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Conference Engrossed |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2006
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CHAPTER 344
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HOUSE BILL 2863 |
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AN ACT
amending Laws 2005, chapter 286, sections 13, 20, 38, 64, 71, 75, 82 and 102; making appropriations for the different departments of the state, for state institutions and for public schools; providing for certain reporting requirements.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Subject to applicable laws, the sums or sources of revenue set forth in this act are appropriated for the fiscal years indicated and only from the funding sources listed for the purposes and objects specified and the performance measures are indicated as legislative intent. If monies from funding sources in this act are made unavailable, no other funding source shall be used.
Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
2006-07
State general fund
FTE positions 301.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 18,483,800
ENSCO 5,330,400
Arizona financial information
system 967,400
Statewide telecommunications
management contract lease
payment 894,000
Performance measures:
Per cent of procurement plan award dates
met for the RFP process 89
Customer satisfaction with establishing
contracts (Scale 1-8) 5.5
Customer satisfaction with administering
contracts (Scale 1-8) 5.0
Customer satisfaction rating for the
operation of AFIS (Scale 1-8) 6.5
Average capitol police response time to
emergency calls (in minutes and seconds) 1:40
The department may collect an amount of not to exceed $1,762,600 from other funding sources, excluding federal funds, to recover pro rata costs of operating AFIS II. Any amounts left unspent from the Arizona financial information system special line item shall revert to the state general fund.
Air quality fund
Lump sum appropriation $ 575,100
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction with all travel reduction
services (Scale 1-8) 6.5
The amounts appropriated for the state employee transportation service subsidy shall be used for up to a one hundred per cent subsidy of charges payable for transportation service expenses as provided in section 41-786, Arizona Revised Statutes, of nonuniversity state employees in a vehicle emissions control area as defined in section 49‑541, Arizona Revised Statutes, of a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand persons.
Capital outlay stabilization fund
fund $ 11,029,200
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction rating for building
maintenance (Scale 1-8) 6.5
Monies in the relocation special line item are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations until December 31, 2007.
Corrections fund
FTE positions 9.3
Lump sum appropriation $ 669,700
The intent of the legislature is for the amount appropriated from the corrections fund to be expended solely for the oversight of construction projects benefiting the state department of corrections or the department of juvenile corrections.
Motor vehicle pool revolving fund
FTE positions 19.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 11,655,100
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction with short-term (day use)
vehicle rental (Scale 1-8) 7.7
It is the intent of the legislature that the department not replace vehicles until an average of six years and 120,000 miles, or later.
Telecommunications fund
FTE positions 22.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,896,000
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction rating for the wide area
Customer satisfaction rating for statewide
Automation operations fund
FTE positions 158.4
Lump sum appropriation $ 23,467,900
Performance measures:
The appropriation for the automation operations fund is an estimate representing all monies, including balance forward, revenue and transfers during fiscal year 2006-2007. These monies are appropriated to the department of administration for the purposes established in section 41-711, Arizona Revised Statutes. The appropriation shall be adjusted as necessary to reflect receipts credited to the automation operations fund for automation operation center projects. Expenditures for all additional automation operation center projects shall be subject to review by the joint legislative budget committee, following approval of the government information technology agency. Expenditures for each additional project shall not exceed the specific revenues of that project.
Risk management fund
FTE positions 96.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 7,420,000
Risk management losses and premiums 47,322,400
Workers' compensation losses and
premiums 24,517,700
External legal services 5,672,100
Nonlegal related expenditures 3,153,800
Performance measures:
Workers' compensation incidence rates/100
FTE positions 5.0
Customer satisfaction with self-insurance
(Scale 1-8) 6.8
FTE positions 139.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 12,205,900
Human resources information solution
certificate of participation 4,077,000
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction with employee training
(Scale 1-8) 6.1
||trust fund
FTE positions 36.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 4,924,100
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction with benefit plans
(Scale 1-8) 6.2
State surplus materials revolving
fund
FTE positions 16.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,156,800
State surplus property sales
proceeds 3,000,000
revolving fund $ 4,156,800
All state surplus property sales proceeds received by the department in excess of $3,000,000 are appropriated. Before the expenditure of any state surplus property sales proceeds in excess of $3,000,000, the department shall report the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee.
Federal surplus materials revolving
fund
FTE positions 7.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 399,000
Total appropriation ‑ department of
administration $189,817,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 25,675,600
Other appropriated funds 164,141,800
Sec. 3. ARIZONA HEALTH CARE COST CONTAINMENT SYSTEM
2006-07
Administration
FTE positions 3,096.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 65,759,800
DOA data center charges 5,717,500
Indian advisory council 211,900
DES eligibility 47,442,100
DES title XIX pass-through 320,700
Healthcare group administration
and reinsurance 3,602,000
Office of administrative hearings 248,600
KidsCare - administration 8,622,300
Proposition 204 – AHCCCS
administration 10,616,500
Proposition 204 – DES
eligibility 34,405,500
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority ‑ administration $176,946,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 75,017,800
Budget neutrality compliance
fund 2,531,900
Children's health insurance
||program fund 6,605,800
Health care group fund 3,602,000
Expenditure authority 89,189,400
Performance measures:
Per cent of applications processed on time 95
Customer satisfaction rating for eligibility
determination clients (Scale 1-8) 6.0
It is the intent of the legislature that the appropriation for the department of administration data center charges be used only for the payment of charges incurred by the department for the use of computing services provided by the department of administration data center.
The amounts appropriated for the department of economic security eligibility special line item shall be used for intergovernmental agreements with the department of economic security for the purpose of eligibility determination and other functions. The general fund share may be used for eligibility determination for other programs administered by the division of benefits and medical eligibility based on the results of the Arizona random moment sampling survey.
The Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by January 1 of each year on the agency's use of the cost savings that results from entering into an agreement with another state as outlined in Laws 1999, chapter 313, section 27. The report shall also include detail on the source of all revenues and expenditure of monies from the intergovernmental service fund.
The Arizona health care cost containment system shall report by September 30 of each year to the joint legislative budget committee on the services that receive reimbursement from the federal government under the medicaid in public school initiative. The report shall include information on the type of services, how those services meet the definition of medical necessity and the total amount of federal dollars that the schools have received under the medicaid in public school initiative.
AHCCCS shall report by November 30, 2006 to the joint legislative budget committee on the fiscal impact of implementing certain provisions in the federal deficit reduction act of 2005 that provided states greater flexibility in the operation of their Medicaid programs. The report shall address: the fiscal impact associated with 1) Enacting the maximum amount of cost sharing subject to the federal limitations that aggregate cost sharing and premiums cannot exceed five per cent of household income. 2) Cost sharing for prescription drugs that are not preferred drugs within a class. 3) Cost sharing for nonemergency care provided in a hospital. 4) Cost sharing for an alternative benefit package that is actuarially equivalent to federal "benchmark" benefit packages. AHCCCS shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by September 1, 2006 on which benefit alternative was selected as a "benchmark".
Acute care
Capitation $1,774,885,100
Reinsurance 99,109,100
Fee-for-service 447,375,500
Medicare premiums 120,729,900
Graduate medical education 22,512,800
Dual eligible part D copay subsidy 1,029,700
Disproportionate share payments 143,477,300
Critical access hospitals 1,700,000
Breast and cervical cancer 1,251,800
Ticket to work 4,765,900
Proposition 204 – capitation 998,767,600
Proposition 204 – reinsurance 84,146,900
Proposition 204 – fee-for-service 148,204,600
Proposition 204 – medicare
premiums 28,496,100
Proposition 204 – county hold
harmless 4,825,600
KidsCare – children 104,276,300
KidsCare – parents 44,801,900
Rural hospital reimbursement 12,158,100
Medicare clawback payments 27,082,200
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority ‑ acute care $4,069,596,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 956,329,500
Children's health insurance
||program fund 116,017,600
Tobacco tax and health care
fund – medically needy
account 83,162,500
Tobacco products tax fund ‑
emergency health services
account 29,371,200
Expenditure authority 2,884,715,600
Performance measures:
Per cent of well child visits in the first
15 months of life (EPSDT) 72
Per cent of children's access to primary
care provider 85
Per cent of women receiving annual cervical
screening 55
Member satisfaction as measured by
percentage of enrollees that choose
to change health plans 3.5
The fiscal year 2006-2007 disproportionate share payment of $143,477,300 is based on the federal fiscal year 2006-2007 authorized expenditure level of $95,369,400. If the final federal expenditure authorization is an amount different from the estimate, the governor shall direct the Arizona health care cost containment system administration, subject to the availability of monies and subject to review of the joint legislative budget committee, to proportionately adjust authorization amounts among the identified recipients of the disproportionate share hospital payment. Before the final payment, the governor shall provide notification to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the staff director of the joint legislative budget committee of the adjusted federal authorized expenditure level and the proposed distribution plan for these monies.
The appropriation for disproportionate share payments for fiscal year 2006-2007 made pursuant to section 36-2903.01, subsection P, Arizona Revised Statutes, includes $88,854,700 for qualifying county operated hospitals, $26,147,700 for private qualifying disproportionate share hospitals and $28,474,900 for deposit in the Arizona state hospital fund.
Of the $4,825,600 appropriated for the proposition 204 county hold harmless line, $234,200 is allocated to Graham county, $3,817,800 to Pima county, $234,400 to Greenlee county, $159,700 to La Paz county, $214,800 to Santa Cruz county and $164,700 to Yavapai county to offset a net loss in revenue due to the implementation of proposition 204, and shall be used for indigent health care costs.
Long-term care
Program lump sum appropriation $1,060,536,000
Medicare clawback payments 19,475,200
Dual eligible part D copay
subsidy 470,300
Board of nursing 209,700
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority – long-term care $1,080,691,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 126,326,900
Expenditure authority 954,364,300
Performance measures:
Per cent of members utilizing home and
community based services (HCBS) 67
Per cent of ALTCS eligibility as measured by
quality control sample 99
Any federal funds that the Arizona health care cost containment system administration passes through to the department of economic security for use in long-term administration care for the developmentally disabled shall not count against the long-term care expenditure authority above.
Pursuant to section 11‑292, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the county portion of the fiscal year 2006-2007 nonfederal portion of the costs of providing long-term care system services is $244,880,500. This amount is included in the expenditure authority fund source.
Total appropriation and expenditure
authority – Arizona health ______________
care cost containment system $5,327,234,500
Appropriated fund sources:
State general fund $1,157,674,200
Budget neutrality compliance fund 2,531,900
Children's health insurance
program fund 122,623,400
Health care group fund 3,602,000
Tobacco products tax fund –
emergency health services
account 29,371,200
Tobacco tax and health care
fund – medically needy account 83,162,500
Expenditure authority $3,928,269,300
Performance measures:
are uninsured 24
Before making fee-for-service program or rate changes that pertain to hospital, nursing facility or home and community based services rates or for any of the other fee-for-service rate categories that have increases that, in the aggregate, are two per cent above and $1,500,000 from the state general fund greater than budgeted medical inflation in fiscal year 2006-2007, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report its expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review.
The Arizona health care cost containment system shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by March 1 of each year on the preliminary actuarial estimates of the capitation rate changes for the following fiscal year along with the reasons for the estimated changes. For any actuarial estimates that include a range, the total range from minimum to maximum shall be no more than three per cent. Before implementation of any changes in capitation rates, the Arizona health care cost containment system administration shall report its expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review. Unless required for compliance with federal law, before the administration implements any changes in policy affecting the amount, sufficiency, duration and scope of health care services and who may provide services, the administration shall prepare a fiscal impact analysis on the potential effects of this change on the following year's capitation rates. If the fiscal analysis demonstrates that these changes will result in additional state costs of $500,000 or greater for a given fiscal year, the administration shall submit the policy changes to the joint legislative budget committee for review. The administration shall also report quarterly to the joint legislative budget committee itemizing all policy changes with fiscal impacts of less than $500,000 in state costs. If statutory language is enacted to prohibit these policy changes, the portion of the footnote regarding joint legislative budget committee review of policy changes shall not apply.
Sec.|4. ATTORNEY GENERAL ‑ DEPARTMENT OF LAW
2006-07
FTE positions 619.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 42,749,100
State grand jury 160,100
Victims' rights 3,228,300
Risk management interagency
service agreement 8,621,500
Total appropriation ‑ attorney general ‑
department of law $ 54,759,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,396,500
Antitrust enforcement revolving
fund 208,200
Attorney general legal services
cost allocation fund 6,041,000
Collection enforcement revolving
fund 4,281,500
Consumer fraud revolving fund 2,699,900
Interagency service agreements
fund 11,282,100
Risk management revolving fund 8,621,500
Victims' rights fund 3,228,300
Performance measures:
Solicitor general – number of days to respond
to a request for a legal opinion 60
Customer satisfaction rating for client
agencies (Scale 1-8) 7.3
The $160,100 appropriated for state grand jury expenses is for costs incurred pursuant to section 21‑428, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes. It is the intent of the legislature that state grand jury expenses be limited to the amount appropriated and that a supplemental appropriation will not be provided.
The attorney general shall notify the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee before entering into a settlement of $100,000 or more that will result in the receipt of monies by the attorney general or any other person. The attorney general shall not allocate or expend these monies until the joint legislative budget committee reviews the allocations or expenditures. Settlements that pursuant to statute must be deposited in the state general fund need not be reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee. This paragraph does not apply to actions under title 13, Arizona Revised Statutes, or other criminal matters.
In addition to the $11,282,100 appropriated from the interagency service agreements fund, an additional $800,000 and 11 FTE positions are appropriated from the interagency service agreements fund for new or expanded interagency service agreements. The attorney general shall report to the joint legislative budget committee whenever an interagency service agreement is established that will require expenditures from the additional amount. The report shall include the name of the agency or entity with which the agreement is made, the dollar amount of the contract by fiscal year and the number of associated FTE positions.
All revenues received by the antitrust enforcement revolving fund in excess of $208,200 are appropriated. Expenditures from the fund may not exceed $750,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007. Before the expenditure of any antitrust enforcement revolving fund receipts in excess of $208,200 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the attorney general shall submit the intended uses of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 5. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
2006-07
FTE positions 74.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,606,200
Military base economic impact study 250,000
Arizona trade office in Sonora 25,000
International trade offices 1,319,300
Economic development matching funds 104,000
Main street 130,000
REDI matching grants 45,000
Rural economic development 304,000
Advertising and promotion 659,200
Motion picture development 309,300
CEDC commission 257,000
National law center/free trade 200,000
Oil overcharge administration 164,800
Minority and women owned business 110,500
Small business advocate 108,300
Apprenticeship services 165,100
Total appropriation – department of
commerce $ 7,757,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,234,600
Bond fund 131,100
CEDC fund 2,970,200
Oil overcharge fund 164,800
State lottery fund 257,000
Performance measures:
Number of workers trained 25,000
Per cent of job training fund monies
distributed to small businesses 25
Customer satisfaction rating for business
development program (percentage rating
services as good or excellent) 88
Of the $2,970,200 appropriated from the CEDC fund, $250,000 shall be utilized for implementation of cross-industry business/infrastructure development projects and related project coordination in support of regional technology councils and high technology clusters operating in Arizona.
Sec. 6. ARIZONA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
2006-07
Equalization aid
Cochise $ 3,857,400
Graham 11,504,000
Navajo 3,373,200
Yuma/La Paz 1,278,100
Total ‑ equalization aid $ 20,012,700
Operating state aid
Cochise $ 8,349,000
Coconino 3,322,500
Gila 294,800
Graham 5,370,400
Maricopa 57,528,300
Mohave 4,196,900
Navajo 4,412,300
Pima 19,593,500
Pinal 6,014,700
Yavapai 4,738,700
Yuma/La Paz 5,657,200
Total ‑ operating state aid $119,478,300
Capital outlay state aid
Cochise $ 1,052,300
Coconino 421,300
Gila 65,500
Graham 525,800
Maricopa 11,421,900
Mohave 597,500
Navajo 568,900
Pima 3,262,900
Pinal 3,789,800
Yavapai 678,500
Yuma/La Paz 911,200
Total ‑ capital outlay state aid $ 23,295,600
colleges $162,786,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $162,786,600
Performance measures:
Per cent of students who transfer to Arizona
public universities without loss of credits 96
Number of applied baccalaureate programs
collaboratively developed with universities 8
Of the $3,789,800 Pinal community college receives in capital outlay state aid, $2,000,000 shall be used for construction of a regional law enforcement officers training center and $1,000,000 shall be used for a firefighters training facility at Central Arizona College.
