIS) is exempt from lapsing through FY 2025.
10. Directs the Arizona Strategic Enterprise Technology office (ASET) to submit an expenditure
plan on the PMMIS to JLBC for review before expending monies for the project.
11. Instructs AHCCCS to distribute $2,500,000 of the on-call obstetrics and gynecological
services line item per year to maintain service availability in low-volume communities and
establishes reporting requirements.
Arizona Commission on the Arts (Sec. 11)
Arts Fund Deposit GF One-time $5,000,000
Attorney General (Sec. 13)
Full-Time Equivalent
Positions
FTEs 13
Federalism and Voter
Fraud Unit Removal
OF Ongoing $(1,881,900)
Civil Rights Funding OF
Consumer Protection – Consumer Fraud
Revolving Fund (CPCF); ongoing; 3
FTEs
$287,300
Child and Family
Advocacy Centers
OF
CPCF; for a Child Advocacy Center in
Maricopa County
$500,000
Operating Funding OF CPCF; one-time; non-lapsing $3,000,000
Opioid Abatement OF
Consumer Remediation subaccount;
requires an expenditure plan for JLBC
review
$12,000,000
Barbering and Cosmetology Board (Sec. 14)
Lump Sum
Appropriation
OF Barbering and Cosmetology Fund $200,000
Department of Child Safety (DCS) (Sec. 17)
Visitation Aides FTEs Ongoing; no net cost 80
Vehicle Replacement GF One-time; 50 vehicles $2,300,000
Extended Foster
Care Service Model
Fund
GF One-time $12,600,000
Adoption Incentive
Backfill
GF One-time backfill of federal funds $2,000,000 SB 1720
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Positive Parenting
Pilot Program
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; for post-
permanency placements
$4,000,000
Congregate Care
Backfill
GF
One-time backfill of federal
reimbursement reductions
$10,900,000
Emergency Shelter
Living
GF One-time $10,000,000
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners (Sec. 18)
Deputy Director OF
Board of Chiropractic Examiners Fund;
ongoing
$51,300
Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) (Sec. 19)
Competes Fund
Deposit Reduction
GF Ongoing $(5,000,000)
Rural Broadband
Accelerated Match
Fund
GF One-time $23,600,000
Major Events Fund
Deposit Removal
GF One-time in each of FYs 2024 and 2025 $(7,500,000)
Rural Development
Council
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating
Lump Sum
$1,000,000
Small Business
Incubator
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating
Lump Sum
$500,000
Business Trade
Organization
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating
Lump Sum
$500,000
Commercial Truck
Driver Shortage
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating
Lump Sum
$500,000
Arizona State Trade
Expansion Program
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating
Lump Sum
$1,000,000
Canada Trade Office GF One-time; non-lapsing $750,000
Asia-Pacific Trade
Office
GF One-time; non-lapsing $750,000
Trade Office Funding GF One-time $2,000,000
Small Business
Export Assistance
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; in the Operating
Lump Sum
$1,000,000
Water Infrastructure
Grant Funding
GF One-time $7,000,000 SB 1720
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Wearable
Technology
GF One-time; non-lapsing through FY 2027 $2,500,000
Economic Transition
Resources
GF One-time $9,000,000
12. Requires ACA to report to the Legislature by December 1, 2023, on the implementation plan
for trade office funding, including proposed trade office locations.
13. Provides that an applied research center or institute located in Arizona is eligible to receive
distributions of funding from the wearable technology line item.
14. Directs the Economic Transition Resources line item to be used by a nonprofit organization
for projects located within 20 miles of a coal mine that closed within the past five years.
Community Colleges (Sec. 20)
Formula Adjustment GF
FY 2024 impact; Baseline in FYs 2025
and 2026
$(100,000)
Pima Operating State
Aid
GF $2,000,000
Rural Funding GF One-time $10,000,000
Tohono O'odham
College
GF One-time; remedial education $2,000,000
San Carlos Apache
College
GF One-time; remedial education $2,000,000
Arizona Western
CTE
GF One-time $15,000,000
Santa Cruz
Provisional College
GF One-time $200,000
15. Adds requirements that the Tohono O'odham Community College Board of Trustees and the
San Carlos College Board of Regents must report on completion rates of students who
received remedial education by October 15, 2024.
Corporation Commission (Sec. 22)
Fill Vacant Positions OF Ongoing; operating lump sum $2,690,000
Salary Increases OF Ongoing; operating lump sum $2,110,000
Operating Costs OF One-time $1,200,000
Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) (Sec. 23)
Florence Prison
Closure
GF Ongoing $(3,500,000) SB 1720
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Private Prison
Contract Increase
GF
Ongoing; for parity with the FY 2023
enacted salary increases (20%)
$7,101,400
Inmate Health Care
Cost Increase
GF One-time $51,200,000
Florence Prison
Closure Costs
GF One-time $36,500,000
Prison Food Contract GF One-time $9,100,000
Correctional System
Assessment
GF One-time $2,000,000
Inmate Dog Training GF One-time; non-lapsing through FY 2025 $650,000
Transitional and
Reentry Housing
GF One-time; non-lapsing $5,000,000
16. Outlines uses for the Transitional and Reentry Housing line item, for a competitive grant to
provide residential treatment services for up to 90 days and recovery housing up to 24 months
after treatment.
17. Provides requirements for the Transitional Housing Grants line item, with a report from ADC
by August 31, 2024.
