Assigned to TRANS                                                                                                          AS PASSED BY  THE SENATE

 

 

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Phoenix, Arizona

 

FINAL REVISED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1218

 

Grand Canyon airport; lease

 

Purpose

 

An emergency measure, exempts the nonprofit corporation that leases the Grand Canyon National Park Airport from administrative regulations. 

 

Background

 

Legislation adopted in 1999 created the Grand Canyon Airport Authority and appropriated $1 million for operation and expenses from the aviation fund to the Grand Canyon National Park Airport (GCNPA) (Laws 1999, Chapter 213).  The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) received legal opinions that the airport authority is considered to be a semiautonomous state entity, instead of an independent municipal corporation.  In 2000, the Legislature repealed the Grand Canyon Airport Authority and required ADOT to lease the GCNPA to a nonprofit corporation.

 

ADOT has received an additional opinion from the Attorney General recommending further legislative action to clarify that the nonprofit corporation leasing the airport is exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act, procurement, personnel and construction regulations.

 

There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state general fund associated with this legislation.

 

Provisions

 

1.      Exempts the nonprofit corporation that leases the GCNPA from bid requirements, mechanics and materialmen’s liens, the personnel system, rule making procedures and the procurement code.

 

2.      Removes the deadline of March 1, 2001 for ADOT to lease the airport.

 

3.      Eliminates the 20-year lease limit for the GCNPA.

 

4.      Extends the date to July 1, 2002 in which monies appropriated to ADOT for transfer of the GCNPA and that have not been transferred and remain unexpended and unencumbered must revert to the aviation fund.

 

5.      Contains an emergency clause.

 

6.      Makes conforming changes.

 

 

 

 

Amendments Adopted by the House of Representatives

 

1.      Extends the date in which any remaining unexpended and unencumbered monies appropriated to ADOT for transfer of the GCNPA must revert to the state aviation fund to July 1, 2002.

 

 

Senate Action                                                             House Action

 

TRANS           2/01/01            DP       7-1-0-0                        MVAA          3/15/01        DPA        10-0-0

3rd Read           2/19/01                        27-1-2             3rd Read         4/2/01                          58-0-2

Final                 4/5/01                          25-4-1

 

 

Prepared by Senate Staff

April 19, 2001

 

 

Signed by the Governor 4/11/01

Chapter 99