ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
ports of entry; procedures;
reports.
Requires the Arizona
Department of Transportation to submit reports and a five year master plan for
the ports of entry.
The Joint Legislative Budget
Committee (JLBC) and the Governor’s Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting
(OSPB) conducted a Strategic Program Area Review focusing on the Non-Mexican
Border Ports of Entry. The primary
purpose of these ports is to ensure that commercial vehicles are in compliance
with the state’s weight, licensing, permit and tax laws administered by the
motor vehicle division of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). The Arizona Department of Agriculture (ADA)
also uses the ports to screen trucks and their cargo to intercept agricultural
pests, weeds and livestock diseases.
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) maintains a limited field presence
at some ports, usually with one officer to perform safety inspections of
commercial vehicles along with other patrol and field duties.
JLBC Staff recommends that
ADOT report on further extensive use of cross-training to allow one person to
conduct all checks, and on the use of interagency team building activities at
the ports. JLBC Staff and OSPB recommend updating the existing interagency
agreement between ADOT and ADA, and establishing separate interagency agreement
between ADOT and DPS. JLBC Staff further
recommends establishing an interagency agreement between DPS and ADA. JLBC Staff also recommends that ADOT, ADA
and DPS report on the interagency cooperation at the ports to the Governor and
Legislature by July 1, 2000.
OSPB recommends that ADOT
increase efforts, and explore methods to enhance and promote efficient
interagency cooperation with DPS and ADA. The involved agencies should jointly
examine feasible and innovative ways to further staff cross-training and
development. OSPB recommends that ADOT provide to the JLBC and OSPB directors a
written update on the progress of these recommendations by July 1, 2000.
1. Requires ADOT, with cooperation from DPS and ADA, to submit a report to the OSPB Director, JLBC Director, the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the chairmen of the House and Senate Transportation Committees, on or before September 1, 2000 that explains the specific actions that the three agencies have taken to operate more efficiently and effectively at the ports of entry.
2. Requires ADOT to submit an updated five year master plan for the ports of entry to the Governor, the Legislature and JLBC on or before September 1, 2000.
3. Requires ADOT to submit a report to the Governor, the Legislature, the Secretary of State, the Department of Library, Archive and Public Records and JLBC on or before September 1, 2001 on collection and analysis of data.
4. Details reporting requirements.
5. Provides for a general effective date.
Amendments Adopted on the Floor
1. Modifies the reporting requirements by requiring ADOT to submit a progress report to JLBC, OSPB, the chairmen of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the chairmen of the House and Senate Transportation Committees.
Senate Action
TRANS 2/3/00 DP 5-0-2
3rd Read 2/17/00 25-2-2-1
Prepared by Senate Staff
February 19, 2000