18. States that the Inmate Dog Training line item is for a contract with a nonprofit organization
that trains inmates to socialize at-risk shelter dogs.
Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) (Sec. 24)
Crime Victim
Notification Fund
GF One-time deposit $10,000,000
19. Permits ACJC to use up to $400,000 of the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund
deposit in FY 2024 to administer the Fund.
Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Sec. 26)
20. Extends the appropriation from the FY 2023 General Appropriations Act (Laws 2022, Ch. 313)
for Aging Individuals Research through FY 2024.
State Board of Dental Examiners (Sec. 27)
Attorney General
Legal Services
OF Dental Board Fund $31,400
Compliance
Administrative
Assistant
OF Dental Board Fund; ongoing; 1 FTE $62,600
Licensing
Administrative
Assistant
OF Dental Board Fund; ongoing; 1 FTE $62,600
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Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) (Sec. 28)
Micro Business
Loans
GF One-time $5,000,000
Department of Economic Security (DES) (Sec. 29)
IT Security GF Ongoing $70,000
Homeless Youth
Assistance Funding
GF Delayed until FY 2025 $(1,000,000)
Adult Protective
Services Backfill
GF One-time $9,100,000
IT Security GF One-time $1,500,000
Produce Incentive
Program
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; "Double Up Food
Bucks"
$5,462,600
Graham County
Rehabilitation Center
GF
One-time; $800,000 for a facility remodel
and $30,000 for an afterschool program
$830,000
Globe-Miami Food
Bank
GF One-time $250,000
Area Agencies on
Aging (AAA)
GF One-time; Adult Services line-item $5,000,000
AAA Housing
Assistance
GF Non-lapsing $5,000,000
Diaper and
Incontinence
Assistance
GF One-time $1,000,000
Arizona Department of Education (ADE) (Sec. 31)
Formula Adjustments GF
Ongoing; also $(19.4) million compared
to the FY 2023 Baseline supplemental
$(6,300,000)
Base Level Increase GF
Ongoing; 0.9% above the 2.0% Baseline
inflator
$68,600,000
Results Based
Funding Elimination
GF Ongoing $(68,600,000)
District Additional
Assistance
GF Ongoing $20,000,000
Continuing High
School Program
Enrollment Cap
GF
Ongoing in both FYs 2023 and 2024,
also $(4.6) million in FY 2025
$(3,100,000) SB 1720
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State Aid
Supplement
GF One-time $300,000,000
Center for High
School Success
GF $1,000,000
Dual Enrollment
Student Incentives
GF One-time $15,000,000
Dual Enrollment
Teacher Incentives
GF One-time $500,000
Broadband Funding GF One-time $5,000,000
Civics Education and
Leadership
Development
GF One-time $300,000
Education and
Career Exploration
GF One-time $5,000,000
K-12 Alternative
Transportation Model
GF One-time $250,000
Live Remote
Instruction
GF
One-time in each of FYs 2024 and 2025;
non-lapsing through December 31, 2025
$100,000
Administration
Funding
GF One-time; non-lapsing through FY 2026 $10,000,000
Low Income Student
Assistance
GF One-time $500,000
Feminine Hygiene
Products
GF One-time $2,000,000
Alternative Teacher
Development
GF One-time $800,000
Phoenix Science
Education
GF One-time $2,500,000
Nonprofit Education
Initiatives
GF One-time $100,000
Globe Youth
Summer Education
GF One-time $250,000
Consumable
Art/Music Supplies
GF One-time $10,000,000
Flagstaff Unified
Robotics
GF
One-time for each of FYs 2024, 2025
and 2026
$20,000
County Jails
Education
GF One-time $100,000
Gila County Jail Adult
Education
GF One-time $10,000 SB 1720
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Juvenile Detention
Centers
GF
One-time; $22,600 for Yavapai County,
$20,000 for Pinal County and $10,000
for Maricopa County
$52,600
Professional
Development
GF One-time $3,000,000
School Campus
Vegetation
GF One-time; non-lapsing $400,000
Endowment Earnings
Growth
OF $872,600
21. Requires ADE to submit an expenditure plan to JLBC and OSPB for increased Early Literacy
funding provided in the FY 2023 3-year budget plan and report to JLBC and OSPB by July
31, 2024 on the actual expenditures.
22. Specifies distributions for the Nonprofit Education Initiatives, Phoenix Science Education and
Low-Income Student Assistance line items.
23. Directs ADE to develop a per pupil weighted transportation formula for K-12 students and
report by December 31, 2023.
24. Specifies that School Campus Vegetation Grants are to be awarded on a first-come, first-
served basis for public schools with a free and reduced-price lunch eligibility of at least 75%
being eligible first through December 31, 2023, followed by other public schools.
25. Modifies footnote specifying the distribution of Adult Education monies to account for the
delayed phase-in of the enrollment cap increase.
26. Provides the onetime State Aid Supplement to districts and charter schools on a pro rata basis
using weighted student counts, including nonresident attending students for school districts.
27. Allows a school district to budget the onetime State Aid Supplement for either maintenance
and operations or unrestricted capital outlays.
28. Directs ADE to distribute the Art Consumables Grant Program funding for up to $1,000 per
specified teachers to purchase consumable art supplies, materials and instructional aids.