Sec. 7. CORPORATION COMMISSION
2006-07
FTE positions 318.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 24,780,700
Corporation filings, same day
service 400,400
Utilities audits, studies,
investigations and hearings 380,000*
Total appropriation ‑ corporation commission $ 25,561,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,133,000
Arizona arts trust fund 44,100
Investment management regulatory
||and enforcement fund 828,200
Public access fund 3,673,000
Securities regulatory and
enforcement fund 3,505,500
Utility regulation revolving fund 12,377,300
Performance measures:
Average turnaround time in days for processing
of regular corporate filings 70.0
Average turnaround time in days for processing
of expedited corporate filings 3.0
Number of months required to review complaints
received by securities division 1.5
Customer satisfaction rating for corporations
program (Scale 1-8) 7.1
The corporation commission corporations division shall provide a report by the end of each calendar quarter during fiscal year 2006-2007 to the joint legislative budget committee on the total number of filings received by the corporations division, the total number of filings processed by the corporations division and the amount of time to process the filings. The corporation commission corporations division shall include in the first quarterly report for fiscal year 2006-2007 a plan for resolving the backlog of corporation filings.
The $400,400 appropriated from the public access fund for the corporation filings same day service special line item shall revert to the public access fund at the end of fiscal year 2006-2007 if the commission cannot process all expedited services within five business days and all other documents and services within thirty business days in accordance with section 10-122, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 8. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
2006-07
FTE positions 9,726.9
Correctional officer personal services $245,729,900
Health care personal services 40,920,200
All other personal services 72,308,100
Employee related expenditures 128,942,400
Health care all other operating
expenditures 62,596,200
Non-health care all other operating
expenditures 118,966,700
Total – operating budget $669,463,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $654,516,100
State education fund for
correctional education 1,528,900
Alcohol abuse treatment fund 599,300
Penitentiary land fund 869,200
State charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions
land fund 570,000
Corrections fund 350,000
Transition office fund 180,000
Transition program drug treatment
fund 600,000
Prison construction and operations
fund 10,250,000
County jail beds $ 2,518,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,518,500
Overtime/compensatory time $ 19,688,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 19,688,100
Private prison per diem $ 81,846,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 53,172,500
Corrections fund 28,674,300
Provisional beds $ 34,933,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 34,933,400
Performance measures:
Escapes from secure facilities 0
Number of inmates receiving GED 3,000
Number of inmate random positive
urinalysis results 900
Twenty‑five per cent of land earnings and interest from the state charitable, penal and reformatory institutions land fund shall be distributed to the state department of corrections in compliance with section 25 of the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona to be used for the support of state penal institutions.
One hundred per cent of land earnings and interest from the penitentiary land fund shall be distributed to the department of corrections in compliance with section 25 of the enabling act and the constitution to be used for the support of state penal institutions.
Before the expenditure of any state education fund for correctional education receipts in excess of $1,528,900, the department of corrections shall report the intended use of the monies to the director of the joint legislative budget committee.
Before altering its bed capacity by closing state-operated prison beds, canceling or not renewing contracts for privately-operated prison beds, the department of corrections shall submit a bed plan detailing the proposed bed closures for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The appropriated amount includes $25,751,300 for a $2,943 salary increase beginning July 1, 2006 for each employee in the correctional officer series.
The overtime/compensatory time line item includes monies for personal services and employee related expenditure costs from overtime and compensatory time payouts accrued by department employees in fiscal year 2006-2007.
Before placing any additional inmates in out-of-state provisional beds, the department shall place inmates in all available prison beds within facilities that are located in Arizona and that house Arizona inmates, unless the out-of-state provisional beds are of a comparable security level and price.
Notwithstanding section 35-173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, any transfer to or from the amounts appropriated for county jail beds, overtime/compensatory time, private prison per diem or provisional beds line items shall require review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The private prison per diem line item includes $2,382,600 from the state general fund for a 4.5 per cent increase for private prison contracts for facilities that are located within Arizona and that house Arizona inmates as of July 1, 2006. The department shall provide this increase to all applicable contractors by August 1, 2006.
The Arizona department of administration shall charge the department of corrections for employer general fund health and dental insurance based on actual enrollment in fiscal year 2006-2007.
By October 1, 2006, the department of corrections shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on "off-site" vehicles that are owned by the department and that do not remain on department property at the end of the work day. These may include "take-home" vehicles as well as vehicles that are stationed off-site of department property at the end of the work day. The list shall also include those vehicles that are used by department employees and that are taken home or parked at a location other than an employee's residence. The report shall identify all position classifications and their corresponding assignments and locations of all persons who qualify for an off-site vehicle. The report shall indicate the current number of positions and vehicles that are being used as off-site vehicles, the total number of vehicles that the department owns by category and the policy and guidelines relating to off-site vehicles.
A monthly report comparing department of corrections expenditures for the month and year-to-date as compared to prior year expenditures shall be forwarded to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee by the thirtieth of the following month. The report shall include at least each line item of appropriation and the main components of all other operating expenditures. The report shall include an estimate of potential shortfalls, potential surpluses that may be available to offset these shortfalls and a plan, if necessary, for eliminating any shortfall without a supplemental appropriation.
By July 1, 2006, the department of corrections shall transmit to the joint legislative budget committee the operating per capita cost report for fiscal year 2004-2005. By February 1, 2007, the department of corrections shall transmit to the joint legislative budget committee the operating per capita cost report for fiscal year 2005-2006.
Sec. 9. ARIZONA STATE SCHOOLS FOR THE DEAF AND THE BLIND
2006-07
Phoenix day school for the deaf
FTE positions 177.2
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 9,616,100
School bus replacement 425,000
Total – Phoenix day school for the deaf $ 10,041,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,713,900
Schools for the deaf and the
blind fund 5,327,200
Tucson campus
FTE positions 312.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 14,537,100
School bus replacement 425,000
Total – Tucson campus $ 14,962,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,809,100
Schools for the deaf and the
blind fund 5,153,000
Regional cooperatives
FTE positions 28.1
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,691,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,270,500
Schools for the deaf and the
blind fund 421,400
Preschool/outreach programs
FTE positions 69.8
Lump sum appropriation $ 5,546,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,631,200
Schools for the deaf and the
blind fund 2,915,300
Total appropriation – Arizona state schools
for the deaf and the blind $ 32,241,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,424,700
Schools for the deaf and the
blind fund 13,816,900
Performance measures:
Per cent of parents rating overall quality of
services as "good" or "excellent" based
on annual survey 95
Per cent of students in grade 5 meeting or
exceeding state academic standards in:
Reading 20
Writing 25
Math 20
Per cent of students in high school meeting or
exceeding state academic standards in:
Reading 20
Writing 25
Math 20
Before the expenditure of any schools for the deaf and the blind fund monies in excess of $13,816,900 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the joint legislative budget committee shall review the intended use of the funds.
All endowment earnings above $200,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 that are received by the schools for the deaf and the blind and deposited into the schools for the deaf and the blind fund are appropriated for operating expenditures.
Before expending any funds for school bus replacement, the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review.
Sec. 10. DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC SECURITY
2006-07
Administration
FTE positions 299.2
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 36,670,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 29,166,100
Federal child care and
development fund block grant 1,090,400
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block grant 4,623,100
Public assistance collections
fund 130,000
Special administration fund 573,500
Spinal and head injuries trust
fund 86,900
Statewide cost allocation plan
fund 1,000,000
Finger imaging $ 726,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 453,400
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 273,300
Lease-purchase equipment $ 1,799,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,138,000
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 661,000
Public assistance collections $ 485,700
Fund sources:
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant $ 237,700
Public assistance collections
fund 248,000
Attorney general legal services $ 657,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 397,100
Federal child care and development
||fund block grant 15,600
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 149,700
Public assistance collections
fund 95,000
Triagency disaster recovery $ 271,500
Fund sources:
Risk management fund $ 271,500
In accordance with section 35-142.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, the department of economic security shall remit to the department of administration any monies received as reimbursement from the federal government or any other source for the operation of the department of economic security west building and any other building lease-purchased by the state of Arizona in which the department of economic security occupies space. The department of administration shall deposit these monies in the state general fund.
In accordance with section 38-654, Arizona Revised Statutes, the department of economic security shall transfer to the department of administration for deposit in the special employee health insurance trust fund any unexpended state general fund monies at the end of each fiscal year appropriated for employer health insurance contributions.
Developmental disabilities
FTE positions 197.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,743,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,743,800
Case management $ 4,044,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,044,000
Home and community based
services $ 35,377,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 34,529,100
Long term care system fund 848,100
Institutional services $ 294,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 294,900
Arizona training program at
Coolidge $ 500,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 500,000
State-funded long-term care
services $ 21,802,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 762,900
Long-term care system fund 21,039,500
Performance measures:
Per cent of consumer satisfaction with
case management services 95
Per cent of consumers living at home who
are satisfied with services and supports 70
Per cent of families of children under 18
who are satisfied with services and supports 65
Per cent of families or individuals 18 years
or older, who do not live at home with
family, who are satisfied with services
and supports 89
It is the intent of the legislature that any available surplus monies for developmental disability programs be applied toward the waiting list, unless there are insufficient monies to annualize these costs in the subsequent year. The children's waiting list shall receive first priority. The amount appropriated for developmental disabilities shall be used to provide for services for nontitle XIX eligible clients. The amount shall not be used for other purposes, unless a transfer of monies is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
The department of economic security shall report all new placements into a state-owned ICF-MR or the Arizona training program at Coolidge campus in fiscal year 2006-2007 to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the reason why this placement, rather than a placement into a privately run facility for the developmentally disabled, was deemed as the most appropriate placement. The department should also report if no new placements were made. This report shall be made available by July 15, 2007.
Long-term care
FTE positions 1,615.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 29,350,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,803,700
Expenditure authority 19,546,500
Case management $ 32,482,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 10,849,700
Expenditure authority 21,632,500
Home and community based
services $511,250,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $170,740,100
Expenditure authority 340,510,700
Institutional services $ 18,314,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 6,117,600
Expenditure authority 12,197,100
Medical services $ 90,258,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 30,148,600
Expenditure authority 60,110,000
Arizona training program at
||Coolidge $ 14,773,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,934,900
Expenditure authority 9,839,000
Medicare clawback payments $ 2,069,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,069,000
All monies in the long-term care system fund unexpended and unencumbered at the end of fiscal year 2006-2007 revert to the state general fund, subject to approval by the Arizona health care cost containment system.
The department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by March 1 of each year on preliminary actuarial estimates of the capitation rate changes for the following fiscal year along with the reasons for the estimated changes. For any actuarial estimates that include a range, the total range from minimum to maximum shall be not more than three per cent. Before implementation of any changes in capitation rates for the long-term care program, the department of economic security shall report its expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for its review. Unless required for compliance with federal law, before the department implements any changes in policy affecting the amount, sufficiency, duration and scope of health care services and who may provide services, the department shall prepare a fiscal impact analysis on the potential effects of this change on the following year's capitation rates. If the fiscal analysis demonstrates that these changes will result in additional state costs of $500,000 or greater for a given fiscal year, the department shall submit the policy changes to the joint legislative budget committee for review. The department shall also report quarterly to the joint legislative budget committee itemizing all policy changes with fiscal impacts of less than $500,000 in state costs. If statutory language is enacted to prohibit these policy changes, the portion of the footnote regarding joint legislative budget committee review of policy changes shall not apply.
Benefits and medical eligibility
FTE positions 569.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 32,273,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 23,125,300
Federal temporary assistance
for needy families block
grant 9,148,500
Temporary assistance for
needy families cash
benefits $135,605,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 56,308,200
Federal temporary assistance
for needy families block
grant 79,297,200
General assistance $ 4,260,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,260,800
FLSA supplement $ 508,900
Fund sources:
Federal temporary assistance for
needy families block grant $ 508,900
Tribal pass-through funding $ 4,288,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,288,700
Tuberculosis control payments $ 32,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 32,200
Performance measures:
Per cent of cash benefits issued timely 98.6
Per cent of total cash benefits payments
issued accurately 95.0
Per cent of total food stamps payments
issued accurately 95.0
Per cent of clients satisfied with family
assistance administration 93.0
The operating lump sum appropriation may be expended on Arizona health care cost containment system eligibility determinations based on the results of the Arizona random moment sampling survey.
Notwithstanding section 35-173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, any transfer to or from the $135,605,400 appropriated for temporary assistance for needy families cash benefits requires review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Of the amount appropriated for temporary assistance for needy families cash benefits, $500,000 reflects appropriation authority only to ensure sufficient cashflow to administer cash benefits for tribes operating their own welfare programs. The department shall notify the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting staff before the use of any of the $500,000 appropriation authority.
The department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by the end of each calendar quarter on progress made in meeting federal TANF work participation requirements.
Child support enforcement
FTE positions 863.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 36,729,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,262,800
Child support enforcement
||administration fund 8,100,100
Expenditure authority 24,366,500
Genetic testing $ 723,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 72,400
Expenditure authority 651,200
Central payment processing $ 3,275,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 444,700
Child support enforcement
||administration fund 1,573,800
Expenditure authority 1,257,200
County participation $ 6,845,200
Fund sources:
Child support enforcement
||administration fund $ 1,384,100
Expenditure authority 5,461,100
Attorney general legal services $ 8,523,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 673,900
Child support enforcement
||administration fund 2,139,800
Expenditure authority 5,709,800
Performance measures:
Total IV-D collections $275,000,000
Ratio of current IV-D support collected
and distributed to current IV-D support
due 42.0
All state share of retained earnings, fees and federal incentives above $13,197,800 received by the division of child support enforcement are appropriated for operating expenditures. New full‑time equivalent positions may be authorized with the increased funding. The division of child support enforcement shall report the intended use of the monies to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting.
Aging and community services
FTE positions 80.6
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 5,302,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,079,400
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 223,100
Adult services $ 15,599,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 15,599,300
Community and emergency
services $ 5,924,900
Fund sources:
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant $ 5,424,900
Utility assistance fund 500,000
Coordinated hunger $ 1,786,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,286,600
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 500,000
Coordinated homeless $ 2,804,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,155,400
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 1,649,500
Domestic violence prevention $ 13,647,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,326,700
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 6,620,700
Domestic violence shelter fund 1,700,000
Community-based marriage and
communication skills program
fund deposit $ 1,200,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,200,000
Performance measures:
Adult protective services investigation
per cent rate 83
The department shall report on activities of food distribution efforts funded through the monies in the coordinated hunger special line item to the joint legislative budget committee by March 15, 2007. The report shall demonstrate how the food was distributed and shall include letters from each participating regional food bank stating its satisfaction with the distribution process.
All domestic violence shelter fund monies above $1,700,000 received by the department of economic security are appropriated for the domestic violence prevention special line item. The department of economic security shall report the intended use of the monies above $1,700,000 to the joint legislative budget committee.
The department of economic security shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on the amount of state and federal monies available statewide for domestic violence funding by December 15, 2006. The report shall include, at a minimum, the amount of monies available and the state fiscal agent receiving those monies.
It is the intent of the legislature that the department use at least $1,038,900 of federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant monies in the appropriation for community and emergency services to ensure that councils of governments and tribal governments receive at least the same amount of federal social services block grant monies that those entities received in fiscal year 2000-2001.
The department shall apply for the maximum allowable federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant funding in fiscal year 2006-2007 available to the state through a grant program to promote healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood. These monies shall be deposited in the community-based marriage and communication skills program fund established by section 41-2032, Arizona Revised Statutes, for at least the following purposes:
1. Marketing and advertising of marriage skills classes.
2. The community-based relationship skills high school pilot program.
The department shall increase expenditures from the domestic violence special line item to faith-based programs by at least $700,000 over the fiscal year 2005-2006 level.
Children, youth and families
FTE positions 1,535.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 74,705,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 47,200,400
Children and family services
||training program fund 209,600
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 27,295,800
Adoption services $ 40,237,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 29,551,200
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 10,686,100
Adoption services – family
preservation projects $ 1,000,000
Fund sources:
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant $ 1,000,000
Attorney general legal
services $ 9,048,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,000,200
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 47,800
Child abuse prevention $ 819,700
Fund sources:
Child abuse prevention fund $ 819,700
Children support services $ 42,195,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 29,316,600
Child abuse prevention fund 750,000
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 12,129,100
Comprehensive medical and dental
||program $ 2,057,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,057,000
Child protective services appeals $ 659,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 659,400
Child protective services
||expedited substance abuse
||treatment fund deposit $ 224,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 224,500
CPS emergency placement $ 7,892,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,685,800
Federal temporary assistance
||for needy families block
grant 4,206,400
Family builders program $ 5,200,000
Fund sources:
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant $ 5,200,000
Foster care placement $ 14,715,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,491,900
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 6,223,100
Healthy families $ 13,750,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,715,800
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 5,034,200
Homeless youth intervention $ 400,000
Fund sources:
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant $ 400,000
Intensive family services $ 1,985,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,985,600
Joint substance abuse treatment
fund – state general fund $ 3,000,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,000,000
Permanent guardianship subsidy $ 6,909,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 6,050,200
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 859,300
CPS residential placement $ 21,754,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 7,788,000
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 13,966,600
Temporary assistance for needy
||families deposit to the joint
||substance abuse treatment fund $ 2,000,000
Fund sources:
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant $ 2,000,000
Performance measures:
Per cent of newly hired CPS specialists
completing training within 7 months
of hire 100
Per cent of children in out-of-home care
who have not returned to their families
or been permanently placed elsewhere
for more than 24 consecutive months 21
Per cent of CPS reports responded to by CPS
staff 100
Per cent of CPS original dependencies
cases where court denied or dismissed <1
Per cent of office of administrative hearings
where CPS case findings are affirmed 90
Per cent of CPS complaints reviewed by
the office of the ombudsman-citizens
aide where allegations are reported
as valid by the ombudsman 13
Average number of days spent in shelter
placements 15
Number of children in shelter care more
than 21 days 0
Number of children under 3 in shelter care 0
Number of children under 6 in group homes 0
Notwithstanding section 35-173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, any transfer to or from the amounts appropriated for children support services, CPS emergency placement, CPS residential placement or foster care placement requires review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Of the amounts appropriated for children support services, CPS emergency placement, CPS residential placement and foster care placement, $22,613,100 is appropriated from the federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant to the social services block grant for deposit in the following line items in the following amounts:
Children support services 5,371,700
CPS emergency placement 2,333,700
CPS residential placement 9,833,300
Foster care placement 5,074,400
Of the sums appropriated, $3,841,500 from the adoption services special line item and $2,487,500 from the foster care placement special line item shall be used to fund a 12.5 per cent increase in the adoption subsidy and foster care rates in fiscal year 2006-2007.
