Assigned to APPROP FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1617
appropriation; State Route 347
Purpose
Appropriates $49,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2026, rather than
FY 2028, to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to construct an overpass at Riggs
Road and State Route 347.
Background
The FY 2021 Capital Outlay Budget Reconciliation Bill (BRB) appropriated $25,000,000
from the state GF to ADOT to construct an overpass at Riggs Road and State Route 347
(Laws 2021, Ch. 406). The FY 2022 Capital Outlay BRB appropriated a total of $11,375,000 from
the State Highway Fund to ADOT for the Riggs Road and State Route 347 project (Laws 2022,
Ch. 309). The FY 2023 Capital Outlay BRB increased the FY 2022 appropriation for the project
to $24,000,000 from the State Highway Fund (Laws 2023, Ch. 135). The FY 2025 Capital Outlay
BRB removed the State Highway Fund as a funding source for the appropriation and increased the
total appropriation from the state GF to $49,000,000 (Laws 2024, Ch. 211).
S.B. 1617 accelerates the FY 2028 $49,000,000 appropriation from the state GF to FY
2026 to ADOT.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $49,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2026, rather than FY 2028, to ADOT to
construct an overpass at Riggs Road and State Route 347.
2. Contains a state of legislative intent.
3. Makes technical and conforming changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 14, 2025
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