Department of Emergency and Military Affairs (DEMA) (Sec. 32)
Emergency Hazard
Mitigation
GF One-time $1,333,300
Hazard Mitigation
Revolving Fund
GF
One-time deposits in each of FY 2024,
2025 and 2026
$200,000
Hazard Mitigation
Assistance
GF One-time in both FY 2024 and 2025 $500,000
National Guard
Uniform Allowance
GF One-time $300,000
National Guard
Equipment
GF One-time $33,900
29. Deems the Federal Government Matching Repayment line item non -lapsing through
December 31, 2024. SB 1720
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30. Exempts $13,300,000 from the FY 2023 DEMA appropriation for onetime maintenance backfill
from lapsing.
Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) (Sec. 33)
Water Quality Fee
Fund Deposit
GF One-time $9,500,000
PFAS Mitigation GF One-time; non-lapsing $5,000,000
Operating Lump Sum OF Recycling Fund $3,000,000
31. Outlines a JLBC reporting requirement for PFAS mitigation by July 31, 2024.
Governor's Office of Equal Opportunity (Sec. 34)
ADA Coordinator OF Personnel Division Fund; also 1 FTE $100,000
Board of Executive Clemency (Sec. 36)
Operating Costs GF Ongoing $39,000
Records
Management
GF One-time $45,000
Arizona Exposition and State Fair (Sec. 36)
32. Exempts $2,300,000 from the FY 2023 General Appropriations Act (Laws 2022, Ch. 313) from
lapsing through June 30, 2024.
Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management (DFFM) (Sec. 38)
Wildfire Mitigation
Technical Change
GF
Ongoing; also removed in FYs 2025 and
2026
$(956,000)
Fire District Grants GF Non-lapsing $5,000,000
33. Outlines permissible uses of the Fire District Grants line item, including capital equipment
and fire station construction.
Arizona Game and Fish Department (Sec. 40)
Operational Costs OF Game and Fish Fund $653,000
Department of Gaming (Sec. 41)
Racetrack Purse,
Maintenance and
Operations Funding
GF Ongoing removal $(5,396,900)
Racetrack Capital
Projects and
Maintenance
GF
One-time; for a permittee in Maricopa
County
$1,000,000 SB 1720
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Event Wagering
Application License
Fee Refund
GF One-time $600,000
Administrative
Funding
OF Aligned with statutory minimum $(1,320,000)
Office of the Governor (Sec. 42)
African American
Affairs Shift
GF Ongoing $146,600
Operating Funding GF One-time $2,000,000
Missing and
Murdered Indigenous
People Task Force
GF One-time; non-lapsing $1,000,000
Department of Health Services (DHS) (Sec. 44)
Arizona State
Hospital (ASH)
Contracted Services
GF Ongoing $1,100,000
Alzheimer's
Research
GF Ongoing $500,000
ASH Contracted
Services
GF One-time $6,000,000
Dementia Services
and Alzheimer's
State Plan
GF One-time; non-lapsing through FY 2026 $964,100
Dementia Awareness GF One-time; non-lapsing $750,000
Nurse-Family
Partnership
GF $2,500,000
Psilocybin Research GF One-time $5,000,000
Collaborative Care
Uptake Fund
GF Onetime $1,000,000
Trauma Recovery
Center Fund
GF One-time $7,000,000
Fentanyl Testing and
Mass Spectrometers
GF One-time $300,000
Health Crisis Review
and Wraparound
Services
GF One-time $5,000,000
ASH Video Security GF One-time $3,500,000 SB 1720
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Homeless Pregnant
Women Services
OF Health Services Lottery Monies Fund $(100,000)
34. Extends the FY 2023 appropriation of $1,000,000 for the Behavioral Health Care Provider
Loan Repayment Program through FY 2024.
35. Directs the Trauma Recovery Center appropriation for technical assistance grants,
operational and service costs of a state pilot trauma recovery center and grant funding for a
public research institution to track outcomes.
Arizona Department of Homeland Security (AZDOHS) (Sec. 47)
Antihuman
Trafficking Grant
Fund
GF
One-time; $2.0 million for the Arizona
Counter Terrorism Information Center;
$8.0 million for local law enforcement
$10,000,000
Nonprofit Security
Grant Program Fund
GF One-time $5,000,000
36. Allows AZDOHS to spend up to 5% of the Nonprofit Security Grant Program Fund deposit to
administer the program.
37. Specifies that the FY 2023 appropriation of $300,000 for Statewide Information Security and
Privacy Operations and Controls is non-lapsing through FY 2024.
Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) (Sec. 49)
Housing Trust Fund GF One-time deposit $150,000,000
Homeless Shelter
and Services Fund
GF One-time deposit $40,000,000
Mobile Home
Relocation Fund
GF One-time deposit $5,000,000
Military Transitional
Housing Fund
GF One-time deposit $1,900,000
38. Extends the FY 2023 appropriation for the Homeless Services Grant Pilot as non-lapsing
through FY 2024.
39. Directs ADOH to submit an expenditure plan of Housing Trust Fund monies to JLBC by
September 1, 2023.
40. Allows ADOH to use a portion of the Housing Trust Fund appropriation to invest in a long-
term lease at a nonprofit-operated facility.
Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions (DIFI) (Sec. 51)
Increased Workload GF
One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and
2026
$250,000
Financial
Examination Staff
OF Ongoing; 3 FTEs $276,300 SB 1720
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Auto Crime Tracking
Database
OF $154,100
Theft Task Force
Vehicle Fuel
OF $68,600
Vehicle Theft
Prosecution County
Personnel
OF $431,200
41. Specifies that $250,000 of DIFI's operating lump sum is for administering a bill addressing
provider claims against insurers, but that the appropriation will revert to the GF if such a bill
does not become law in the 1
st
Regular Session of the 56
th
Legislature.