The department of economic security shall provide training to any new child protective services full-time equivalent positions before assigning to any of these employees any client caseload duties.
It is the intent of the legislature that the department of economic security shall use the funding in the division of children, youth and families to achieve a one hundred per cent investigation rate.
It is the intent of the legislature that the $1,000,000 appropriated to the adoption services – family preservation projects special line item be used to promote adoption as an option for children, including but not limited to promoting the agency's adoption program and temporary adoption subsidy payment increases to current adoption subsidy clients. The department shall report the intended use of these monies to the joint legislative budget committee by August 1 of each year for the committee's review. The report shall include an evaluation of the most effective means of expending these funds and performance measures to gauge the program's success. The report shall reflect the recommendations of any statutory committee established to provide recommendations on this appropriation.
Employment and rehabilitation services
FTE positions 488.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 25,880,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,918,700
Federal child care and development
||fund block grant 9,103,300
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 5,212,300
Workforce investment act grant 2,051,700
Special administration fund 85,000
Spinal and head injuries trust
fund 509,000
JOBS $ 22,942,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,823,500
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 17,618,800
Workforce investment act grant 2,000,000
Special administration fund 1,500,000
Day care subsidy $155,000,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 75,482,900
Federal child care and
development fund block grant 71,496,900
Federal temporary assistance for
||needy families block grant 8,020,300
Transitional child care $ 34,481,900
Fund sources:
Federal child care and
||development fund block
grant $ 34,481,900
Vocational rehabilitation
services $ 5,419,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,214,400
Spinal and head injuries
trust fund 204,700
Independent living rehabilitation
services $ 2,491,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 784,200
Spinal and head injuries trust
fund 1,707,700
Workforce investment act – local
governments $ 48,040,600
Fund sources:
Workforce investment act grant $ 48,040,600
Workforce investment act –
discretionary $ 3,614,000
Fund sources:
Workforce investment act grant $ 3,614,000
Performance measures:
Number of TANF recipients who obtained
employment 20,000
Per cent of customer satisfaction with
child care 95.6
Vocational rehabilitation individuals
successfully rehabilitated 1,900
It is the intent of the legislature that the $22,942,300 appropriated for JOBS may be used to support nonpermanent and seasonal positions to fulfill federal program requirements when contracts for services cannot be established with outside parties. The use of such positions shall be reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
It is the intent of the legislature that the department shall use $4,500,000 of the monies appropriated for the JOBS special line item for contracts with education and training entities. These contracts shall focus on assisting JOBS clients in obtaining jobs paying, on average, ten dollars per hour or more. The department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by October 15, 2006 on these efforts. The report shall include expenditure details and placement data.
Of the $155,000,100 appropriated for day care subsidy, $120,087,700 is for a program in which the upper income limit is no more than one hundred sixty-five per cent of the federal poverty level. This provision shall not be construed to impose a duty on an officer, agent or employee of the state to discharge a responsibility or to create any right in a person or group if the discharge or right would require an expenditure of state monies in excess of the $120,087,700 appropriation.
The amounts appropriated for day care subsidy and transitional child care shall be used exclusively for child care costs unless a transfer of monies is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee. Monies shall not be used from these appropriated amounts for any other expenses of the department of economic security unless a transfer of monies is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
Monies in the child care subsidy and transitional child care special line items shall be used to provide services only to residents of the state of Arizona who are citizens or legal residents of the United States or who are otherwise lawfully present in the United States.
The department shall report by October 1, 2006 to the joint legislative budget committee the number of child care programs receiving reimbursements that are operated out of public school facilities, the square footage used, the number of children enrolled and the total rent costs for each of those programs.
All spinal and head injuries trust fund receipts received by the department of economic security in excess of $2,421,400 are appropriated to the independent living rehabilitation services special line item. Before the expenditure of any spinal and head injuries trust fund receipts in excess of $2,421,400, the department of economic security shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Monies appropriated to the workforce investment act – discretionary special line item may not be expended until a proposed expenditure plan has been reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
All federal workforce investment act discretionary funds that are received by the state in excess of $3,614,000 are appropriated to the workforce investment act - discretionary special line item. Excess monies may not be spent until a proposed expenditure plan for the excess monies has been reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
All federal workforce investment act funds for local governments that are received by the state in excess of $48,040,600 are appropriated to the workforce investment act – local governments special line item. Excess monies may not be spent until a proposed expenditure plan for the excess monies has been reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
Performance measures:
Agencywide customer satisfaction rating
(Scale 1-5) 3.7
The above appropriations are in addition to funds granted to the state by the federal government for the same purposes but shall be deemed to include the sums deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the department of economic security pursuant to section 42‑5029, Arizona Revised Statutes.
A monthly report comparing total expenditures for the month and year‑to‑date as compared to prior year totals shall be forwarded to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee by the thirtieth of the following month. The report shall include an estimate of (1)||potential shortfalls in entitlement programs, (2)||potential federal and other funds, such as the statewide assessment for indirect costs, and any projected surplus in state supported programs that may be available to offset these shortfalls and a plan, if necessary, for eliminating any shortfall without a supplemental appropriation, (3)||shortfalls resulting from new leases or renegotiations of current leases and associated costs, and (4) total expenditure authority of the child support enforcement program for the month and year‑to‑date as compared to prior year totals.
The department of economic security shall report the receipt and intended use of all current and prior year reversions from nonappropriated sources to the joint legislative budget committee.
The amounts above include $8,171,200 from the state general fund and $13,596,200 from matching federal expenditure authority to raise rates of community service providers and independent service agreement providers contracting with the division of developmental disabilities to the equivalent of 99.69 per cent of fiscal year 2005-2006 market rates for all services on the published rate schedule. It is the intent of the legislature that the division request the Arizona health care cost containment system to approve a capitation rate increase retroactive to July 1, 2006 to make provider rate increases effective July 1, 2006. By July 1, 2006, the division shall obtain approval for a rate increase implementation proposal from the Arizona health care cost containment system. By August 1, 2006, the division shall submit the implementation plan for review by the joint legislative budget committee. The adjusted rates shall be implemented beginning with provider payments due for services performed in August 2006. Payment for retroactive reimbursement due for services provided in July 2006 shall be paid to providers no later than September 15, 2006.
Sec. 11. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
2006-07
Administration
FTE positions 70.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 5,758,600
Information technology 2,500,000
Total – administration $ 8,258,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,258,600
The operating lump sum appropriation includes $291,100 and 4 FTE positions for average daily membership auditing.
The appropriated amount for the information technology special line item program is for improving access to currently-collected data, is not intended to be used to expand data collection or hire additional permanent staff and is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations through June 30, 2008.
Before expending any monies from the information technology special line item program, the department of education shall present to the joint legislative budget committee a timeline for implementation and completion of the project, including expected deliverables, intended objectives and any recommendations for statutory changes needed to complete the project. The report shall occur after information technology authorization committee approval of the project, unless approval was unreasonably withheld. During implementation of the project, the department of education shall present to the joint legislative budget committee at least once every six months a report on the progress of the project, including any changes to intended objectives and any updates on expected deliverables.
Formula programs
FTE positions 29.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,998,800
Basic state aid $2,966,207,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $2,920,987,100
Permanent state school fund 45,220,700
The above appropriation provides basic state support to school districts for maintenance and operations funding as provided by section 15‑973, Arizona Revised Statutes, and includes an estimated $45,220,700 in expendable income derived from the permanent state school fund and from state trust lands pursuant to section 37-521, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, for fiscal year 2006-2007.
Receipts derived from the permanent state school fund and any other nonstate general fund revenue source that is dedicated to fund basic state aid will be expended, whenever possible, before expenditure of state general fund monies.
Except as required by section 37-521, Arizona Revised Statutes, all monies received during the fiscal year from national forests, interest collected on deferred payments on the purchase of state lands, the income from the investment of permanent funds as prescribed by the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona and all monies received by the superintendent of public instruction from whatever source, except monies received pursuant to sections 15‑237 and 15-531, Arizona Revised Statutes, when paid into the state treasury are appropriated for apportionment to the various counties in accordance with law. An expenditure shall not be made except as specifically authorized above.
Additional state aid to schools $ 324,224,300
Special education fund 35,232,300
Other state aid to districts 983,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $3,283,426,400
Permanent state school fund 45,220,700
Non-formula programs
FTE positions 124.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,275,800
Achievement testing 10,227,600
Before making any changes to the achievement testing program that will increase program costs, the state board of education shall report the estimated fiscal impact of those changes to the joint legislative budget committee.
AIMS intervention; dropout
prevention $ 5,550,000
School accountability 4,698,100
Adult education and GED 4,451,000
The appropriated amount is for classes in adult basic education, general education development and citizenship on a statewide basis.
It is the intent of the legislature that no more than ten per cent of the appropriation for adult education assistance be used by the department of education for operating the division of adult education. It is also the intent of the legislature that the greatest possible proportion of the monies appropriated for adult education programs be devoted to instructional, rather than administrative, aspects of the programs.
The department shall give persons under twenty-one years of age priority in gaining access to services pertaining to general education development testing.
Chemical abuse 806,200
English learner programs 332,600
Extended school year 500,000
Family literacy 1,004,900
Gifted support 1,367,400
School safety program 6,709,700
Small pass-through programs 581,600
The appropriated amount includes $50,000 for the academic contest fund, $82,400 for academic decathlon, $50,000 for Arizona geographic alliance, $40,000 for the Arizona humanities council, $25,200 for Arizona principal's academy, $234,000 for Arizona school service through education technology, $50,000 for project citizen and $50,000 for the economic academic council.
State block grant for early
childhood education 19,424,600
State block grant for vocational
education 11,256,800
The appropriated amount is for block grants to charter schools and school districts that have vocational education programs. It is the intent of the legislature that monies appropriated in the general appropriation act for the state block grant for vocational education be used to promote improved student achievement by providing vocational education programs with flexible supplemental funding that is linked both to numbers of students in such programs and to numbers of program completers who enter jobs in fields directly related to the vocational education program that they completed. It is the intent of the legislature that the amount of the state block grant for vocational education funding that is used for state level administration of the program be limited to no more than the amount used for such costs during the prior fiscal year plus the applicable amount of any pay raise that may be provided for state employees through legislative appropriation.
Vocational education extended year 600,000
Teacher certification 1,438,100
Monies collected by the department of education for teacher certification fees, as authorized by section 15-531, paragraphs 1 and 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, shall be deposited in a teacher certification fund for use in funding costs of the teacher certification program.
Parental choice for reading success 1,000,000
Optional performance incentive
programs 120,000
State general fund $ 62,702,300
Proposition 301 fund 7,000,000
Teacher certification fund 1,642,100
Per cent of students tested who perform
at or above the national norm on the
norm-referenced test (grade 2)
-- reading 54
-- math 54
Per cent of students tested who perform
at or above the national norm on the
norm-referenced test (grade 9)
-- reading 54
-- math 54
Per cent of schools with at least 75% of
students meeting or exceeding standards in:
-- reading 40
-- writing 45
-- math 40
Per cent of Arizona high school students
who enter grade 9 and graduate within
4 years 76
Per cent of students in grade 3 meeting
or exceeding state academic standards in:
-- reading 78
-- writing 82
-- math 78
Per cent of students in grade 5 meeting
or exceeding state academic standards in:
-- reading 75
-- writing 73
-- math 75
Per cent of students in grade 8 meeting
or exceeding state academic standards in:
-- reading 71
-- writing 84
-- math 68
Per cent of students in grade 12 meeting
or exceeding state academic standards in:
-- reading 90
-- writing 90
-- math 90
Per cent of students tested:
-- norm-referenced test (grades 2 and 9) 96
-- AIMS 97
Per cent of Arizona schools receiving an
underperforming label 5
Maximum number of days to process
complete certification applications 8
Per cent of customers satisfied with
certification services 90
State board of education
FTE positions 8.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 725,700
State general fund $ 376,200
Teacher certification fund 349,500
Per cent of parents who rate "A+" the public
school that their oldest school-age child
attends 8.0
The appropriated amount includes $100,000 for administering a survey to a random sample of parents of children in public schools statewide. The survey shall consist of the following question: "Students are given the grades A+, A, B, C, D and Fail to denote the quality of their work. Using the same A+, A, B, C, D and Fail scale, what grade would you give the school that your oldest child attends?"
The state board of education program may establish its own strategic plan separate from that of the department of education and based on its own separate mission, goals and performance measures.
Total appropriation ‑ state board of
education and superintendent
of public instruction $3,408,975,800
State general fund $3,354,763,500
Proposition 301 fund 7,000,000
Permanent state school fund 45,220,700
Teacher certification fund 1,991,600
The department shall provide an updated report on its budget status every two months for the first half of each fiscal year and every month thereafter to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees, the director of the joint legislative budget committee and the director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting. Each report shall include, at a minimum, the department's current funding surplus or shortfall projections for basic state aid and other major formula-based programs and shall be due thirty days after the end of the applicable reporting period.
Within fifteen days of each apportionment of state aid that occurs pursuant to section 15-973, subsection B, Arizona Revised Statutes, the department shall provide the joint legislative budget committee staff and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting with an electronic spreadsheet or database copy of data included in the apor55-1 report for that apportionment for each school district and the char55-1 report for that apportionment for each charter school.
Sec. 12. DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
2006-07
Administration
FTE positions 13.9
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,860,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,860,800
Emergency management
FTE positions 11.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 979,000
Civil air patrol 54,200
Total ‑ emergency management $ 1,033,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 900,500
Emergency response fund 132,700
Military affairs
FTE positions 66.2
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,880,900
Guardsmen tuition reimbursement 1,446,000
Military gift package postage 100,000
Project challenge 2,092,200
Total – military affairs $ 6,519,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 6,519,100
emergency and military affairs $ 9,413,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,280,400
Emergency response fund 132,700
Performance measures:
Per cent of project challenge graduates
either employed or in school 95
Customer satisfaction rating for communities
served during disasters (Scale 1-8) 6.0
The department of emergency and military affairs appropriation includes $1,215,000 for service contracts. This amount is exempt from section 35‑190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, except that all fiscal year 2006-2007 monies remaining unexpended and unencumbered on October 31, 2007 revert to the state general fund.
It is the intent of the legislature that the department of emergency and military affairs submit a request to the United States department of defense by September 30, 2006 to allow the department of emergency and military affairs to conduct training exercises for Arizona national guard units at the Arizona-Mexico border. The department of emergency and military affairs shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by December 31, 2006 on the response of the United States department of defense to this request.
Sec. 13. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
2006-07
Administration
FTE positions 144.6
Lump sum appropriation $ 14,066,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,097,500
Indirect cost recovery fund 9,969,400
Air programs
FTE positions 120.9
Air permits administration
program 5,650,400
Air quality program 4,864,500
Emissions control contractor
payment 31,739,600
Emissions control program –
administration 4,012,500
Transfers to counties program 165,000
Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties
travel reduction plan 1,676,900
Total – air programs $ 48,108,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,052,200
Air quality fund 4,802,600
Air permits administration 5,502,000
Emissions inspection fund 35,752,100
Waste programs
FTE positions 42.4
Hazardous waste program 1,674,500
Solid waste program 4,234,600
Waste tire program 219,800
Underground storage tank program 22,000
Total – waste programs $ 6,150,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,695,600
Hazardous waste management fund 746,100
Recycling fund 2,138,800
Solid waste fee fund 1,411,800
Underground storage tank fund 22,000
Used oil fund 136,600
Water programs
FTE positions 120.5
Drinking water regulation program 1,649,000
Surface water regulation program 993,000
Arizona pollution discharge
elimination system 672,000
Underground water regulation
program 2,319,500
Water quality program 3,853,200
Clean water revolving loan
program 1,551,900
Drinking water revolving loan
program 893,200
Total – water programs $ 11,931,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 7,878,600
Water quality fee fund 4,053,200
environmental quality $ 80,258,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 15,723,900
Air permits administration fund 5,502,000
Air quality fund 4,802,600
Emissions inspection fund 35,752,100
Hazardous waste management fund 746,100
Indirect cost recovery fund 9,969,400
Recycling fund 2,138,800
Solid waste fee fund 1,411,800
Underground storage tank fund 22,000
Used oil fund 136,600
Water quality fee fund 4,053,200
Performance measures:
Per cent of contaminated sites closed
requiring no further action (cumulative)
versus known sites 77.0
Number of nonattainment areas exceeding
national ambient air quality standards 5
Per cent of statutorily set permit timelines
met through licensing time frames rule 99
Number of days per year exceeding national
ambient air quality standards for ozone,
carbon monoxide or particulates 0
Per cent of facilities from drinking water
priority log assigned to enforcement staff 50
Customer satisfaction rating for citizens
(Scale 1-8) 7.4
Of the monies appropriated to the Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties travel reduction plan special line item in fiscal year 2006-2007, $948,000 shall be allocated to Maricopa county, $373,000 shall be allocated to the Pima association of governments, $87,000 shall be allocated to Pinal county and $268,300 shall be allocated to Pima county.
