REFERENCE TITLE: affording housing; appropriation

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2022

SB 1284

Introduced by

Senators Stahl Hamilton: Bowie, Gabaldon, Marsh, Quezada, Steele, Terán; Representatives Andrade, Blackwater-Nygren, Cano, Dalessandro, Epstein, Hernandez M, Solorio

AN ACT

appropriating monies to the housing trust fund.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Appropriation; housing trust fund; action prohibited

A. The sum of $25,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the housing trust fund established by section 41-3955, Arizona Revised Statutes.

B. If a landlord receives monies from the appropriation made in subsection A of this section as payment for rent owed to the landlord by a tenant, the landlord may not file, finalize or enforce any action against the tenant for the unpaid rent.