Arizona Judiciary (Sec. 52)
Supreme Court
Private Fiduciary
Investigator
GF Ongoing; 1 FTE $102,000
Juvenile Monetary
Sanctions Backfill
GF
One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and
2026
$250,000
Digital Evidence
Software
GF One-time in each of FYs 2024 and 2025 $280,000
Private Fiduciary
Backlog
GF
One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and
2026
$100,000
Judicial Conduct
Backlog
GF
One-time in each of FYs 2024, 2025 and
2026
$100,000
Automation Funding GF One-time $100,000
Court Appointed
Special Advocate
GF One-time $20,000
Private Fiduciary
Licensing
Subscription
OF $139,600
42. Provides legislative intent that the Juvenile Monetary Sanctions Backfill may only be spent on
the passage of legislation that eliminates court-ordered fees for juveniles.
Court of Appeals
43. Extends the lapsing date of the $450,000 FY 2023 appropriation to remodel the Court of
Appeals chambers through FY 2024 and exempts the project from review by the Joint
Committee on Capital Review.
Superior Court
Yavapai County
Judge
GF Ongoing; state share for a new judge $149,000 SB 1720
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Yuma County Judge GF Ongoing; state share for a new judge $149,000
Probation Salary
Increase Backfill
GF One-time $6,749,200
44. Modifies an existing footnote to include the two new Superior Court judges as FTEs.
45. Specifies that the Probation Salary Increase Backfill is to cover the state share of probation
officer salary increases approved by county Boards of Supervisors in FY 2023.
Department of Juvenile Corrections (DJC) (Sec. 53)
Remove Pima
County Cost Shift
GF Ongoing $1,726,900
Legislature (Sec. 55)
Senate
Operating Funding GF One-time $2,000,000
House of Representatives
Operating Funding GF One-time $2,000,000
Ombudsman-Citizens Aide Office
Rent Funding GF Ongoing $53,000
Auditor General
Operating Funding GF One-time $2,000,000
Legislative Council
46. Eliminates a footnote that required an affirmative vote of the Legislative Council to pay dues
for the Council of State Governments.
Department of Liquor Licenses and Control (DLLC) (Sec. 56)
Flagstaff Office Rent OF Liquor Licenses Fund $42,600
Board of Massage Therapy (Sec. 58)
eLicensing Costs OF
Board of Massage Therapy Fund;
ongoing
$22,100
State Mine Inspector (Sec. 60)
Drone Purchases GF
One-time; included in the Operating
Lump Sum
$100,000 SB 1720
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Administrative Costs GF
One-time; non-lapsing; included in the
Operating Lump Sum
$300,000
Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board (Sec. 61)
eLicensing Costs OF
Naturopathic Physicians Medical Board
Fund; ongoing
$3,200
Arizona State Board of Nursing (Sec. 63)
Nurse Anesthetist
Clinical Rotations
GF One-time $450,000
Staff Attorney OF Board of Nursing Fund; ongoing $146,800
Licensing Specialists OF Board of Nursing Fund; ongoing; 2 FTEs $154,100
Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners in Medicine and Surgery (Sec. 68)
eLicensing Costs OF
Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners
in Medicine and Surgery Fund; ongoing
$6,600
Annual Leave Payout OF
Arizona Board of Osteopathic Examiners
in Medicine and Surgery Fund; one-time
$14,500
Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB) (Sec. 69)
Heritage Fund GF One-time deposit $6,000,000
Arizona Trail Fund GF One-time deposit $500,000
State Lake
Improvement Fund
GF One-time deposit $5,200,000
Rockin' River
Operating Costs
OF
State Parks Revenue Fund (SPRF);
ongoing; 4 FTEs
$114,000
Dispatch Services
Agreement
OF SPRF $347,000
Operations Cost
Increases
OF SPRF $261,100
State Board of Podiatry Examiners (Sec. 74)
Executive Director
Salary
OF Podiatry Fund; ongoing $11,900
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Department of Public Safety (Sec. 77)
AZPOST Staffing FTEs Ongoing; no new funding 31
Commercial Vehicle
Task Force
Elimination
GF Ongoing $(978,400)
Administration
Funding
GF One-time; non-lapsing $1,098,600
Vehicle Replacement GF
One-time; 276 vehicles; exempt from
lapsing through FY 2025
$11,709,300
Civil Air Patrol
Infrastructure
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; annual report by
December 1 until funds are expended
$10,000,000
Uniform Allowance GF One-time $700,000
Radio Expansion and
Upgrades
GF One-time; non-lapsing $41,100,000
Law Enforcement
Retention
GF One-time $2,000,000
Real-time Crime
Centers
GF
One-time; $1.5 million for Tucson; $2.6
million for Peoria
$4,100,000
Fentanyl Prosecution
and Testing Fund
GF One-time deposit $3,000,000
Crime Lab Funding GF
One-time; also $200,000 in both of FY
2025 and 2026
$400,000
Rapid DNA Testing GF One-time; in Operating Lump Sum $1,500,000
Radio Expansion and
Upgrades
OF For the "master site" $3,000,000
Fuel Inflation
Adjustment
OF $3,671,200
47. Renames:
a) the Border Strike Task Force line item as the Border Drug Interdiction line item; and
b) the Border Strike Task Force Local Support line item as the Local Border Support line
item.
