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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, Second Regular Session
appropriation; border fence construction
Purpose
Appropriates $150,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2023 to the Border Security Fund (Fund) to administer and manage the construction and maintenance of a physical border fence.
Background
The Fund
consists of legislative appropriations, gifts, grants and other donations and
is administered by the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs.
Fund monies may be used for: 1) preventing human trafficking; 2) preventing the
entry into the United States of illegal aliens, terrorists, instruments of
terrorism, contraband, narcotics and controlled substances;
3) planning, designing, constructing and maintaining transportation, technology
and commercial vehicle inspection infrastructure near the international border;
4) clearing nonindigenous plants; 5) administering and managing the
construction and maintenance of a physical border fence;
6) awarding grants to counties to provide housing in secure facilities; and 7)
awarding grants to counties for prosecuting individuals that commit any of the
outlined crimes (A.R.S.
§ 26-105).
In FY 2021, $55,000,000 was appropriated from the state GF to the Fund (JLBC).
H.B. 2317 appropriates $150,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to the Fund.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $150,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2023 to the Fund to administer and manage the construction and maintenance of a physical border fence.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
House Action
MAPS 1/31/22 DP 8-7-0-0
APPROP 2/2/22 DP 8-5-0-0
3rd Read 2/24/22 31-28-1
Prepared by Senate Research
March 11, 2022
LMM/IJ/sr