When expenditures from the hazardous waste or environmental health reserves are authorized, the director of the department of environmental quality shall report the nature of the emergency and the authorized expenditure amount to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee.
Pursuant to section 49-282, Arizona Revised Statutes, the department of environmental quality shall submit a fiscal year 2007-2008 budget for the water quality assurance revolving fund before September 1, 2006, for review by the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees.
The amounts appropriated for the clean water revolving loan program and the drinking water revolving loan program in fiscal year 2006-2007 shall be used to provide a twenty per cent match of the fiscal year 2006-2007 federal safe drinking water and clean water revolving fund allocations to this state. Of the amount appropriated, any amount in excess of the required twenty per cent match reverts to the state general fund.
The monies appropriated in the transfers to counties program special line item are for use by Arizona counties to avoid being declared in nonattainment of particulate matter standards by establishing public notification and outreach programs, minimizing exposure to particulate matter concentrations and to abatement and minimization of controllable sources of particulate matter through best available control measures. Of the monies in the transfers to counties program special line item in fiscal year 2006‑2007, $50,000 shall be used by Pima county for carbon monoxide monitoring as required by the Pima county limited maintenance plan with the federal environmental protection agency.
The appropriation from the air permits administration fund is an estimate representing all monies distributed to this fund, including balance forward, revenue and transfers during fiscal year 2006-2007. These monies are appropriated to the Arizona department of environmental quality for the purposes established in section 49-455, Arizona Revised Statutes. The appropriation shall be adjusted as necessary to reflect actual final receipts credited to the air permits administration fund.
The water quality assurance revolving fund advisory board shall report on improvements to the WQARF program that would result in efficiency savings of time or funding for the remediation of listed sites, the reduction of program costs not directly associated with a listed site, and the enhancement of the recovery of costs from responsible parties. The board shall present its findings in writing to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the joint legislative budget committee, by no later than December 1, 2006.
The department of environmental quality shall report annually on the progress of WQARF activities, including emergency response, priority site remediation, cost recovery activity, revenue and expenditure activity and other WQARF-funded program activity. This report shall also include a budget for the WQARF program which is developed in consultation with the WQARF advisory board. The fiscal year 2006-2007 report shall be submitted to the joint legislative budget committee by September 1, 2006. This budget shall specify the monies budgeted for each listed site during fiscal year 2006‑2007. In addition, the department and the advisory board shall prepare and submit to the joint legislative budget committee, by October 2, 2006, a report in a table format summarizing the current progress on remediation of each listed site on the WQARF registry. The table shall include the stage of remediation for each site at the end of fiscal year 2005-2006, whether the current stage of remediation is anticipated to be completed in fiscal year 2006-2007 and the anticipated stage of remediation at each listed site at the end of fiscal year 2007-2008 assuming fiscal year 2006-2007 funding levels. The department and advisory board may include other relevant information about the listed sites in the table.
The department of environmental quality shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee for review a written report detailing the maximum, minimum and average water quality permit processing times for fiscal year 2005-2006 and fiscal year 2006-2007 by December 1, 2006. The fiscal year 2006-2007 data shall contain the year-to-date actual data and projected totals for fiscal year 2006-2007. This report shall also include total number of staff hours devoted to water quality permit processing in fiscal year 2005-2006 and fiscal year 2006-2007, the total costs to process these permits and the progress made in reducing water quality permit processing times.
All indirect cost recovery fund revenues received by the department of environmental quality in excess of $9,969,400 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the department. Before the expenditure of indirect cost recovery fund receipts in excess of $9,969,400 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the department of environmental quality shall submit the intended use of the monies to the joint legislative budget committee for review.
Any transfer from the amount appropriated for the Arizona pollution discharge elimination system special line item shall require prior joint legislative budget committee review.
Sec. 14. STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
2006-07
FTE positions 7.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 584,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 584,500
Performance measures:
Average calendar days to process a
property tax appeal from receipt to
issuance 28
Per cent of rulings upheld in tax courts 100
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 1-8) 6.1
Sec. 15. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
2006-07
FTE positions 55.1
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 3,350,100
Document imaging project 75,000
Total appropriation – department of
financial institutions $ 3,425,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,425,100
Performance measures:
The department of financial institutions shall assess and set fees to ensure that monies deposited in the state general fund will equal or exceed its expenditure from the state general fund.
Sec. 16. OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
2006-07
Lump sum appropriation $ 6,288,600*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 6,288,600
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $6,288,600 for fiscal year 2006-2007 is $10,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Sec. 17. GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF STRATEGIC PLANNING AND BUDGETING
2006-07
FTE positions 26.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,075,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,075,400
Performance measures:
Per cent of participants rating budget and
planning training "good" or "excellent" 98
Sec. 18. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES
2006-07
Administration
FTE positions 419.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 15,987,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 14,212,100
Capital outlay stabilization
fund 1,576,100
Emergency medical services
operating fund 199,500
Assurance and licensure $ 10,392,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,489,600
Federal child care and development
fund block grant 750,100
Hearing and speech professionals
fund 302,300
Nursing care institution resident
protection fund 38,000
Expenditure authority 812,600
Attorney general legal services $ 444,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 394,900
Emergency medical services
operating fund 50,000
Newborn screening fund – indirect
costs $ 478,600
Fund sources:
Newborn screening fund $ 478,600
Indirect cost fund $ 7,299,400
Fund sources:
Indirect cost fund $ 7,299,400
Nursing care institution
incentive grants $ 128,500
Fund sources:
Nursing care institution
resident protection fund $ 128,500
Performance measures:
Per cent of relicensure surveys completed
on time:
Child care facilities 50
Health care facilities 25
Per cent of complaint investigations initiated
later than investigative guidelines:
Child care facilities 5
Health care facilities 25
Public health
FTE positions 240.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 5,900,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,095,600
Emergency medical services
||operating fund 804,400
AIDS reporting and surveillance $ 1,125,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,125,000
Alzheimer's disease research $ 5,000,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,000,000
Health research fund 1,000,000
Arizona statewide immunization
information system $ 472,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 472,400
Community health centers $ 10,426,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 10,426,600
County public health $ 200,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 200,000
County tuberculosis provider
care and control $ 1,010,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,010,500
Diabetes prevention and control $ 100,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 100,000
Direct grants $ 460,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 460,300
EMS operations $ 2,992,900
Fund sources:
Emergency medical services
||operating fund $ 2,992,900
Hepatitis C surveillance $ 370,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 370,900
Kidney program $ 50,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 50,500
Laboratory services $ 4,319,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,436,400
Environmental laboratory licensure
revolving fund 883,200
Loan repayment $ 250,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 100,000
Emergency medical services
||operating fund 150,000
Poison control center funding $ 925,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 925,000
Reimbursement to counties $ 67,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 67,900
Renal and nonrenal disease management $ 468,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 468,000
Scorpion antivenom $ 150,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 150,000
STD control subventions $ 26,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 26,300
Telemedicine $ 260,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 260,000
Trauma advisory board $ 369,100
Fund sources:
Emergency medical services
||operating fund $ 369,100
Umbilical cord pamphlet $ 30,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 30,000
University of Arizona poison
control center funding $ 1,275,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,275,000
Vaccines $ 3,784,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,784,300
Vital records maintenance $ 500,000
Fund sources:
Vital records electronic
systems fund $ 500,000
Performance measures:
Immunization rate among 2-year-old children 80
Per cent of high school youth who smoked
in the last month 18
Customer waiting time in vital records
lobby (in minutes) 20
Of the $10,426,600 appropriated for community health centers, at least $564,000 shall be distributed to Yavapai county for county primary care programs.
The department of health services may use up to four per cent of the amounts appropriated for renal and nonrenal disease management, community health centers and telemedicine for the administrative costs to implement each program.
Monies appropriated for AIDS reporting and surveillance and renal and nonrenal disease management shall be used to provide services only to residents of the state of Arizona who are citizens or legal residents of the United States or who are otherwise lawfully present in the United States.
The department of health services shall require the screening of potential recipients of vaccines for private insurance coverage, eligibility for the federal vaccines for children program and eligibility for the state children's health insurance program. This requirement applies to vaccines purchased with state monies appropriated for the vaccines special line item for both the federal 317 program and the state-only immunization program.
The department of health services shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by February 1, 2007 on the amount of federal monies received for fiscal year 2006-2007 for the 317 vaccine program.
The appropriation for direct grants is to provide for local health work and a portion of the cost of employing 1 public health nurse and 1 sanitarian in counties with populations of less than 500,000 persons. The monies are to be divided equally among eligible counties on a nonmatching basis. All monies that are received by a county under this appropriation and that are not used for the prescribed purposes revert to the state general fund.
The $67,900 appropriated for reimbursement to counties is to provide matching monies to counties with populations of less than 500,000 persons for local health work on an equal matching basis and shall be distributed based on the proportion of funding each county received in fiscal year 2002-2003.
The $200,000 appropriated for county public health shall be distributed as follows to the following counties to reimburse local health departments pursuant to section 36-189, Arizona Revised Statutes: Coconino, $36,220; Gila, $5,440; Mohave, $30,780; Yavapai, $25,820; Yuma, $101,740.
Family health
FTE positions 96.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 5,398,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,404,600
Expenditure authority 1,993,800
Abstinence funding $ 1,500,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,500,000
Adult cystic fibrosis $ 105,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 105,200
Adult sickle cell anemia $ 33,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 33,000
AHCCCS - children's rehabilitative
services $ 56,500,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,872,500
Expenditure authority 37,627,700
Breast and cervical cancer
screening $ 1,091,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,091,200
Child fatality review team $ 100,000
Fund sources:
Child fatality review fund $ 100,000
Children's rehabilitative
services $ 3,587,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,587,000
County nutrition services $ 330,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 330,300
County prenatal services grant $ 1,148,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,148,500
Folic acid $ 200,000
Fund sources:
Tobacco tax and health care fund –
medically needy account $ 200,000
Health start $ 226,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 226,600
High risk perinatal services $ 3,630,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 3,180,600
Emergency medical services
||operating fund 450,000
Medicaid special exemption
payments $ 1,220,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 407,800
Expenditure authority 813,000
Newborn screening program $ 5,480,100
Fund sources:
Newborn screening program fund $ 5,480,100
Women's services $ 500,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 500,000
Performance measures:
Number of newborns screened under newborn
screening program 92,500
The amounts appropriated for children's rehabilitative services and for AHCCCS - children's rehabilitative services are intended to cover all costs in full for contracts for the provision of services to clients, unless a transfer of monies is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
The department of health services may transfer up to $350,000 in revenues from the indirect cost fund to the Arizona health care cost containment system for the purpose of meeting indirect cost state match requirements related to AHCCCS - children's rehabilitative services program.
Of the $3,630,600 appropriated for high risk perinatal services $583,000 shall be distributed to counties.
The department of health services shall distribute all monies appropriated for the county prenatal services grant on a pass-through basis with consideration to population, need and amount received in prior years.
Monies in the women's services special line item shall be used to provide $20,000 in individual grants to non-profit agencies whose primary function is to assist pregnant women in seeking alternatives to abortion. Grant monies shall be used to provide medically accurate services and programs related to pregnancy and up to twelve months after birth. Grant monies shall not be used for abortion or abortion referral services or granted to entities that promote, refer or perform abortions. The department may use up to ten per cent of monies appropriated to this line item for any associated administrative costs.
Behavioral health
FTE positions 122.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 8,875,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,274,800
Expenditure authority 4,600,700
Arnold v. Sarn $ 37,468,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 27,500,000
Expenditure authority 9,968,900
Children's behavioral health
services $ 9,351,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,351,800
Children's behavioral health state
match for title XIX $290,378,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 96,993,600
Expenditure authority 193,384,500
Court monitoring $ 197,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 197,500
Dual eligible part D copay subsidy $ 480,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 480,000
Medicaid special exemption
payments $ 16,980,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,672,100
Expenditure authority 11,308,800
Medicare clawback payments $ 10,062,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 10,062,700
Mental health and substance abuse
state match for title XIX $ 87,612,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 29,264,900
Expenditure authority 58,348,000
Mental health nontitle XIX $ 2,447,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,447,300
Proposition 204 – administration $ 6,230,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,031,000
Expenditure authority 4,199,500
Proposition 204 – children's
behavioral health services $ 3,861,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,289,800
Expenditure authority 2,571,600
Proposition 204 – general mental
health and substance abuse $ 83,449,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 27,874,200
Expenditure authority 55,575,200
Proposition 204 – seriously
mentally ill services $160,688,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 53,673,900
Expenditure authority 107,014,500
Seriously emotionally handicapped
children $ 500,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 500,000
Seriously mentally ill nontitle
XIX $ 61,116,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 30,691,900
Tobacco tax and health care fund
||medically needy account 30,424,800
Seriously mentally ill state match
for title XIX $162,835,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 54,391,100
Expenditure authority 108,444,300
Substance abuse nontitle XIX $ 14,635,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 12,135,400
Substance abuse services fund 2,500,000
Performance measures:
Per cent of RBHA title XIX clients
satisfied with services 90
Per cent of title XIX population that is
enrolled in a behavioral health service 13.5
The amount appropriated for children's behavioral health services shall be used to provide services for nontitle XIX eligible children. The amount shall not be used to pay for either federally or nonfederally reimbursed services for title XIX eligible children, unless a transfer of monies is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
On a monthly basis, the department shall provide information to the joint legislative budget committee by program for all populations on the number of new and nontitle XIX clients reviewed for title XIX eligibility under proposition 204 as well as the number that convert from nontitle XIX status or that are newly enrolled.
It is the intent of the legislature that the total amount available in the Arnold v. Sarn special line item be used for the population covered by the Arnold v. Sarn lawsuit in counties with a population of over two million or more persons and for seriously mentally ill persons that meet the same criteria as those covered by the Arnold v. Sarn lawsuit in counties with populations of less than two million persons.
It is the intent of the legislature that the per cent attributable to administration/profit for the regional behavioral health authority in Maricopa county is nine per cent of the overall capitation rate.
The department of health services shall report to the joint legislative budget committee thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter on the progress the department is making toward settling the Arnold v. Sarn lawsuit.
Arizona state hospital
FTE positions 876.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 52,150,900
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 44,967,000
Arizona state hospital fund 6,833,900
ASH land earnings fund 350,000
Community placement treatment $ 6,704,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,574,100
Arizona state hospital fund 1,130,700
Sexually violent persons $ 9,971,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 9,971,700
Performance measures:
Per cent of adult clients successfully
placed in community who return for
another stay within 1 year of discharge 5.0
The department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by March 1 of each year on preliminary actuarial estimates of the capitation rate changes for the following fiscal year along with the reasons for the estimated changes. For any actuarial estimates that include a range, the total range from minimum to maximum shall be no more than three per cent. Before implementation of any changes in capitation rates for the AHCCCS ‑ children's rehabilitative services special line item and any title XIX behavioral health line items, the department of health services shall report its expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for its review. Unless required for compliance with federal law, before the department implements any changes in policy affecting the amount, sufficiency, duration and scope of health care services and who may provide services, the department shall prepare a fiscal impact analysis on the potential effects of this change on the following year's capitation rates. If the fiscal analysis demonstrates that these changes will result in additional state costs of $500,000 or greater for a given fiscal year, the department shall submit the policy changes to the joint legislative budget committee for review. The department shall also report quarterly to the joint legislative budget committee itemizing all policy changes with fiscal impacts of less than $500,000 in state costs. If statutory language is enacted to prohibit these policy changes, the portion of the footnote regarding joint legislative budget committee review of policy changes shall not apply.
In addition to the appropriation for the department of health services, earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated to the state hospital in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona.
The $52,150,900 lump sum appropriation includes $3,100,000 from the state general fund for salary increases for direct care workers and psychiatrists at the Arizona state hospital. The department of health services shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee an expenditure plan for the $3,100,000 allocated for salary increases prior to the expenditure of these monies.