48. Eliminates the existing footnote limits on the amount of funding that can go towards local law
enforcement positions, the amount that can fund prosecution and detention grants and the
local matching funds requirement.
49. Requires the Local Border Support line item to be used for positions that deter and apprehend
individuals charged with drug trafficking, human smuggling, illegal immigration and other
border-related crimes.
50. Allows DPS to use up to $50,000 and 0.5 FTE positions to administer the Fentanyl
Prosecution and Testing Fund. SB 1720
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51. Specifies that the Law Enforcement Retention line item is to be divided evenly for coaching
resources and local matching funds for recruitment and retention grants.
52. Exempts the FY 2023 appropriation to DPS for onetime K-9 support from lapsing.
State Board of Respiratory Care Examiners (Sec. 80)
ADOA Shared
Services Costs
OF
Board of Respiratory Care Examiners
Fund
$19,700
Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) (Sec. 81)
IT Personnel OF ASRS Administration Account $305,000
Cybersecurity and
Cloud Transition
OF ASRS Administration Account $518,000
Department of Revenue (DOR) (Sec. 82)
Shift Administrative
Fund to GF
GF One-time $2,000,000
Department of State (Sec. 83)
Attorney General
Legal Services
GF Ongoing $100,000
Address
Confidentiality
Backfill
GF
Ongoing; included in the Operating
Lump Sum
$250,000
Talking Book Library
Funding
GF
Ongoing; $162,000 in FYs 2025 and
2026; included in the Operating Lump
Sum
$100,000
Administration
Funding
GF
One-time; non-lapsing; $330,000 for
Business Services
$2,330,000
Presidential
Preference Election
GF
One-time; in addition to $4 million in
Baseline
$1,926,100
Help America Vote
Act Projects
OF One-time; non-lapsing $5,000,000
53. States that the Secretary of State (SOS) may spend $100,000 for legal expenses, either
contracted through the Attorney General's Office or by hiring one FTE position, while
prohibiting the use of outside or private attorneys.
54. Outlines requirements for the Help America Vote Act Projects line item, including that 75%
must be distributed to counties for election systems improvements and the Secretary of State
must provide an expenditure plan for review by JLBC before spending any monies. SB 1720
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55. Extends the FY 2020 appropriation from the Election Systems Improvement Fund for county
allocations through FY 2024.
56. Directs the SOS to only use the Presidential Preference Election line item to reimburse
counties for certified claims related to the 2024 Presidential Preference Election with a report
to JLBC and OSPB, but allows $100,000 for direct costs of the SOS.
Office of Tourism (Sec. 86)
Tourism Fund
Deposit Increase
GF
One-time; for distribution to 501(c)(6)
nonprofit organizations
$500,000
Department of Transportation (Sec. 87)
Spaying and
Neutering of Animals
Fund
GF One-time deposit $550,000
Vehicle Purchases OF $18,665,200
MVD Security
Modernization
OF State Highway Fund (SHF) $730,900
Litter Removal OF SHF $3,106,800
Radio Replacement OF SHF $1,656,100
Passenger Rail
Service Operations
OF $250,000
Salary Increases OF Ongoing; 978 positions $6,845,600
Fleet Operations OF $7,706,200
Fuel Inflation
Adjustment
OF SHF; one-time $2,337,900
Dispatch System OF SHF $442,700
Transit Program
Administration
OF $551,500
MVD Call Center OF SHF $87,300
MVD Title
Information System
OF SHF $91,000
MVD Paper Cost OF SHF $701,700
Hoover Dam Bridge
Liability Insurance
OF SHF $209,800
New Highway Lane
Maintenance
OF SHF $2,350,300
South Mountain
Freeway
Maintenance
OF SHF $321,800 SB 1720
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Driver License/ID
Production Costs
OF SHF $183,100
License Plate
Production Costs
OF SHF $219,900
State Fleet Operating
Adjustments
OF $6,791,800
Exempt Fleet
Operating
Adjustment
OF $6,995,500
State Treasurer (Sec. 88)
Accounting Manager OF Ongoing; 1 FTE $138,300
Investment Analyst OF Ongoing; 1 FTE $123,400
Chief Procurement
Officer
OF Ongoing; 1 FTE $96,600
Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) (Sec. 90)
Primary Care
Residency Programs
GF One-time; non-lapsing $5,000,000
Existing Promise
Scholarship
Expansion
GF One-time $20,000,000
Teachers Academy GF One-time $15,000,000
Spouses and
Dependents of Law
Enforcement
Scholarships
GF One-time deposit $2,000,000
Museum of
Democracy
GF One-time; non-lapsing $2,000,000
57. Directs ABOR to report, by October 1, 2024, to JLBC and OSPB on the following scholarship
programs:
a) Arizona Promise Scholarships; and
b) Spouses of Military Veterans Tuition Scholarships.
58. Directs ABOR to distribute the Museum of Democracy appropriation to ABOR universities to
provide opportunities for undergraduate students, high school students and the broader
community to become better informed on American presidencies and presidential elections.
