omnibus budget
reconciliation; public finances
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Committee on Appropriations |
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Caucus and COW |
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As Transmitted to the Governor |
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HB 2636 is the omnibus budget reconciliation bill (ORB) containing public finance-related statutory and session law changes necessary to enact a balanced biennial state budget for the fiscal years (FY) 2002 and 2003, as contained in the General Appropriations Act, the Supplemental Appropriations Act, and the Capital Outlay Appropriations Act.
SPECIFIC
PROVISIONS (BY AFFECTED AGENCY)
· Amends statute to increase the Department’s bonding authority from $800.0 million to $1.0 billion and board funding obligation (BFO) limit from $100.0 million to $200.0 million.
· Amends statute to allow after July 1, 2001 for up to $60 million of the proceeds from the sale of new BFOs to be deposited into the State Highway Fund and $40.0 million to be deposited in a separate subaccount for highway expansion and extension loan program. Allows after July 1, 2003 for up to $60.0 million from BFOs to be deposited in the State Highway Fund and up to $140.0 million may be deposited into the Highway Expansion and Extension Loan Program (HELP).
· Requires the State Transportation Board to retain the current 5-year transportation facilities construction program in effect on June 30, 2000 and the regional freeway program scheduled for completion in 2007, also in effect on June 30, 2000, despite any changes in program funding. This provisions further states that the programs and their projects shall not be delayed or postponed and must remain in effect without change in priority or programming until they are “substantially complete”.
· Amends statute to state that beginning in FY 2004, the sum of $25 million will be appropriated from the state general fund (GF) to the State Highway Fund to replace vehicle license tax revenues which were reduced by legislative enactments in 1999 and 2000.
· Enacts session law to require the Arizona Lottery to return 31.6% of Powerball sales in both FY 2002 and FY 2003 to the General Fund. This is same amount required by session law enacted for FY 2001. The statutory requirement is the Lottery to return only 29.0%. The recommended change will ensure that the General Fund receives $19,878,700 from the Lottery Fund in FY 2002 and $18,626,700 from the Lottery Fund in FY 2003.
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Enacts session law to increase the pro-rata share that
state agencies contribute to the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA)
Personnel Division Fund from 0.9% of total Personal Services dollars to 0.95%
in FY 2002 and 1.04% of total personal services dollars in FY 2003 to fund the
replacement of the ADOA Human Resources/Payroll technology system. In FY 2002, this will have a General Fund
cost of $663,200 and an Other Fund impact of $102,600 and in FY 2003 it will
have a General fund cost of $1,201,700 and an Other Fund cost of $183,700.
· Enacts session law to allow the Commission to expend up to $91,000 in both FY 2002 and FY 2003 from monies earned on the investment of the Arts Endowment Fund for the technology development plan.
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Enacts session law to suspend the statutory requirement
for a $5.0 million General Fund appropriation to the Water Protection Fund, and
to specify that the amount appropriated to the Fund in FY 2002 and FY 2003 will
be determined by the General Appropriations Act.
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Enacts session law to direct monies received via an
interstate water banking agreement with Nevada to the General Fund. It is estimated that the General Fund will
receive $2,000,000 in FY 2002 and $2,700,000 in FY 2003.
Attorney General
· Enacts session law to transfer $1.6 million from the Collection Enforcement Revolving Fund in FY 2002 to the Federal Funds account for the Model Court program.
· Enacts session law to continue to redirect 9.0% of CJEF revenues formerly deposited to the General Fund to DPS to fund the Department’s crime lab system in both FY 2002 and FY 2003. This provisions avoids $2.9 million General Fund cost in FY 2002 and $3.0 million General Fund cost in FY 2003 for crime lab operations.
· Enacts session law to suspend for two years the schedule established by A.R.S. § 28-6537 and A.R.S. § 28-6993 reducing the level of Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) and Highway Fund revenues available to fund DPS Highway patrol. This avoids at least $5.0 million in General Fund cost in FY 2002 and FY 2003 and increases the amount of HURF and Highway monies transferred to DPS to fund increased highway patrol officers.
HB 2636 was amended in the Committee on Appropriations as follows:
· Requires the State Transportation Board to retain the current 5-year transportation facilities construction program in effect on June 30, 2000 and the regional freeway program scheduled for completion in 2007, also in effect on June 30, 2000, despite any changes in program funding. The amendment further states that the programs and their projects shall not be delayed or postponed and must remain in effect without change in priority or programming until they are “substantially complete”.
· Amends statute to state that beginning in FY 2004, the sum of $25 million will be appropriated from the state general fund (GF) to the State Highway Fund to replace vehicle license tax revenues which were reduced by legislative enactments in 1999 and 2000.
The Committee of the Whole adopted the Appropriations Committee amendment and the Rules Committee amendment, which merely made technical and clarifying changes.
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45th Legislature
First Regular Session 3 May 11, 2001
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