Assigned to APPROP & GOV                                                                   AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

 

 

 

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Phoenix, Arizona

 

REVISED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1328

 

technical correction; children’s camps; water

(NOW:  appropriations; Native American tourism center)

 

Purpose

 

                Appropriates, over the biennium, $500,000 from the state general fund to the Office of Tourism for renovation and capital improvements to the former Phoenix Indian School in order to establish a Native American Cultural and Tourism Center.

 

Background

 

                As part of the Steele Indian School Park, the Arizona American Indian Tourism Association (AAITA) won a bid from the City of Phoenix to renovate the dining hall of the former Phoenix Indian School to establish the Native American Cultural and Tourism Center.

 

            According to AAITA, the Center will be located in the 14,250 square foot dining hall and will offer revolving exhibits and audio visual presentations interpreting Native American history, culture and contemporary society.  Additionally, there will be guided tours and lectures, traditional dances on weekends and Indian arts and crafts. The City of Phoenix will assume costs for stabilizing the structure and restoring the original finish.  AAITA has assumed financial responsibility for renovating the interior of the building and managing the cultural center.  The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department will maintain all exterior improvements.

 

            S.B. 1328 appropriates $500,000 over the biennium from the state general fund to assist AAITA with renovation costs.

 

Provisions

 

1.      Appropriates $250,000 in each of FY 2001-2002 and FY 2002-2003 from the state general fund to the Office of Tourism for renovation and capital improvements to the former Phoenix Indian School in order to establish a Native American Cultural and Tourism Center.

 

2.      Allows for up to ten percent of the appropriated monies to be used for oversight and administrative costs.

 

3.      Exempts the appropriation from lapsing, except that monies that are unexpended and unencumbered on June 30, 2005 revert to the state general fund.

 

4.      Provides for a general effective date.

 

Amendments Adopted by Government Committee

 

            Adopts a strike everything amendment appropriating $500,000 in FY 2001-2002 from the state general fund to the Office of Tourism.  Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.

 

Amendments Adopted by Appropriations Committee

 

            Adopts a strike everything amendment appropriating $250,000 in each of FY 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 from the state general fund to the Office of Tourism.  Unencumbered and unexpended monies revert on June 30, 2005.

 

Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole

 

1.      Adopts Appropriations Committee amendment.

 

2.      Government Committee amendment withdrawn.

 

Senate Action

 

GOV                2/5/01              DPA/SE           4-1-1-0

APPROP         3/6/01              DPA/SE           11-0-1-0

3rd Read           3/15/01                                    24-5-1-0

 

 

Prepared by Senate Staff

March 21, 2001