59. Modifies allowable uses of the ABOR Washington, DC internships footnote to include learning
opportunities less than a full semester. SB 1720
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Arizona State University (ASU) (Sec. 91)
Operating Lump Sum
Appropriation
GF Ongoing $6,006,500
School of Civic and
Economic Thought
and Leadership
GF Ongoing; with intent footnote $(6,006,500)
Center for American
Institutions
GF One-time; intent footnote $4,000,000
Collegiate Women's
Wrestling Program
GF One-time $500,000
Operating Funding GF
One-time; also removes FY 2025 one-
time operating funding
$2,400,000
60. Directs any appropriated monies for the Center for American Institutions to be used at t eh
sole discretion and on approval of the lead of the Center, which must provide a report to JLBC
by October 1, 2024.
61. Outlines uses of the Collegiate Women's Wrestling Program line item, including for athletic
scholarships and costs incurred to establish and maintain a collegiate women's wresting
program at ASU.
Northern Arizona University (NAU) (Sec. 92)
Operating Lump Sum
Appropriation
GF Ongoing $865,300
Economic Policy
Institute
GF Ongoing; with intent footnote $(865,300)
Operating Funding GF
One-time; also removes FY 2025 one-
time operating funding
$1,000,000
University of Arizona (Sec. 93)
Main Campus
Operating Lump Sum
Appropriation
GF Ongoing $4,840,000
Center for the
Philosophy of
Freedom
GF Ongoing; with intent footnote $(4,840,000)
Operating Funding GF
One-time; also removes FY 2025 one-
time operating funding
$1,600,000
Space Analog
Program
GF
One-time; Biosphere 2; intended to be
used across FYs 2024, 2025 and 2026
$1,500,000
Agricultural
Workforce
GF
One-time; in the Arizona Cooperative
Extension line item
$1,000,000 SB 1720
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On-Farm Irrigation
efficiency Fund
GF One-time deposit $15,200,000
Health Sciences Center
Board of Medical
Student Loans
GF One-time $2,000,000
AZ REACH GF One-time $500,000
Fall Prevention
Studies
GF One-time $1,000,000
62. Designates the AZ REACH line time to provide medical care transfer services for hospitals
with less than 20 beds.
63. Directs 100% of land earnings trust and interest from the School of Mines Land Fund to be
distributed to the University of Arizona School of Mining and Mineral Resources.
Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS) (Sec. 94)
Gila County Veterans
Retreat
GF One-time; non-lapsing $3,000,000
Veteran Suicide
Prevention Training
GF One-time; non-lapsing; Pilot Program $600,000
Burial Services GF One-time $15,000
Homeless Veterans'
Reintegration
Program
GF One-time $5,000,000
Tribal Connectivity
Project
GF One-time $1,500,000
64. Specifies that the $15,000 for Burial Services is for members of the Arizona National Guard
and United States Armed Forces Reserves if the member's service was terminated under
honorable conditions.
65. Directs the Gila County Veterans Retreat to be distributed to Gila County for the Pleasant
Valley veterans retreat.
66. Outlines the use of the Veteran Suicide Prevention Training Pilot Program as offering
specialized training to claims examiners and county and municipal veteran services officers
and requires ADVS to provide a report to the Legislature by July 30, 2024.
67. Provides that the Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Program line item is to be used to provide
services that assist in reintegrating homeless veterans into employment.
68. Specifies that the appropriation for Tribal Connectivity Project line item is for improved
telecommunications and satellite internet connectivity at chapter houses in rural tribal nations.
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Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board (Sec. 95)
Remove One-time
Funding
OF
Veterinary Medical Examining Board
Fund
$(1,500)
Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) (Sec. 96)
Eastern Arizona
Water Assistance
GF One-time $3,000,000
Gilbert Well Project GF One-time $27,800,000
Glendale Irrigation GF One-time $810,000
Little Colorado River
Levee
GF One-time $20,000,000
Mohave Wash
Recharge Basin
GF One-time $3,400,000
Peoria Wells Project GF One-time $10,000,000
69. Specifies that the $3,000,000 appropriation for Eastern Arizona Water Assistance is to be
divided between Navajo and Apache counties, Graham County and Cochise County for
financial assistance to irrigation districts and municipalities.
Department of Water Resources (DWR) (Sec. 97)
Brackish
Groundwater Study
GF One-time; non-lapsing $100,000
Brackish
Groundwater
Recovery Pilot
GF One-time; non-lapsing $11,000,000
Santa Rosa Canal
Groundwater
Delivery
GF One-time; non-lapsing $25,000,000
Statewide Water
Resources Planning
GF One-time $5,000,000
70. Designates the Brackish Groundwater Study line item for DWR to review and update
information contained in studies on the availability of brackish groundwater in Arizona.
71. Allocates $2,000,000 of the Brackish Groundwater Recovery Pilot Program for a
demonstration project in Arizona's active management areas and the remaining $9,000,000
for matching participants for the benefit of Central Arizona Project water recipients.
72. Directs DWR to report to JLBC and OSPB by July 31, 2024, on the uses of the Statewide
Water Resources Planning line item.
73. Distributes the Santa Rosa Canal Groundwater Delivery line item to the Maricopa-Stanfield
Irrigation and Draining District, the Central Arizona Irrigation and Draining District, and the Ak-
Chin Indian Community. SB 1720
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FY 2023 Adjustments
74. Appropriates $3,107,700 from the Risk Management Revolving Fund in FY 2023 to ADOA to
pay disallowed costs and for FY 2022 fund transfers. (Sec. 98)
75. Appropriates $15,000 from the GF in FY 2023 to the Arizona Commission of African-American
Affairs to address an operating shortfall. (Sec. 99)
76. Transfers $1,750,000 from the Personnel Division Fund in FY 2023 for deposit into the Human
Resources Information System (HRIS) Subaccount of the Automation Projects Fund (APF).
