ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Phoenix, Arizona
FINAL
REVISED
appropriation; national
guard tuition
(NOW: appropriations; DES; child support)
Appropriates
$755,133 in FY 2002-2003 from the state general fund to the Department of
Economic Security (DES) for distribution to six counties providing child
support enforcement services.
The DES Division of Child
Support Enforcement is the administering entity for the federal IV-D child
support enforcement program. In Arizona, counties have the first right to
provide program services, such as establishing paternity and enforcing child
support orders. Six counties have
exercised that right through their county attorney offices. The Office of the
Attorney General operates the program in seven counties, and DES contracts with
a private company to provide program services for the remaining two counties.
Approximately 73 percent of
program revenues are federal funds, 21 percent are state funds, three percent
are county funds and one percent comes from handling and processing fees.
During FY 1999-2000, the six counties providing child support enforcement
services contributed an estimated $2.2 million in local funds to help pay for
program costs not covered by federal and state dollars.
The
bill states that the Legislature intends for the specified counties to refrain
from taxing citizens for the child support programs in addition to the state
taxes the citizens pay, but there is no prohibition on county taxation for
child support enforcement purposes.
The bill appropriates $755,133 from the state general fund in FY 2002-2003 to DES for distribution to the six specified counties for local child support enforcement programs.
In
her veto message, the Governor eliminated the appropriation in FY 2001-2002 due
to concern that state general fund revenues will be insufficient to support the
budget for the next two years.
1. Appropriates $755,133 from the state general fund in FY 2002-2003 to DES for distribution to the six counties providing child support enforcement services.
2. Specifies the following distribution:
Pima County $450,276
Pinal County 169,939
Gila County 40,348
Cochise County
43,057
Navajo County
22,203
La Paz County 29,310
3. Specifies the purpose of the appropriation is that the six counties not tax citizens for these programs.
4. Exempts the appropriations from lapsing.
5. Provides for a general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Appropriations Committee
A strike everything amendment, identical to S.B. 1516 as passed by the Senate, was adopted.
Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole
Reduces appropriations by half, from approximately $1.5 million per year to $755,133 per year of the biennium.
Line Item Veto
Eliminates the appropriation in FY 2001-2002.
Senate Action House Action
ED 3/22/01 DP 6-0-2-0 Final Read 5/2/01 39-16-5-0
APPROP 4/10/01 DPA/SE 7-0-5-0
3rd Read 4/27/01 28-0-2-0
Signed by Governor (LIV) 5/8/01
Chapter 386
Prepared by Senate Staff
May 31, 2001