A monthly report comparing total expenditures for the month and year‑to-date as compared to prior year totals shall be forwarded to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house of representatives appropriations committees and the director of the joint legislative budget committee by the thirtieth of the following month. The report shall include an estimate of (1) potential shortfalls in programs, (2) potential federal and other funds, such as the statewide assessment for indirect costs, that may be available to offset these shortfalls, and a plan, if necessary, for eliminating any shortfall without a supplemental appropriation, and (3) total expenditure authority of the month and year‑to‑date for seriously mentally ill state match for title XIX, seriously mentally ill nontitle XIX, children's behavioral health services, children's behavioral health state match for title XIX, mental health nontitle XIX, substance abuse nontitle XIX, seriously emotionally handicapped children and children's rehabilitative services.
Notwithstanding section 35-173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, any transfer to or from the amounts appropriated for seriously mentally ill state match for title XIX, seriously mentally ill nontitle XIX, Arnold v. Sarn, vital records maintenance, folic acid, children's behavioral health services, children's behavioral health state match for title XIX, mental health nontitle XIX, substance abuse nontitle XIX, mental health and substance abuse state match for title XIX, seriously emotionally handicapped children, children's rehabilitative services, AHCCCS - children's rehabilitative services, adult cystic fibrosis, adult sickle cell anemia, high risk perinatal services, county prenatal services grant, community placement treatment, dual eligible copay subsidy, sexually violent persons, county tuberculosis provider care and control, kidney program, county nutrition services, community health centers, vaccines, renal and nonrenal disease management, AIDS reporting and surveillance, telemedicine, university of Arizona poison center funding and the poison control center funding shall require review by the joint legislative budget committee. The department may transfer monies between the amounts appropriated for proposition 204 children's behavioral health services, proposition 204 seriously mentally ill services, and proposition 204 general mental health and substance abuse without review by the joint legislative budget committee but may not transfer monies to and from these line items to any other line item except as provided above without review by the joint legislative budget committee. The amounts appropriated for these items shall be used exclusively for contracts for the provision of services to clients unless a transfer of monies is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee or unless otherwise permitted to be expended for administrative costs as specified in this act. Monies shall not be used from these appropriated amounts for any other expenses of the department of health services, unless a transfer of monies is reviewed by the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 19. ARIZONA JUDICIARY
2006-07
Supreme court
FTE positions 194.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 16,972,600
Automation 12,337,200
Case and cash management system 1,517,300
County reimbursements 246,000
Court appointed special advocate 2,775,300
Domestic relations 643,800
Foster care review board 1,670,200
Commission on judicial conduct 286,400
Judicial nominations and
performance review 229,000
Model court 514,300
Rural state aid to courts 418,500
State aid 5,580,700
Total appropriation – supreme court $ 43,191,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 16,488,400
Confidential intermediary and
fiduciary fund 436,600
Court appointed special advocate
fund 3,423,900
Criminal justice enhancement fund 3,053,800
Defensive driving school fund 5,344,700
Judicial collection enhancement
fund 12,001,700
State aid to the courts fund 2,442,200
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction rating for defensive
driving schools (Scale 1-8) 7.6
By September 1, 2006, the supreme court shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on current and future automation projects coordinated by the administrative office of the courts. The report shall include a list of court automation projects receiving or anticipated to receive state monies in the current or next two fiscal years as well as a description of each project, number of FTE positions, the entities involved, and the goals and anticipated results for each automation project. The report shall be submitted in one summary document. The report shall indicate each project's total multi-year cost by fund source and budget line item, including any prior year, current year and any future year expenditures.
By December 31, 2006 and June 30, 2007, the administrative office of the courts shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on monies expended from the case and cash management system special line item and progress relative to the development and deployment of the case and cash management system. The report shall include a timeline and expenditure plan for the project, identify the courts involved and their respective monetary and non-monetary contributions and indicate progress and changes relative to the project since the previous timeline and expenditure plan was submitted.
Included in the appropriation for the supreme court program is $1,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
All case processing assistance fund receipts received by the administrative office of the courts in excess of $3,053,800 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the supreme court. Before the expenditure of any case processing assistance fund receipts in excess of $3,053,800 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the administrative office of the courts shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
All defensive driving school fund receipts received by the administrative office of the courts in excess of $5,344,700 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the supreme court. Before the expenditure of any defensive driving school fund receipts in excess of $5,344,700 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the administrative office of the courts shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Notwithstanding any other law, the amount appropriated for rural state aid to courts shall be allocated to counties with populations of less than 500,000 persons.
All judicial collection enhancement fund receipts, excluding revenues resulting from the probation surcharge, received by the administrative office of the courts in excess of $12,001,700 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the supreme court. Before the expenditure of judicial collection enhancement fund receipts in excess of $12,001,700 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the administrative office of the courts shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The administrative office of the courts shall not transfer monies between the supreme court operating budget and the automation line item without review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Court of appeals
FTE positions 147.6
Division I $ 8,659,900
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction rating for
settlement program (Scale 1-8) 6.8
Division II $ 3,933,700
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction rating for
settlement program (Scale 1-8) 7.6
Total appropriation – court of appeals $ 12,593,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 12,593,600
Of the 147.6 full-time equivalent positions for fiscal year 2006-2007, 107.8 FTE positions are for Division I and 39.8 FTE positions are for Division II.
Superior court
FTE positions 231.2
Judges compensation $ 16,046,500
Adult standard probation 11,769,300
Adult intensive probation 10,427,000
Community punishment 2,766,600
Interstate compact 587,400
Juvenile standard probation 7,845,200
Juvenile intensive probation 13,496,800
Juvenile treatment services 22,184,800
Juvenile family counseling 660,400
Juvenile crime reduction 5,165,300
Probation surcharge 2,723,800
Progressively increasing
consequences 9,551,500
Special water master 20,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 93,025,100
Criminal justice enhancement fund 6,995,700
Drug treatment and education fund 500,000
Judicial collection enhancement
fund 2,723,800
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction rating by states
participating in the interstate compact
(Scale 1-8) 7.2
Juvenile standard probation:
Per cent of probationers successfully
completing probation without a referral
(a notice of misbehavior) 75
Juvenile intensive probation (JIPS):
Per cent of probationers successfully
completing probation without a referral
(a notice of misbehavior) 69
Adult standard probation:
Per cent of probationers exiting probation
and not committed to county jail or prison 83
Adult intensive probation (AIPS):
Per cent of probationers exiting intensive
probation and not committed to county jail
or prison 52
Of the 231.2 FTE positions, 166 FTE positions represent superior court judges. One‑half of their salaries are provided by state general fund appropriations pursuant to section 12‑128, Arizona Revised Statutes. This is not meant to limit the counties' ability to add judges pursuant to section 12‑121, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Up to 4.6 per cent of the amounts appropriated for juvenile probation services - treatment services and progressively increasing consequences may be retained and expended by the supreme court to administer the programs established by section 8‑322, Arizona Revised Statutes, and to conduct evaluations as needed. The remaining portion of the treatment services and progressively increasing consequences programs shall be deposited in the juvenile probation services fund established by section 8‑322, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Receipt of state probation monies by the counties is contingent on the county maintenance of fiscal year 2003-2004 expenditure levels for each probation program. State probation monies are not intended to supplant county dollars for probation programs.
All community punishment program receipts received by the administrative office of the courts in excess of $2,766,600 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the community punishment line item. Before the expenditure of any community punishment receipts in excess of $2,766,600 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the administrative office of the courts shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
All juvenile crime reduction fund receipts received by the administrative office of the courts in excess of $5,165,300 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the juvenile crime reduction line item. Before the expenditure of any juvenile crime reduction fund receipts in excess of $5,165,300 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the administrative office of the courts shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The administrative office of the courts shall not allocate any monies appropriated for adult probation services to Maricopa county. It is the intent of the legislature that Maricopa county will pay for adult probation programs in that county.
All judicial collection enhancement fund receipts received by the administrative office of the courts resulting from the probation surcharge in excess of $2,723,800 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the superior court. Before the expenditure of judicial collection enhancement fund receipts in excess of $2,723,800 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the administrative office of the courts shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The administrative office of the courts shall include with their fiscal year 2007-2008 budget request a report indicating fiscal year 2005-2006 actual, fiscal year 2006-2007 estimated and fiscal year 2007-2008 requested amounts for the following:
1. On a county-by-county basis, the number of authorized and filled case carrying probation positions and non-case carrying positions, distinguishing between adult standard, adult intensive, juvenile standard and juvenile intensive. The report shall indicate the level of state probation funding, other state funding, county funding and probation surcharge funding for those positions.
2. Total receipts and expenditures by county and fund source for the adult standard, adult intensive, juvenile standard and juvenile intensive line items, including the amount of personal services expended from each revenue source of each account.
3. The amount of monies from the adult standard, adult intensive, juvenile standard and juvenile intensive line items that the office does not distribute as direct aid to counties. The report shall delineate how the office expends these monies that are not distributed as direct aid to counties.
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Total appropriation ‑ Arizona judiciary $159,029,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $122,107,100
Confidential intermediary and
fiduciary fund 436,600
Court appointed special advocate
fund 3,423,900
Criminal justice enhancement fund 10,049,500
Defensive driving school fund 5,344,700
Drug treatment and education fund 500,000
Judicial collection enhancement
fund 14,725,500
State aid to the courts fund 2,442,200
The administrative office of the courts shall submit the intended use of any reimbursement monies received for review to the joint legislative budget committee prior to their expenditure.
Sec. 20. DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE CORRECTIONS
2006-07
FTE positions 1,183.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 78,544,700
Adobe mountain well renovation 340,000
Total appropriation – department of juvenile
corrections $ 78,884,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 74,126,200
State charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions
land fund 1,094,900
Criminal justice enhancement fund 685,300
State education fund for committed
youth 2,638,300
ADOA risk management fund 340,000
Performance measures:
Escapes from DJC secure care facilities 0
Juveniles passing the GED language test 92
Per cent of juveniles who show progress in
their primary treatment problem area 80
Per cent of juveniles returned to custody
within 12 months of release 22
Prior to expending $495,000 for completion of suicide prevention renovation projects, the department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint committee on capital review for review.
The amounts appropriated include $1,510,300 for a $1,700 salary increase beginning July 1, 2006 for each employee in the youth correctional officer series.
The department shall provide a travel stipend to all southwest regional juvenile correction complex staff whose residence is at least twenty miles from work.
Twenty‑five per cent of land earnings and interest from the state charitable, penal and reformatory institutions land fund shall be distributed to the department of juvenile corrections, in compliance with section 25 of the enabling act and with the Constitution of Arizona, to be used for the support of state juvenile institutions and reformatories.
Before the expenditure of any state education fund for committed youth receipts in excess of $2,638,300, the department of juvenile corrections shall report the intended use of the monies to the director of the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 21. STATE LAND DEPARTMENT
2006-07
FTE positions 212.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 15,719,100
Natural resource conservation
districts 650,000
Environmental county grants 250,000
CAP user fees 1,347,900
Inmate fire crews 903,500
Fiscal year 2006-2007 fire season 1,500,000
Fire suppression operating
expenses 1,907,000
Due diligence fund deposit 500,000
Total appropriation ‑ state land department $ 22,777,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 22,326,900
Environmental special plate fund 220,000
ADOA risk management fund 230,600
Performance measures:
Average land sales processing time
(application to auction, in months) 14
Per cent of customers giving the department
a rating above 4 (5 = very satisfied) 87
Total trust earnings generated $486,200,000
Total expendable fund earnings generated $127,800,000
Total trust land sales $500,000,000
Total number of trust land acres sold in
Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties 3,000
Total number of trust land acres sold in
all other remaining counties 1,000
The appropriation includes $1,347,900 for central Arizona project user fees in fiscal year 2006-2007. For fiscal year 2006-2007, from cities that assume their allocation of central Arizona project water every dollar received as reimbursement to the state in for past central Arizona water conservation district payments, one dollar reverts to the state general fund in the year that the reimbursement is collected.
Of the amount appropriated for natural resource conservation districts in fiscal year 2006-2007, $30,000 shall be used to provide grants to NRCD environmental education centers.
Of the operating lump sum appropriation, the sum of $3,893,600 supplements planning and disposition funding and shall be used by the state land department for the sole purpose of the planning and disposition of state trust land as follows:
1. The employment of outside professional services.
2. At least two of the twelve full-time equivalent employment positions appropriated in the fiscal year 2005-2006 budget for the planning and disposition of state trust land located within five miles of the corporate boundaries of incorporated cities and towns having a population of less than one hundred thousand persons.
3. The state land commissioner shall provide for the disposition of state trust land in the most expeditious manner consistent with the fiduciary duties prescribed by the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona. Each calendar quarter the commissioner shall provide a report to the joint legislative budget committee on the planning, sale and lease of trust land in the preceding quarter. The report shall:
(a) Identify the number of acres that were added to a conceptual plan, added to a master plan or otherwise planned or prepared for disposition, sale and long-term commercial lease.
(b) Include an analysis of the volume of trust land in each county entering the real estate market in comparison with private and other land in the real estate market.
(c) Distinguish between urban and rural parcels.
(d) Indicate the value added or revenue received.
(e) List the resources used and dedicated to trust land planning and disposition, including full-time equivalent positions, contracts and appropriated and nonappropriated expenditures for each of the items included in the report.
(f) Include in the report for the final quarter of the fiscal year a fiscal year-end inventory of trust land prepared for sale, including the appraised value and fiscal year-end totals for the fiscal year regarding:
(i) The amount of trust land sold.
(ii) The amount of trust land put under long-term commercial lease.
(iii) The amount of revenue collected from the sale of trust land.
(iv) The amount of revenue collected from the long-term commercial lease of trust land.
(v) The amount of purchase price financed on installment sales of state trust land and the principal payoff terms and anticipated yield to the trust over the terms of the installment sales.
The appropriation includes $230,600 from the risk management fund in fiscal year 2006-2007 for fifty per cent of the costs to update the emergency action plan and dam breach analysis, to assess earth fissures and earth fissure risk zoning and to repair cracks at three dams located in the Maricopa county flood control district. If the district does not offer the remaining fifty per cent of the costs to repair the dams, these monies shall revert to the department of administration risk management fund.
The appropriation includes $96,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for radio system upgrades. Before any expenditure for the radio system upgrade, the department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review. The submittal shall include an assessment by the public safety communications commission as to whether the department's proposal is consistent and compatible with the statewide interoperable microwave system.
Sec. 22. LEGISLATURE
2006-07
Senate
Lump sum appropriation $ 8,109,800*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,109,800
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $8,109,800 for fiscal year 2006-2007 is $1,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
House of representatives
Lump sum appropriation $ 12,399,900*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 12,399,900
Included in the lump sum appropriation of $12,399,900 for fiscal year 2006-2007 is $1,000 for the purchase of mementos and items for visiting officials.
Legislative council
FTE positions 47.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 4,761,200*
Ombudsman-citizens aide office 383,100*
Total appropriation – legislative
council $ 5,144,300*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,144,300
Performance measures:
Per cent of customers rating accuracy and
timeliness of bill drafting "good" or
"excellent" based on annual survey 97
Per cent of customers rating accuracy of
computer help desk "good" or "excellent"
based on annual survey 94
Per cent of investigations completed
within 3 months by office of the
ombudsman-citizens aide 91
Per cent of customers rating overall
experience with the office of the
ombudsman-citizens aide "good" or
"excellent" 85
Joint legislative budget committee
FTE positions 35.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,775,000*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,775,000
Performance measures:
Survey of legislator satisfaction (4=high) 3.66
Errors in budget bills 0
Maximum per cent actual revenues vary
from forecasted revenues +-3.0
Days to transmit fiscal notes 14
By November 1, 2006, the joint legislative budget committee staff shall present a study on the possible fiscal impacts of the privatization of health care services in the Arizona department of corrections to the joint legislative budget committee.