(Sec. 100)
77. Reduces the FY 2023 appropriation from the GF to AHCCCS for SBHRF construction by
$25,000,000. (Sec. 101)
78. Appropriates $19,888,200 of expenditure authority in FY 2023 to the DCS operating lump sum
for increased federal funding. (Sec. 102)
79. Appropriates $11,100,000 of expenditure authority in FY 2023 to the DCS adoption services
line item for a technical adjustment. (Sec. 103)
80. Appropriates a non-lapsing $20,000,000 from the GF in FY 2023 to ADOH for programs that
provide shelter and services to unsheltered persons experiencing homelessness. (Sec. 104)
81. Appropriates $180,624,300 from the GF in FY 2023 to the Superintendent of Public Instruction
for additional basic state aid formula costs. (Sec. 105)
82. Appropriates $5,600,000 from the GF in FY 2023 to DHS for the ASH operating line item to
address an operating shortfall. (Sec. 106)
83. Appropriates $3,364,200 from the Arizona Highway Patrol Fund in FY 2023 to the DPS motor
vehicle fuel line item to address inflationary increases in fuel costs. (Sec. 107)
84. Appropriates $15,200,000 from the SHF in FY 2023 to the ADOT highway maintenance line
item to address highway maintenance due to the winter months. (Sec. 108)
85. Exempts various FY 2023 eLicensing system upgrade appropriations contained in the FY
2023 General Appropriations Act (Laws 2022, Ch. 313) from lapsing through June 30, 2024.
(Sec. 109)
86. Authorizes monies deposited into the Border Security Fund in FY 2023 to be used for any
other allowable purpose of the Border Security Fund. (Sec. 110)
FY 2024 Appropriations
87. Reduces the FY 2024 appropriation to the WIFA Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund by
$143,800,000. (Sec. 111)
88. Appropriates the following sums from the GF to ADOA in FY 2024 for counties:
a) $7,150,650 for distribution to continues with a population under 900,000;
b) $500,000 for distribution to Graham County;
c) $3,000,000 for distributing to counties to supplement pension payments;
d) $7,000,000 for distribution to counties to establish a coordinated reentry planning services
program. (Sec. 112)
89. Appropriates the following sums that are non-lapsing through June 30, 2025 from
subaccounts of the APF in FY 2024:
a) $20,647,800 from the HRIS subaccount to ADOA to replace the HRIS;
b) $15,000,000 from the Health and Human Services Information System subaccount to
ADOA for administration of statewide health and human services information technology
projects; SB 1720
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c) $7,000,000 from the Corporation Commission subaccount to the Corporation Commission
to replace its online records and filings system, with a report on how the new system will
integrate with the Business One-Stop;
d) $494,500 from the DPS subaccount to DPS to replace the concealed weapons tracking
system;
e) $19,369,400 from the DOR subaccount to DOR to implement the integrated tax system
modernization project that meets outlined minimum specifications, with a report on how
the new system will integrate with the Business One-Stop;
f) $3,270,000 from the Judiciary-Supreme Court subaccount to the Arizona Supreme Court
to replace the probation case management system; and
g) $2,500,000 from the Judiciary-Supreme Court subaccount to the Arizona Supreme Court
for a statewide community supervision electronic monitoring system. (Sec. 113)
90. Requires ADOA to provide quarterly reports to JLBC on automation projects, including project
expenditures, deliverables, timeline and current status. (Sec. 113)
91. Continues to exempt the following projects from the FY 2022 General Appropriations Act
(Laws 2021, Ch. 408) from lapsing through June 30, 2024:
a) $7,758,900 for the Business One-Stop appropriation;
b) $9,000,000 for the DES childcare management system; and
c) $550,000 for the DPS concealed weapons tracking system. (Sec. 113)
92. Continues to allow DES to use up to $25,000,000 from the Budget Stabilization Fund to
provide funding for reimbursement grants, with reporting requirements. (Sec. 114)
93. Appropriates a non-lapsing $1,000,000 from the GF to the Arizona Power Authority in FY 2024
for resource planning and a needs assessment. (Sec. 115)
94. Appropriates the following amounts from the GF in FY 2024 to the State Treasurer for local
government distributions:
a) $2,500,000 for county sheriffs for search and rescue equipment;
b) $9,000,000 for Mohave County substation capital improvements;
c) $860,000 for La Paz County server replacement, public safety dock and boat lifts and the
Salome substation roof;
d) $500,000 for Mohave County sheriff's office vehicle purchases;
e) $3,000,000 for police department support:
i. $2,000,000 for Wickenburg Police Department; and
ii. $1,000,000 for Hayden Police Department;
f) $750,000 for the Copper Canyon Fire and Medical District;
g) $3,500,000 for Peoria Police Department to purchase a helicopter;
h) $1,500,000 for Peoria Police Department for a mobile command center;
i) $3,500,000 for the City of Prescott and the Town of Prescott Valley for the Glassford Dells
regional park;
j) $1,400,000 for the City of Wickenburg for fire station upgrades;
k) $8,987,000 for the City of Flagstaff for post-fire mitigation;
l) $750,000 for the Town of Snowflake for a sewer main lift station replacement;
m) $3,214,500 for the City of Glendale for a veterans community project;
n) $126,200 for counties for property owner notification systems;
o) $750,000 for the Chandler, Tucson and Mesa Police Departments for a pepper ball pilot
program;
