ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
appropriations; highway
patrol
An emergency measure,
appropriates approximately $26 million to the Department of Public Safety (DPS)
for FTEs, overtime expenditures and highway patrol vehicles from the highway
user revenue fund for FY 2001-2002 and FY 2002-2003.
Since 1995, Phoenix area
highways have seen a 57 percent increase in accidents and a 37 percent increase
in the number of miles traveled on Phoenix area highways. To address the expansion of freeways and
growth in traffic, this legislation appropriates monies for additional staff
for the highway patrol and increases in overtime expenditures in order to
improve response to accidents and transition issues at the end of officer
shifts.
The current budget allows
vehicle replacement that provides an eight-year replacement schedule or
replacement of vehicles at 160,000 miles.
As of December 1, 2000, 31 percent of DPS’s 820 patrol vehicles are
beyond the 100,000-mile replacement standard.
The highway user revenue
fund (HURF) consists of gasoline and use fuel taxes, motor carrier fees, motor
vehicle registration fees, vehicle license taxes and other miscellaneous
fees. These revenues are then
distributed to the cities, towns and counties and the state highway fund. This
legislation appropriates approximately $26 million from HURF.
1. Appropriates $4,809,700 and 58 FTEs in FY 2001-2002 and $6,930,800 and 116 FTEs in FY 2002-2003 to DPS from HURF for additional highway patrol personnel and operating expenditures for the personnel.
2. Appropriates $850,100 in FY 2001-2002 and $1,700,200 in FY 2002-2003 to DPS from HURF for overtime expenditures for highway patrol officers.
3. Appropriates $5,442,200 in FY 2001-2002 and $6,255,400 in FY 2002-2003 to DPS from HURF for replacement of highway patrol vehicles.
4. Exempts appropriations from lapsing.
5. Contains an emergency clause.
Prepared by Senate Staff
January 23, 2001