Auditor general
FTE positions 184.4
Lump sum appropriation $ 14,499,300*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 14,499,300
Performance measures:
Per cent of single audit recommendations
implemented or adopted within 1 year
for financial audits 65
Per cent of administrative recommendations
implemented or adopted within 2 years for
performance audits 95
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 1-8) 6.8
Library, archives and public records
FTE positions 115.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 6,936,400
Grants-in-aid 651,400
Statewide radio reading service
for the blind 97,000
Total appropriation – library,
archives and public records $ 7,684,800*
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 7,058,100
Records services fund 626,700
Performance measures:
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 1-8) 7.4
All records services fund receipts, including prior year fund balances, received by the Arizona state library, archives and public records in excess of $626,700 in fiscal year 2006-2007 are appropriated to the Arizona state library, archives and public records. Before the expenditure of records services fund receipts in excess of $626,700 in fiscal year 2006-2007, the Arizona state library, archives and public records shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 23. BOARD OF MEDICAL STUDENT LOANS
2006-07
Medical student financial
assistance $ 1,809,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,500,000
Medical student loan fund 309,800
Performance measures:
Per cent of physicians meeting service
requirement 93
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 1-8) 7.5
Sec. 24. ARIZONA NAVIGABLE STREAM ADJUDICATION COMMISSION
2006-07
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 256,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 256,800
Performance measures:
Per cent of Arizona rivers and
streams adjudicated 100
Customer satisfaction rating for hearing
attendees (Scale 1-8) 7.5
Sec. 25. STATE BOARD OF DISPENSING OPTICIANS
2006-07
FTE positions 1.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 102,700
Fund sources:
Board of dispensing opticians fund $ 102,700
Performance measures:
Average calendar days to resolve a complaint 90
Average calendar days to renew a license 3
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 1-8) 6.0
Sec. 26. COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
2006-07
FTE positions 5.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 355,100
Leveraging educational assistance
||partnership (LEAP) 3,364,500
Private postsecondary education
||student financial assistance
||program 400,000
Family college savings program 108,600
Arizona college and career guide 21,200
Arizona minority educational
||policy analysis center 150,600
Twelve plus partnership 119,600
Total appropriation - commission for
postsecondary education $ 4,519,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,620,800
Postsecondary education fund 2,898,800
Performance measures:
LEAP student grants awarded 4,000
Per cent of customers rating commission
services as "good" or "excellent" 95
The appropriation for leveraging educational assistance partnership is provided to create grants under the Arizona state student incentive grant program administered by the Arizona commission for postsecondary education. Grants may be made according to the provisions of applicable federal and state laws and regulations relating to this program. Only Arizona residents who demonstrate financial need and who are attending, on at least a half-time basis, an approved program at a properly accredited Arizona postsecondary educational institution are eligible for the program.
Each participating institution, public or private, in order to be eligible to receive state matching funds under the state student incentive grant program for grants to students, shall provide an amount of institutional matching funds that equals the amount of funds provided by the state to the institution for the state student incentive grant program. Administrative expenses incurred by the commission for postsecondary education shall be paid from institutional matching funds and shall not exceed twelve per cent of the funds in fiscal year 2006-2007.
For fiscal year 2006-2007, any unencumbered balance remaining in the postsecondary education fund on June 30, 2006 and all grant monies and other revenues received by the commission for postsecondary education during this fiscal year, when paid into the state treasury, are appropriated for the explicit purposes designated by special line items and for additional responsibilities prescribed in sections 15-1851 and 15-1852, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Of the total amount appropriated for the private postsecondary education student financial assistance program, no more than ten per cent may be used for program administrative costs.
The appropriations for Arizona college and career guide, Arizona minority educational policy analysis center and twelve plus partnership are estimates representing all monies distributed to this fund, including balance forward, revenue and transfers, during fiscal year 2006-2007. The appropriations shall be adjusted as necessary to reflect actual final receipts credited to the postsecondary education fund.
The commission for postsecondary education shall not transfer funds out of the private postsecondary education student financial assistance program special line item.
Sec. 27. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
2006-07
FTE positions 2,069.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $172,842,000
Additional highway patrol personnel 5,520,900
GITEM 25,952,900
Highway patrol safety equipment 3,000,000
Motor vehicle fuel 3,808,800
Statewide interoperability design 1,258,100
Sworn officer salary adjustments 2,768,100
Total appropriation ‑ department of public
safety $215,150,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $156,989,400
Highway user revenue fund 10,000,000
State highway fund 10,000,000
Arizona highway patrol fund 19,745,700
Criminal justice enhancement fund 2,980,100
Motor vehicle liability insurance
enforcement fund 1,352,100
Crime laboratory assessment fund 4,974,100
Arizona deoxyribonucleic acid
||identification system fund 2,582,900
Automated fingerprint identification
system fund 3,257,200
Motorcycle safety fund 205,000
Risk management fund 296,200
Parity compensation fund 2,768,100
Performance measures:
Per cent of scientific analysis cases over
30 calendar days old 2.0
Per cent of system reliability of the Arizona
automated fingerprint identification network 98
Clandestine labs dismantled 50
Any monies remaining in the department of public safety joint account on June 30, 2007 shall revert to the funds from which they were appropriated. The reverted monies shall be returned in direct proportion to the amounts appropriated.
Of the $25,952,900 appropriated to GITEM, $10,000,000 is to be used to expand the existing gang intelligence team enforcement mission into a multijurisdiction task force known as the gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission. If the department of public safety uses any of the monies appropriated for GITEM for an agreement or contract with a city, town, county or other entity to provide services for the GITEM program, the city, town, county or other entity shall provide fifteen per cent of the cost of the services and the department of public safety shall provide eighty-five per cent of the cost for each agreement or contract. Agreements or contracts with cities, towns or counties may be entered into only if the police department of the city or town or the county sheriff has entered into a 287 memorandum of understanding with the United States department of homeland security to investigate, apprehend and detain illegal aliens in the United States to the fullest extent consistent with state and federal law. The $10,000,000 is to be used for new functions relating to immigration enforcement, including border security and border personnel. This appropriation is for the purpose of expanding GITEM and not to add a new unit or increased administration to the mission. The $10,000,000 is exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the lapsing of appropriations, except that all unexpended and unencumbered monies shall revert on June 30, 2008. Prior to expending the $10,000,000, the department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review. Within thirty days after the last day of each calendar quarter, the department shall provide a summary of quarterly and year-to-date expenditures to the joint legislative budget committee.
Of the $25,952,900 appropriated to GITEM, $7,000,000 is to be used for the gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission and is for an additional one hundred department of public safety sworn personnel, fifty of whom shall be used for immigration and border security. Prior to expending the $7,000,000, the department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review. Within thirty days after the last day of each calendar quarter, the department shall provide a summary of quarterly and year-to-date expenditures to the joint legislative budget committee.
If H.B. 2577 or similar legislation to fund the GITEM program at a level of $25,952,900 is enacted into law during the forty-seventh legislature, second regular session, the sum of $25,952,900 and 161.8 FTE positions appropriated in this act for GITEM revert to the general fund.
By October 1, 2006, the department of public safety shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on take home vehicles that are owned by the department and that are assigned on a 24-hour basis to employees or other individuals. The report shall identify all position classifications and their corresponding assignments and locations of all persons who qualify for a take home vehicle. The report shall indicate the current number of positions and vehicles being used as take home vehicles, the total number of vehicles the department owns by category and the policy and guidelines relating to take home vehicles.
Distribution of the monies appropriated for sworn officer salary adjustments shall be determined by the department. Before expending any monies appropriated through the sworn officer salary adjustments special line item, the department of public safety shall submit the intended distribution of the salary plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review.
Of the $156,989,400 appropriated from the state general fund, $4,327,300 is appropriated to fund the salary increase authorized by Laws 2006, chapter 1, in lieu of any highway user revenue fund and state highway fund monies being expended for this purpose.
The department of public safety shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review before expending any monies appropriated through the additional highway patrol special line item.
The department of public safety shall report quarterly to the joint legislative budget committee on sworn personnel staffing levels and crime lab personnel staffing levels. The report shall identify the number of filled and appropriated positions by job classification and, if applicable, the program to which the position is assigned. The report shall identify the department of public safety's progress in filling the additional positions appropriated through the additional highway patrol personnel special line item. In addition, the report shall include the department's progress in hiring the additional positions funded in the fiscal year 2005-2006 budget.
The department of public safety shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review before transferring monies from the additional highway patrol personnel special line item.
It is the intent of the legislature that the department of public safety fill the 25 positions intentionally held vacant by the department in fiscal year 2005-2006.
Sec. 28. STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
2006-07
FTE positions 231.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 16,908,300
Information technology plan 2,881,500
Total appropriation - state retirement
system $ 19,789,800
Fund sources:
State retirement system
||administration account $ 16,892,100
Long-term disability
administration account 2,897,700
Performance measures:
Per cent of members satisfied with ASRS
telephone services 87
Per cent of investment returns 8.0
Per cent of benefit payment calculations
that are accurate as measured by quality
control sample 96
The state retirement system shall provide a report by the end of each calendar quarter during fiscal year 2006-2007 to the joint legislative budget committee on the discussions and actions of the state retirement system board regarding their efforts to minimize the retirement contribution rate.
Before the expenditure of the appropriation of $2,881,500 in fiscal year 2006-2007 and the hiring of FTE positions appropriated for the agency's information technology plan, the retirement system shall present an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee staff for review. The expenditure plan shall include current year and prior years' appropriations to be spent in the current year and prior year appropriation balances. The retirement system shall include the approval of the project investment justification document by the information technology authorization committee as part of its submission to the joint legislative budget committee staff. The agency shall provide semiannual reports to the joint legislative budget committee staff regarding the expenditures and project tasks completed to date. Actual divestiture of monies from the retirement fund for expenditure shall occur following the joint legislative budget committee staff review of the agency's information technology plan.
Sec. 29. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
2006-07
FTE positions 1,148.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 65,446,100
Unclaimed property administration 1,609,000
Total appropriation – department of revenue $ 67,055,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 64,582,800
Estate and unclaimed property fund 1,609,000
Liability setoff fund 393,500
Tobacco tax and health care fund 469,800
Performance measures:
Average calendar days to refund income tax 12
Per cent of written taxpayer inquiries
answered within 30 calendar days
of receipt 90
Per cent of delinquent accounts collected 11
Customer satisfaction rating for taxpayer
information section (Scale 1-5) 4.6
The department shall provide the department's general fund revenue enforcement goals for fiscal year 2006-2007 to the joint legislative budget committee for review by July 31, 2006. The department shall provide quarterly progress reports to the joint legislative budget committee as to the effectiveness of the department's overall enforcement and collections program. The reports shall include a comparison of projected and actual general fund revenue enforcement collections for fiscal year 2006-2007. The reports are due within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter.
The department of revenue shall pay not more than $368,100 from all funds in fiscal year 2006-2007 for their risk management payment to the department of administration.
An amount equal to 12.5 per cent of the dollar value of the properties recovered by unclaimed property contract auditors is appropriated from the estate and unclaimed property fund to pay unclaimed property contract auditor fees in accordance with section 44-313, Arizona Revised Statutes, requiring that administrative expenses be appropriated. This amount is currently estimated at $1,770,000 in fiscal year 2006-2007.
Sec. 30. SCHOOL FACILITIES BOARD
2006-07
FTE positions 18.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 1,646,100
New school facilities debt service 75,733,500
New school facilities 200,000,000
Total appropriation – school facilities
board $277,379,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $277,379,600
Performance measures:
Per cent of school districts inspected
meeting minimum adequacy standards 100
Per cent of school districts rating the
board's services as "good" or "excellent"
in an annual survey 90
Sec. 31. DEPARTMENT OF STATE ‑ SECRETARY OF STATE
2006-07
FTE positions 48.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,718,100
Election services 4,304,400
Help America vote act 20,000,000
Total appropriation ‑ secretary of state $ 27,022,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 6,860,100
Election systems improvement fund 20,000,000
Professional employer organization
fund 162,400
Performance measures:
Per cent of documents returned to public
filer in 48 hours (business services
division) 85
Per cent of election law complaints reviewed
and acted on within 7 days 100
The secretary of state shall report to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting by December 31, 2006 the actual amount and purpose of expenditures from the election systems improvement fund in fiscal year 2005-2006 and the expected amount and purpose of expenditures from the fund for fiscal years 2006-2007 and 2007‑2008.
Any transfer to or from the amount appropriated for the elections services special line item shall require review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 32. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
2006-07
Administration
FTE positions 412.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 38,817,700
Attorney general legal services 2,574,800
Total appropriation – administration $ 41,392,500
Fund sources:
State highway fund $ 41,392,500
Highways
FTE positions 2,516.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $121,825,600
Highway maintenance 113,478,200
Vehicles and heavy equipment 36,277,200
Vehicles and heavy equipment
fuel surcharge 2,000,000
Total – highways $273,581,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 74,700
Safety enforcement and
transportation
infrastructure fund 558,700
State highway fund 235,670,400
Transportation department
equipment fund 37,277,200
Performance measures:
Per cent of Maricopa regional freeway
miles completed 100
Per cent of overall highway construction
projects completed on schedule 100
Of the total amount appropriated for the highways program, $113,478,200 in fiscal year 2006-2007 for highway maintenance is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, except that all unexpended and unencumbered monies of the appropriation revert to their fund of origin, either the state highway fund or the safety enforcement and transportation infrastructure fund, on August 31, 2007.
Motor vehicle
FTE positions 1,730.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 96,226,000
Abandoned vehicle administration 930,800
New third party funding 671,700
Total appropriation – motor vehicle $ 97,828,500
Fund sources:
Air quality fund $ 61,500
Driving under the influence
abatement fund 131,500
Highway user revenue fund 588,000
Motor vehicle liability insurance
||enforcement fund 3,762,600
State highway fund 91,847,900
Vehicle inspection and title
||enforcement fund 1,437,000
Performance measures:
Average office wait time from receiving
numbered ticket to arriving at counter
(minutes) 15.0
Per cent of office customers rating
services "good" or "excellent" 83
Average telephone wait time to speak
to an MVD employee (minutes) 16.2
Per cent of alternative vehicle
registration renewal methods
(mail, internet, third party) 78.1
The new third party funding special line item includes a total of $671,700 and 16 FTE positions for motor vehicle division third party workload. The amounts include $318,100 and 8 FTE positions added in fiscal year 2005-2006, and $353,600 and 8 FTE positions added in fiscal year 2006‑2007. The fiscal year 2005-2006 amounts added $113,400 and 3 FTE positions for title and registration quality assurance and $204,700 and 5 FTE positions to allow commercial driver schools and up to 15 motorcycle dealers to become authorized third parties to administer their respective driver license examination. The fiscal year 2006-2007 amounts include $265,200 and 6 FTE positions to contract with 145 authorized title and registration third parties and $88,400 and 2 FTE positions to eliminate the vehicle identification number inspections waiting list. It is the intent of the legislature that the new funding of $265,200 and 6 FTE positions in fiscal year 2006-2007 will not be continued in fiscal year 2007-2008 if the number of title and registration third parties does not reach 145 by December 31, 2006. It is the intent of the legislature that the new funding of $88,400 and 2 FTE positions in fiscal year 2006-2007 will not be continued in fiscal year 2007-2008 if the waiting list for vehicle identification number inspection third parties is not eliminated by December 31, 2006.
The department shall submit quarterly progress reports to the joint legislative budget committee for review of the progress in increasing third party transactions, the status of motor vehicle division third party staffing, workload and quality assurance backlog. The quarterly progress report shall also include the number of existing third parties and the number of entities on the third party waiting lists. The quarterly report shall address title and registration, vehicle identification number inspection, commercial driver license examination, noncommercial driver license examination, commercial driver training school, noncommercial driver training school and traffic survival school. The reports are due within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter.
It is the intent of the legislature that the department of transportation identify in their fiscal year 2007-2008 budget request the total third party staff resources.
The department of transportation shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee for review by November 30, 2006, on whether the per cent of reviewed third party transactions can be reduced below 10 per cent and still retain statistical validity.
The operating lump sum appropriation includes $500,000 for the study of new motor vehicle division (MVD) computer system planning. Before the expenditure of these monies the department shall provide the proposed assessment plan to the joint legislative budget committee for review. With the submission of the plan, the department shall submit comments of the information technology authorization committee (ITAC) on the proposed plan. The department's assessment shall include a comprehensive assessment of the scope of the project and evaluation of technology options for a proposed replacement MVD computer system. The proposed new computer system would integrate the databases of the division's major computer systems, including driver license, commercial driver license and title and registration. ITAC's approval shall also address whether the department's proposed assessment addresses the need for adequate project controls and external oversight, the estimated total cost and timeframe for completing all major systems, an evaluation of the department's ability to manage such a technology project, the estimated cost of any additional department resources needed for the project to succeed and any estimated continuing additional costs to operate the proposed new computer system.
Before its release, ITAC shall review the department's request for proposals for the assessment of the new computer system.
On completion of the assessment for a proposed replacement MVD computer system, the department shall submit the completed assessment to the joint legislative budget committee for review. With the submission, the department shall submit comments of ITAC on the completed assessment.
The department shall not transfer any funds to or from the motor vehicle division without the review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by July 31, 2006 for review on where funding for MVD counter clerks in customer service offices has been shifted. The average number of MVD counter clerks decreased from 866 in fiscal year 2002-2003, to 756 in fiscal year 2003-2004 and to 725 in fiscal year 2004-2005.
The department of transportation shall submit quarterly progress reports to the joint legislative budget committee on their progress in improving motor vehicle division wait times and vehicle registration renewal by mail turnaround times. The reports shall document the monthly averages for the total time customers spent at the office and the reasons for changes in these times for each motor vehicle division field office equipped with electronic customer monitoring devices. The reports shall document the wait time to get a numbered ticket from a motor vehicle division employee, the time between receiving the numbered ticket and arriving at the counter and the transaction time at the counter. The reports shall document the number of customers who arrived at motor vehicle division offices but who did not complete their transaction, and the motor vehicle division's average turnaround time for vehicle registration renewal by mail. The reports are due within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter. This new report replaces any prior report requirements.