p) $850,000 for the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG) for a Sun City
transportation study;
q) $10,050,000 for MAG to relocate utilities related to the construction of State Route 30; SB 1720
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r) $500,000 for the Town of Kearny for public building remediation;
s) $1,000,000 for the Vernon Fire District for equipment and operations; and
t) $2,000,000 for Chandler Police Department support. (Sec. 116)
95. Appropriates $1,368,000 from the Peace Office Training Equipment Fund in FY 2024 to the
State Treasurer for distribution to the following recipients for firearm training simulators:
a) $300,000 for Phoenix Police Department;
b) $300,000 for Mohave County Probation Department;
c) $138,000 for Casa Grande Police Department;
d) $330,000 for Maricopa County Sheriff's Office; and
e) $300,000 for Navajo County Sheriff's Office. (Sec. 117)
96. Appropriates the following amounts from the GF in FY 2024 to the State Treasurer for
distribution to nonprofit organizations:
a) $10,000,000 for a nonprofit that is designated as an international dark sky discovery
center;
b) $15,300,000 for a nonprofit volunteer organization that operates a rodeo at the Yavapai
County fairgrounds; and
c) $5,600,000 for a nonprofit that operates an astronomy center and observatory in northern
Arizona. (Sec. 118)
97. Allocates $25,498,600 from the GF in FY 2024 to the Arizona Convention Center
Development Fund. (Sec. 119)
98. Distributes an estimated $16,000,000 in FY 2024 to the Rio Nuevo Multipurpose Facility
District. (Sec. 120)
Fund Balance Transfers and Payment Deferrals
99. Establishes fund balance transfer amounts for automation projects but specifies that transfers
into the APF are not appropriations. (Sec. 121)
100. Defers $800,727,700 of the basic state aid and additional state aid entitlement to July 12,
2024. (Sec. 122)
101. Directs school districts to include the deferred payments when computing tax rates for FY
2024. (Sec. 122)
Statewide Adjustments
102. Sets statewide adjustments to be determined by JLBC, in consultation with the OSPB,
and allocated by ADOA, as follows:
Operating Adjustment GF OF Total
Employer Health
Insurance Contribution
Reduction
$(63,244,800) $(32,224,200) $(95,469,000)
University Health
Insurance Backfill
Removal
$(40,033,000) $0 $(40,033,000)
Employer Health
Insurance Contribution
Increase
$73,000,000 $30,000,000 $103,000,000
Agency Rent $(558,100) $100,000 $(458,100) SB 1720
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Agency Risk
Management
$(154,200) $100,000 $(54,200)
AFIS $116,700 $200,000 $316,700
Agency Retirement $359,600 $(22,000,000) $(21,640,400)
Salary Increase $7,517,000 $3,000,000 $10,517,000
State Fleet Rate $8,195,100 $6,000,000 $14,195,100
103. Sets FY 2024 charges for general agency counsel provided by the Department of Law.
(Sec.124)
FY 2025 Appropriation
104. Appropriates $77,898,600 from the GF in FY 2025 for a one-time deposit into the New
School Facilities Fund for projects that received final approval from ADOA-SFD by December
15, 2022. (Sec. 125)
Miscellaneous
105. Requires the Governor to report to the Legislature the total planned allocations and actual
expenditures from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Capital
Projects Fund from the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) within 45 days of
the end of each calendar quarter through June 30, 2026. (Sec. 126)
106. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to report to the Legislature the total
planned allocations and actual expenditures from the Elementary and Secondary School
Emergency Relief Fund from ARPA within 45 days of the end of each calendar quarter through
June 30, 2026. (Sec. 126)
107. Requires ABOR to report to the Legislature the total planned allocations and actual
expenditures from Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) from ARPA through
June 30, 2026. (Sec. 126)
108. Requires each community college district to report to the Legislature the total planned
allocations and actual expenditures from HEERF from ARPA through June 30, 2026. (Sec.
126)
109. States the intent of the Legislature that the Executive Branch report on additional federal aid
enacted by the end of FY 2024. (Sec. 126)
110. States the intent of the Legislature that budget units continue to report expenditures in a
similar format that was used in prior years. (Sec. 127)
111. Requires all FTEs to be subject to appropriation and outlines reporting requirements for
ADOA and each university to compare the FTE usage to the appropriated level of FTEs.
(Sec. 128)
112. Requires each agency to submit a report to JLBC by October 1, 2023, on the number of
filled appropriated and non-appropriated FTEs as of September 1, 2023. (Sec. 129)
113. Directs ADOA to provide a monthly report to JLBC on any transfers of spending authority
during the prior month. (Sec. 130)
114. Forecasts GF revenue estimates for FY 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 and GF expenditure
estimates for FY 2025 and 2026. (Sec. 131)
115. Requires the Executive Branch to provide JLBC a preliminary estimate of the FY 2023
ending GF balance by September 15, 2023. (Sec. 131) SB 1720
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116. Directs JLBC staff to report to JLBC by October 15, 2023, whether the FY 2024 revenues
and ending balance are expected to change by more than $50,000,000 from the budgeted
projections. (Sec. 131)
117. Defines *, expenditure authority and review by the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. (Sec.
132, 133, 134)