Aeronautics
FTE positions 33.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 2,029,800
Fund sources:
State aviation fund $ 2,029,800
Performance measures:
Per cent of airport development projects
completed on schedule 100
Total appropriation - department of ____________
transportation $414,831,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 74,700
Air quality fund 61,500
Driving under the influence
abatement fund 131,500
Highway user revenue fund 588,000
Motor vehicle liability
insurance enforcement fund 3,762,600
Safety enforcement and
transportation infrastructure
fund 558,700
State aviation fund 2,029,800
State highway fund 368,910,800
Transportation department
equipment fund 37,277,200
Vehicle inspection and title
enforcement fund 1,437,000
Of the $413,749,400 appropriation to the Arizona department of transportation, the department shall pay $16,773,800 in fiscal year 2006‑2007 from all funds to the Arizona department of administration for their risk management payment.
Sec. 33. STATE TREASURER
2006-07
FTE positions 33.4
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,616,400
Justice of the peace salaries 2,949,000
Total appropriation – state treasurer $ 5,565,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,565,400
Performance measures:
Ratio of yield of LGIP to Standard
and Poor's LGIP index 1.2
Ratio of yield of endowment pools to
Big Bond Index 1.1
Customer satisfaction rating for local
government investment pool participants
(Scale 1-8) 6.1
It is the intent of the legislature that the investment management fee on monies managed by the state treasurer be set at eight basis points.
Sec. 34. ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS
2006-07
FTE positions 27.9
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 2,194,700
Arizona teachers incentive program 90,000
Arizona transfer articulation
support system 213,700
Student financial assistance 2,161,200
Western interstate commission
office 112,000
WICHE student subsidies 3,570,700
regents $ 8,342,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 8,342,300
Performance measures:
Per cent of graduating seniors who rate
their overall university experience
as "good"/"excellent" 95
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more
primary courses with ranked faculty 77
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with professors of any rank 60
Average number of years taken to graduate
for students who began as freshmen 4.7
Within ten days of the acceptance of the universities' semiannual all funds budget reports, the Arizona board of regents shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee for its review. The expenditure plan shall include any tuition revenue amounts that are greater than the appropriated amounts and all retained tuition and fee revenue expenditures for the current fiscal year. The additional revenue expenditure plan shall provide as much detail as the university budget requests.
The Arizona board of regents shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by August 31, 2006 on its plan for establishing, pursuant to section 15-1626, Arizona Revised Statutes, a differentiated tuition and fee rate structure for students who have earned credit hours in excess of the credit hour threshold.
Sec. 35. ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
2006-07
Main campus
FTE positions 6,833.6
Operating lump sum appropriation $485,198,000
Biomedical informatics 1,000,000
Senator Barry Goldwater papers 529,000
Downtown Phoenix campus 32,751,200
Total – Main campus $519,478,200
Fund sources:
State general fund $314,735,400
University collections fund 204,742,800
Performance measures:
Per cent of graduating seniors who rate
their overall university experience
as "good"/"excellent" 95
Per cent of full-time undergraduate
students enrolled per semester in 3 or
more primary courses with ranked faculty 72
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with professors of any rank 60
Average number of years taken to graduate
for students who began as freshmen 4.6
External dollars for research and creative
activity $180,000,000
The $529,000 appropriated for Senator Barry Goldwater papers shall be distributed to the Arizona Historical Foundation for the preservation of the papers of Senator Barry Goldwater. Before expenditure of these monies, Arizona State University shall provide the Arizona Historical Foundation’s expenditure plans to the joint legislative budget committee.
East campus
FTE positions 423.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 32,709,000
Lease-purchase payment 2,000,000
Total - East campus $ 34,709,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 18,088,600
University collections fund 14,620,400
Technology and research initiative
fund 2,000,000
Performance measures:
Per cent of graduating seniors who rate
their overall university experience
as "good"/"excellent" 96
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with ranked faculty 68
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with professors of any rank 60
Average number of years taken to graduate
for students who began as freshmen 4.8
West campus
FTE positions 810.0
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 64,757,500
Lease-purchase payment 1,600,000
Total – West campus $ 66,357,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 45,419,900
University collections fund 19,337,600
Technology and research initiative
fund 1,600,000
Performance measures:
Per cent of graduating seniors who rate
their overall university experience
as "good"/"excellent" 98
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with ranked faculty 72
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with professors of any rank 60
Average number of years taken to graduate for
students who began as freshmen 4.5
University discretionary adjustment
Lump sum appropriation $ 10,600,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 10,600,000
Total appropriation ‑ Arizona state ____________
university $631,144,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $388,843,900
University collections fund 238,700,800
Technology and research initiative
fund 3,600,000
The state general fund appropriations shall not be used for alumni association funding.
The appropriated monies are not to be used for scholarships.
The appropriated monies are not to be used to support any student newspaper.
The appropriated monies shall not be used by the Arizona state university college of law legal clinic for any lawsuits involving inmates of the state department of corrections in which the state is the adverse party.
University budget requests shall provide as much detail for the downtown Phoenix campus as for any other budget program. Notwithstanding section 35-173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, any proposed transfer to or from the amounts appropriated for the downtown Phoenix campus line item shall require prior review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Any unencumbered balances remaining in the collections account on June 30, 2006 and all collections received by the university during the fiscal year, when paid into the state treasury, are appropriated for operating expenditures, capital outlay and fixed charges. Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona. No part of this appropriation may be expended for supplemental life insurance or supplemental retirement. Receipts from summer session, when deposited in the state treasury, together with any unencumbered balance in the summer session account, are hereby appropriated for the purpose of conducting summer sessions but are excluded from the amounts enumerated above.
Arizona state university may develop a four-year pilot program for an optional flat rate tuition for incoming undergraduate students beginning in academic year 2007-2008 and provide a report on the pilot program to the joint legislative budget committee by December 1, 2006 and December 1, 2012.
Sec. 36. NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
2006-07
FTE positions 2,081.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $159,428,800
University discretionary adjustment 3,200,000
NAU ‑ Yuma 2,266,000
Total appropriation – Northern Arizona
university $164,894,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $125,350,800
University collections fund 39,544,000
Performance measures:
Per cent of graduating seniors who rate
their overall university experience
as "good"/"excellent" 98
Per cent of full-time undergraduate
students enrolled per semester in
3 or more primary courses with
ranked faculty 93
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with professors of any rank 60
Average number of years taken to graduate for
students who began as freshmen 4.5
The state general fund appropriations shall not be used for alumni association funding.
The appropriated monies are not to be used for scholarships.
The appropriated monies are not to be used to support any student newspaper.
Any unencumbered balances remaining in the collections account on June 30, 2006 and all collections received by the university during the fiscal year, when paid into the state treasury, are appropriated for operating expenditures, capital outlay and fixed charges. Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona. No part of this appropriation may be expended for supplemental life insurance or supplemental retirement. Receipts from summer session, when deposited in the state treasury, together with any unencumbered balance in the summer session account, are hereby appropriated for the purpose of conducting summer sessions but are excluded from the amounts enumerated above.
Sec. 37. UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
2006-07
Main campus
FTE positions 5,586.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $343,044,800
Agriculture 39,008,200
Arizona cooperative extension 11,588,800
Sierra Vista campus 5,367,600
Total – Main campus $399,009,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $290,631,300
University collections fund 108,378,100
Performance measures:
Per cent of graduating seniors who rate
their overall university experience
as "good"/"excellent" 96
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with ranked faculty 80
Per cent of full-time undergraduate students
enrolled per semester in 3 or more primary
courses with professors of any rank 60
Average number of years taken to graduate
for students who began as freshmen 4.6
Health sciences center
FTE positions 920.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 61,800,700
Clinical rural rotation 485,800
Clinical teaching support 9,733,000
Liver research institute 512,600
Phoenix medical campus 6,000,000
Telemedicine network 1,191,900
Total - health sciences center $ 79,724,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 64,210,400
University collections fund 15,513,600
Performance measures:
Per cent of graduating seniors who rate
their overall university experience
as "good"/"excellent" 99
University discretionary adjustment
Lump sum appropriation $ 6,200,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 6,200,000
Total appropriation ‑ university of ____________
Arizona $484,933,400
Fund sources:
State general fund $361,041,700
University collections fund 123,891,700
The state general fund appropriations shall not be used for alumni association funding.
The appropriated monies are not to be used for scholarships.
The appropriated monies are not to be used to support any student newspaper.
Any unencumbered balances remaining in the collections account on June 30, 2006 and all collections received by the university during the fiscal year, when paid into the state treasury, are appropriated for operating expenditures, capital outlay and fixed charges. Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona. No part of this appropriation may be expended for supplemental life insurance or supplemental retirement. Receipts from summer session, when deposited in the state treasury, together with any unencumbered balance in the summer session account, are hereby appropriated for the purpose of conducting summer sessions but are excluded from the amounts enumerated above.
The Sierra Vista campus special line item includes $1,200,000 to replace previously reallocated funds.
University budget requests shall provide as much detail for the Phoenix medical campus as for any other budget program. Notwithstanding section 35‑173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, any proposed transfer to or from the amounts appropriated for the Phoenix medical campus line item shall require prior review by the joint legislative budget committee.
The university of Arizona and the Arizona board of regents shall report to the joint legislative budget committee, on August 15, 2006 and February 15, 2007, updates concerning the formal relationship between the Phoenix medical campus and area hospitals, partnerships with private medical schools, the availability of clinical rotations for medical students in this state, the creation of new residency positions in this state, the expansion of medical services in this state's rural areas, the attraction of out-of-state medical students to practice in this state and any other strategies being considered or employed to prevent a doctor shortage in this state or the rural areas of this state.
Sec. 38. DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
2006-07
FTE positions 212.7
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 15,185,600
Assured and adequate water supply
administration 2,800,000
Arizona water protection fund
deposit - 0 -
Rural water studies 1,911,000
Adjudication support 500,000
Automated groundwater monitoring 500,000
Total appropriation ‑ department of water
resources $ 20,896,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 19,796,600
Assured and adequate water
supply administration fund 1,100,000
Performance measures:
Number of rural water studies initiated 4
Customer satisfaction rating for hydrology
program (Scale 1-8) 8.0
Funding appropriated for the purposes of rural water studies is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations through June 30, 2008.
It is the intent of the legislature that monies in the assured and adequate water supply special line item will only be spent for the assured and adequate water supply program and not be made available for other department operating expenditures.
Any transfer to or from the amount appropriated for the assured and adequate water supply special line item shall require review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Prior to August 1, 2006, the department shall submit an expenditure plan to the joint legislative budget committee describing how the monies in the assured and adequate water supply special line item will be used to accelerate the assured and adequate water supply program application process. The expenditure plan shall include information on the number and processing time of applications received by the program.
The department shall report to the joint legislative budget committee on the amount of fees collected by the assured and adequate water supply program within thirty days after the end of each calendar year quarter.
The appropriation includes $500,000 for automated groundwater monitoring to establish automated groundwater monitoring sites that monitor hydrologic behavior of groundwater basins and assess groundwater levels over time. Of the $500,000 appropriation, $325,000 shall be used for the costs associated with the installation, operation and maintenance of field equipment. The remaining $175,000 shall be used to fund 2 FTE positions.
Sec. 39. DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
2006-07
General services
FTE positions 25.9
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,638,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,531,400
Motor vehicle liability insurance
enforcement fund 106,700
Vapor recovery
FTE positions 8.5
Lump sum appropriation $ 561,800
Fund sources:
Air quality fund $ 561,800
Oxygenated fuel
FTE positions 6.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 807,600
Fund sources:
Air quality fund $ 807,600
Total appropriation – department
of weights and measures $ 3,007,500
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,531,400
Air quality fund 1,369,400
Motor vehicle liability insurance
enforcement fund 106,700
Performance measures:
Average customer satisfaction rating
(Scale 1-5) 4.7
Per cent of retail stores' price
scanning devices in compliance 68
Per cent of cleaner burning gas
samples in compliance with oxygenated
fuel standards 100
Per cent of gasoline dispensing facilities
inspected annually that are in compliance
with vapor recovery standards 90
Sec. 40. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 13 is amended to read:
Sec. 13. BOARD OF BARBERS
2005-06 2006-07
FTE positions 4.0 4.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 230,600** $ 230,600
$ 274,600
Fund sources:
Board of barbers fund $ 230,600 $ 230,600
$ 274,600
Performance measures:
Average calendar days to resolve a complaint 21 21
Average calendar days to renew a license 2 2
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 0-100) 90 90
Sec. 41. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 20 is amended to read:
Sec. 20. REGISTRAR OF CONTRACTORS
2005-06 2006-07
FTE positions 138.8 138.8
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 8,616,700 $ 8,617,300
Office of administrative hearings
||costs 869,500 869,500
900,500
Incentive pay 113,500 113,500
Total appropriation ‑ registrar of
contractors $ 9,599,700** $ 9,600,300
$ 9,631,300
Fund sources:
Registrar of contractors fund $ 9,599,700 $ 9,600,300
$ 9,631,300
Performance measures:
Average calendar days from receipt of
complaint to jobsite inspection 14 14
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 1-8) 7.1 7.1
Any transfer to or from the amount appropriated for the office of administrative hearings costs special line item shall require review by the joint legislative budget committee.
Sec. 42. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 38 is amended to read:
Sec. 38. GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT
2005-06 2006-07
FTE positions 274.5 274.5
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 22,700,600 $ 22,622,700
$ 24,247,300
Lower Colorado multi-species
conservation - 0 - 350,000
Pittman ‑ Robertson/Dingell –
Johnson act 2,808,000 2,808,000
Performance incentive pay program 346,800* 346,800*
Total appropriation ‑ game and fish
department $ 25,855,400 $ 25,777,500
$ 27,752,100
Fund sources:
Game and fish fund $ 23,312,600 $ 23,234,700
$ 24,409,300
Waterfowl conservation fund 43,400 43,400
Wildlife endowment fund 16,000 16,000
Watercraft licensing fund 2,183,200 2,183,200
2,983,200
Game, nongame, fish and
endangered species fund 300,200 300,200
Performance measures:
Per cent of public satisfaction with
off-highway vehicle and watercraft
information products and services 65 65
Per cent of anglers rating their experience
as "excellent", or greater than or equal
to 9, on a scale of 1 to 10 69 69
In addition to the $2,808,000 for the Pittman ‑ Robertson/Dingell ‑ Johnson act special line item, the lump sum appropriation includes $40,000 for cooperative fish and wildlife research which may be used for the purpose of matching federal and apportionment funds.
The Arizona game and fish department shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee for review an expenditure plan for the $160,000 allocated for watercraft operation under the influence enforcement equipment prior to the expenditures of these monies.
The $300,000 from the game and fish fund and $46,800 from the watercraft licensing fund in fiscal year 2005-2006 and fiscal year 2006-2007 for the performance incentive pay program special line item shall be used for personal services and employee related expenditures associated with the department's performance incentive pay program in accordance with Laws 1999, chapter 138. This appropriation is a continuing appropriation and is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
The game and fish department and the department of transportation shall conduct a joint study to examine the transfer of responsibility for processing watercraft registration from the game and fish department to the department of transportation. This study shall be submitted to the joint legislative budget committee by December 30, 2005 and is to include an implementation plan with a proposed date for the transfer of watercraft registration and examine the overall impact to citizens, potential cost savings, and the number of full-time equivalent positions to be transferred from the game and fish department to the department of transportation.
The shooting range appropriation of $100,000 in fiscal year 2005-2006 and fiscal year 2006-2007, included in the lump sum appropriation, is a continuing appropriation and is exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until December 31, 2007.
Sec. 43. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 64 is amended to read:
Sec. 64. ARIZONA NAVIGABLE STREAM ADJUDICATION COMMISSION
2005-06
FTE positions 2.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 160,700 $210,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 160,700 $210,700
Performance measures:
Per cent of Arizona rivers and
streams adjudicated 100
Customer satisfaction rating for hearing
attendees (Scale 1-8) 7.0
$50,000 of the appropriation is exempt from section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until June 30, 2007.
Sec. 44. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 71 is amended to read:
Sec. 71. STATE PARKS BOARD
2005-06 2006-07
FTE positions 249.3 249.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 12,784,500 $ 12,784,500
Kartchner caverns state park 1,654,800 1,654,800
2,354,800
Total appropriation – Arizona state parks
board $ 14,439,300 $ 14,439,300
$ 15,139,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,380,500 $ 2,380,500
$ 5,730,500
State parks enhancement fund 10,505,800 10,505,800
7,855,800
Law enforcement and boating
||safety fund 1,092,700 1,092,700
Reservation surcharge revolving
fund 460,300 460,300
Performance measures:
Annual park attendance 2,500,000 2,500,000
Per cent of park visitors rating their
experience "good" or "excellent" 96 96
The appropriation for law enforcement and boating safety fund projects is an estimate representing all monies distributed to this fund, including balance forward, revenue and transfers during fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007. These monies are appropriated to the Arizona state parks board for the purposes established in section 5‑383, Arizona Revised Statutes. The appropriation shall be adjusted as necessary to reflect actual final receipts credited to the law enforcement and boating safety fund.
All other operating expenditures include $26,000 from the state parks enhancement fund for Fool Hollow state park revenue sharing. If receipts to Fool Hollow exceed $260,000 in fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, an additional ten per cent of this increase of Fool Hollow receipts is appropriated from the state parks enhancement fund to meet the revenue sharing agreement with the city of Show Low and the United States forest service.
All reservation surcharge revolving fund receipts received by the Arizona state parks board in excess of $460,300 in fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 are appropriated to the reservation surcharge revolving fund. Before the expenditure of any reservation surcharge revolving fund monies in excess of $460,300 in fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, the Arizona state parks board shall submit the intended use of the monies for review by the joint legislative budget committee.
During fiscal years 2005-2006 and 2006-2007, no more than $5,000 each year from appropriated or non-appropriated monies may be used for the purposes of out-of-state travel expenses by state parks board staff. No appropriated or non-appropriated monies may be used for out-of-country travel expenses. The state parks board shall submit by June 30, 2006 and June 30, 2007, a report to the joint legislative budget committee on out-of-state travel activities and expenditures for that fiscal year.
The state parks board shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee, on a quarterly basis, the operating expenditures of each state park.
Sec. 45. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 75 is amended to read:
Sec. 75. PIONEERS' HOME
2005-06 2006-07
FTE positions 115.8 115.8
Personal services $ 3,267,400 3,267,400
Employee related expenditures 1,172,200 1,172,200
Professional and outside services 129,300 129,300
Travel in-state 25,000 25,000
Other operating expenditures 446,800 446,800
Food 202,200 202,200
Equipment 12,000 12,000
Prescription drugs 436,400 436,400
Total appropriation - pioneers' home $ 5,691,300 $ 5,691,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ - 0 - $ 800,100
Miners' hospital fund 1,468,900 1,468,900
State charitable fund 4,222,400 4,222,400
3,422,300
Performance measures:
Per cent of residents rating services as
"good" or "excellent" 98 98
Earnings on state lands and interest on the investment of the permanent land funds are appropriated for the pioneers' home and the hospital for disabled miners in compliance with the enabling act and the Constitution of Arizona.
The pioneers' home shall not exceed its expenditure authority for monies appropriated from the miners' hospital for disabled miners' land fund.
Sec. 46. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 82 is amended to read:
Sec. 82. RADIATION REGULATORY AGENCY
2005-06 2006-07
FTE positions 25.0 25.0
29.0
Lump sum appropriation $ 1,352,900 $ 1,352,900
$ 1,608,300
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,105,600 $ 1,105,600
$ 1,361,000
State radiologic technologist
certification fund 247,300 247,300
Performance measures:
Per cent of x-ray tubes overdue for inspection 22 22
Radiological incidents (non-Palo Verde related) 15 15
Radiological incidents (Palo Verde) 0 0
Customer satisfaction rating (Scale 1-8) 7.5 7.5
Sec. 47. Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 102 is amended to read:
Sec. 102. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' SERVICES
2005-06 2006-07
FTE positions 299.3 299.3
324.3
Operating lump sum appropriation $ 14,578,100 $ 14,554,600
$ 13,659,600
Southern Arizona cemetery 134,700 134,700
256,200
Northern Arizona cemetery - 0 - 182,700
Veterans' benefits counseling - 0 - 2,070,000
Telemedicine project 10,000 10,000
Veterans' organizations contracts 29,200 29,200
Total appropriation – department of
veterans' services $ 14,752,000 $ 14,728,500
$ 16,207,700
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 2,259,000 $ 2,259,000
$ 3,738,200
State home for veterans' trust fund 11,834,600 11,834,600
State veterans' conservatorship fund 658,400 634,900
Performance measures:
DHS quality rating of the veterans' home
("excellent", "standard" or "substandard") Excellent Excellent
Per cent of customers rating department's
services as "good" or "excellent" 95 95
Sec. 48. Appropriations; fund deposits
A. The sum of $274,158,600 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2006-2007 for deposit in funds as follows:
1. $9,808,600 in the budget stabilization fund established by section 35-144, Arizona Revised Statutes.
2. $850,000 in the telecommunication fund for the deaf established by section 36-1947, Arizona Revised Statutes.
3. $245,000,000 in a separate account of the state highway fund established by section 28-6991, Arizona Revised Statutes, to be known as the statewide transportation acceleration needs account. Any other assets received by the department of transportation as a result of investment and expenditure of these monies shall also be deposited in the statewide transportation acceleration needs account.
4. $13,500,000 in the Arizona water banking fund established by section 45-2425, Arizona Revised Statutes. These monies shall be used to carry out state obligations related to Indian firming. The department of water resources shall report its expenditure plans for these monies to the joint legislative budget committee by November 30, 2006.
5. $5,000,000 in the Arizona arts endowment fund established by section 41-986, Arizona Revised Statutes. It is the intent of the legislature that this deposit completes the deposits into the fund required by section 42-5029, Arizona Revised Statutes.
B. The sum of $62,000,000 is appropriated from the state highway fund in fiscal year 2006-2007 for deposit in a separate account of the state highway fund established by section 28-6991, Arizona Revised Statutes, to be known as the statewide transportation acceleration needs account. Any other assets received by the department of transportation as a result of investment and expenditure of these monies shall also be deposited in the statewide transportation acceleration needs account.
C. The appropriations made in subsection A, paragraph 3 and subsection B of this section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to the lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 49. Appropriation; operating adjustments
2006-07
Attorney general cost allocation $ 5,402,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 4,595,700
Other appropriated funds 806,900
State employee health insurance
adjustments $ 39,327,600
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 28,695,900
Other appropriated funds 10,631,700
State employee retirement
adjustments $ 36,925,800
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 27,635,500
Other appropriated funds 9,290,300
State telecommunications adjustments $ 9,331,100
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 5,300,600
Other appropriated funds 4,030,500
Biennial agency operating adjustments $ 6,400,000
Fund sources:
State general fund $ 1,500,000
Other appropriated funds 4,900,000
The other appropriated funds may be allocated from the following funds: board of accountancy fund, acupuncture board of examiners fund, air permits administration fund, air quality fund, antitrust enforcement revolving fund, board of appraisal fund, Arizona benefits fund, Arizona health care cost containment system donations fund, Arizona medical board fund, Arizona protected native plant fund, attorney general legal services cost allocation fund, Arizona automated fingerprint identification system fund, automobile theft authority fund, automation operations fund, state aviation fund, board of barbers fund, board of behavioral health examiners fund, bond fund, capital outlay stabilization fund, state charitable fund, child abuse prevention fund, child fatality review fund, child support enforcement administration fund, children's health insurance program fund, board of chiropractic examiners fund, citrus, fruit and vegetable revolving fund, collection enforcement revolving fund, commerce and economic development commission fund, commercial feed fund, confidential intermediary and fiduciary fund, agricultural consulting and training fund, consumer protection-consumer fraud revolving fund, corrections fund, board of cosmetology fund, crime laboratory assessment fund, criminal justice enhancement fund, county fair racing fund, court appointed special advocate fund, defensive driving school fund, dental board fund, Arizona deoxyribonucleic acid identification system fund, board of dispensing opticians fund, driving under the influence abatement fund, drug and gang prevention resource center fund, state education fund for committed youth, state education fund for correctional education, state egg inspection fund, emergency medical services operating fund, emissions inspection fund, environmental laboratory licensure revolving fund, estate and unclaimed property fund, Arizona exposition and state fair fund, federal child care and development fund block grant, federal surplus materials revolving fund, federal temporary assistance for needy families block grant, fertilizer materials fund, board of funeral directors' and embalmers' fund, fingerprint clearance card fund, game and fish fund, game, nongame, fish and endangered species fund, hazardous waste management fund, healthcare group fund, hearing and speech professionals fund, state highway fund, Arizona highway patrol fund, highway user revenue fund, board of homeopathic medical examiners fund, housing trust fund, DHS indirect cost fund, ADEQ indirect cost fund, industrial commission administrative fund, information technology fund, interagency service agreements fund, intergovernmental agreements and grants, investment management regulatory and enforcement fund, job training fund, judicial collection enhancement fund, land conservation fund administration account, lease‑purchase building operating and maintenance fund, liability set‑off fund, long-term care system fund, long‑term disability administration account, state lottery fund, board of medical examiners fund, the miners' hospital for disabled miners land fund, motor vehicle liability insurance enforcement fund, motor vehicle pool revolving fund, naturopathic physicians board of medical examiners fund, newborn screening program fund, board of nursing fund, nursing care institution administrators' licensing and assisted living facility managers' certification fund, occupational therapy fund, oil overcharge fund, board of optometry fund, board of osteopathic examiners fund, state parks enhancement fund, penitentiary land fund, personnel division fund, pesticide fund, Arizona state board of pharmacy fund, board of physical therapy fund, podiatry fund, postsecondary education fund, prison construction and operations fund, board for private postsecondary education fund, professional employer organization fund, Arizona protected native plant fund, board of psychologist examiners fund, public access fund, public assistance collections fund, racing administration fund, state radiologic technologist certification fund, records services fund, recycling fund, registrar of contractors fund, reservation surcharge revolving fund, residential utility consumer office revolving fund, board of respiratory care examiners fund, state retirement system administration account, risk management revolving fund, safety enforcement and transportation infrastructure fund, schools for the deaf and the blind fund, securities regulatory and enforcement fund, seed law fund, solid waste fee fund, special administration fund, special employee health insurance trust fund, special services revolving fund, spinal and head injuries trust fund, state aid to the courts fund, Arizona state hospital fund, state board of equalization fund, state surplus materials revolving fund, structural pest control commission fund, substance abuse services fund, teacher certification fund, technical registration fund, telecommunications fund, telecommunication fund for the deaf, telecommunications excise tax fund, tobacco tax and health care fund, transportation department equipment fund, tribal-state compact fund, used oil fund, utility regulation revolving fund, vehicle inspection and title enforcement fund, state veterans' conservatorship fund, state home for veterans' trust fund, veterinary medical examining board fund, victims' rights fund, watercraft licensing fund, waterfowl conservation fund, water quality fee fund, and workforce investment act grant.
Attorney general cost allocation
The amount appropriated for attorney general legal services cost allocation adjustments shall be for agency and department pro rata share contributions for the attorney general legal services cost allocation charge. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount sufficient to charge the pro rata share contribution of 0.62 per cent to each fund's personal services base.
The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in total expenditure authority to allow implementation of pro rata share contribution adjustments.
The attorney general pro rata contribution shall not be charged to the department of administration risk management fund and any fund administered by the Arizona health care cost containment system, the Arizona department of agriculture and councils that receive administrative and budgetary services from the Arizona department of agriculture, the department of law, the auditor general, the corporation commission, the department of economic security, the Arizona game and fish department, the office of the governor, the house of representatives, the industrial commission, the joint legislative budget committee, the legislative council, the Arizona state library, archives and public records, the residential utility consumer office, the senate, the superior court, the court of appeals, the supreme court, the department of transportation, the universities, the department of water resources or any self-supporting regulatory agency as determined by section 35-143.01, Arizona Revised Statutes.
State employee health insurance adjustments
The amount appropriated for state employee health insurance adjustments shall be for fiscal year 2006-2007 increases in the employer share of state employee health insurance premiums. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency's or department's employee related expenditures an amount sufficient for the employer share of the employee health insurance increases. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of state employee health insurance adjustments.
State employee retirement adjustments
The amount appropriated for state employee retirement contribution adjustments shall be for fiscal year 2006-2007 increases in the employer share of state employee retirement contributions. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency's or department's employee related expenditures an amount sufficient for the employer share of the employee retirement contribution increase. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of state employee retirement contribution adjustments.
State telecommunications adjustments
The amount appropriated for state telecommunications adjustments shall be for fiscal year 2006-2007 increases in agency or department telecommunication charges. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount sufficient for the contribution increase. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of state telecommunications adjustments.
Biennial agency operating adjustments
The amount appropriated for biennial agency operating adjustments shall be to annualize fiscal year 2005-2006 increases made pursuant to Laws 2005, chapter 286, section 107 for agencies that received a fiscal year 2006-2007 appropriation in Laws 2005, chapter 286. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall determine and the department of administration shall allocate to each agency or department an amount for these annualization adjustments. The joint legislative budget committee staff shall also determine and the department of administration shall allocate adjustments, as necessary, in expenditure authority to allow implementation of these annualization adjustments.
Sec. 50. Legislative intent; expenditure reporting
It is the intent of the legislature that all departments, agencies or budget units receiving appropriations under the terms of this act shall continue to report actual, estimated and requested expenditures by budget programs and budget classes in a format that is similar to the budget programs and budget classes used for budgetary purposes in prior years. A different format may be used if deemed necessary to implement the provisions of section 35-113, Arizona Revised Statutes, agreed to by the director of the joint legislative budget committee and incorporated into the budget preparation instructions adopted by the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting pursuant to section 35‑112, Arizona Revised Statutes.
Sec. 51. FTE positions; reporting
Full-time equivalent (FTE) positions contained in this act are subject to appropriation. The director of the department of administration shall account for the use of all appropriated FTE positions excluding those in the department of economic security, the universities and the department of environmental quality. The director shall submit fiscal year 2006-2007 reports by February 1, 2007 and August 1, 2007 to the director of the joint legislative budget committee. The reports shall compare the level of FTE usage in each fiscal year to the appropriated level. The director of the department of administration shall notify the director of each budget unit if the budget unit has exceeded its number of appropriated FTE positions. The above excluded agencies shall each report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee in a manner comparable to the department of administration reporting.
Sec. 52. Filled FTE positions; reporting
By October 1, 2006, each agency, including the judiciary and universities, shall submit a report to the director of the joint legislative budget committee on the number of filled, appropriated full-time equivalent positions by fund source. The number of filled, appropriated full-time equivalent positions reported shall be as of September 1, 2006.
Sec. 53. Performance measure results; reporting
As part of its fiscal year 2007-2008 budget request, agencies shall submit the fiscal year 2005-2006 result for the performance measures listed in this act. Agencies receiving fiscal year 2006-2007 budgets in Laws 2005, chapter 286, shall submit the fiscal year 2005-2006 result for the performance measures listed in that act as part of their fiscal year 2007‑2008 budget request. If an agency fails to submit this information, it shall submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee staff and the office of strategic planning and budgeting as part of its fiscal year 2007‑2008 budget request on why the agency failed to submit its results for the performance measure.
Sec. 54. Transfer of spending authority
The department of administration shall report monthly to the director of the joint legislative budget committee on any transfers of spending authority made pursuant to section 35-173, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, during the prior month.
Sec. 55. Interim reporting requirements
A. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2005-2006, not including the beginning balance and including one-time revenues, is forecasted to be $8,878,726,500.
B. State general fund revenue for fiscal year 2006-2007, not including the beginning balance and including one-time revenues, is forecasted to be $9,121,756,800.
C. The executive branch shall provide to the joint legislative budget committee a preliminary estimate of the fiscal year 2005-2006 state general fund ending balance by September 15, 2006. The preliminary estimate of the fiscal year 2006-2007 state general fund ending balance shall be provided by September 15, 2007. The estimate shall include projections of total revenues, total expenditures and ending balance. The department of administration shall continue to provide the final report for the fiscal year in its annual financial report pursuant to section 35-131, Arizona Revised Statutes.
D. Based on the information provided by the executive branch, the staff of the joint legislative budget committee shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by October 15 of 2006 and 2007 as to whether that fiscal year's revenues and ending balance are expected to change by more than $50,000,000 from the budgeted projections. The executive branch may also provide its own estimates to the joint legislative budget committee by October 15 of each year.
Sec. 56. Office of strategic planning and budgeting; federal revenue maximization reporting
The office of strategic planning and budgeting shall report to the joint legislative budget committee by July 1, 2006 and the beginning of each subsequent calendar quarter in the fiscal year on the status of the federal revenue maximization initiative. The report, at a minimum, shall include an update on contracts awarded as a result of the "RevMax" request for proposals, a summary of projects and the potential savings from each project. Any reported savings shall distinguish between potential reductions in current funding levels and foregone future spending increases.
Sec. 57. Definition
For the purposes of this act, "*" means this appropriation is a continuing appropriation and is exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
Sec. 58. Definition
For the purposes of this act, "**" means this appropriation is available for use pursuant to the provisions of section 35-143.01, subsection C, Arizona Revised Statutes, and is exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations until June 30, 2007.
Sec. 59. Definition
For the purposes of this act, "expenditure authority" means that the fund sources are continuously appropriated monies that are included in the individual line items of appropriations.
Sec. 60. Definition
For the purposes of this act, "review by the joint legislative budget committee" means a review by a vote of a majority of a quorum of the members. The committee review is to occur within forty-five days of the date of receipt of the agency's request for review being received by the office of the chairman of the committee with a copy to the staff director of the committee. The agency shall respond to the committee or joint legislative budget committee staff requests for information within fifteen days of the request.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR JUNE 21, 2006.
FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 21, 2006.