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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session |
House: APPROPS DP 11-6-0-2 |
HB 2964: capital outlay; appropriations; FY2026
Sponsor: Representative Livingston (with permission of committee on Rules), LD 28
Caucus & COW
Overview
Contains capital appropriations and reductions to outlined state agencies in FY 2026.
History
The Arizona Legislature adopts a budget for each fiscal year (FY) that contains general appropriations. Article IV, Section 20, Part 2, Constitution of Arizona, requires the General Appropriations Act (feed bill) to contain only appropriations for the different state departments, state institutions, public schools and interest on public debt. Statutory changes necessary to reconcile the appropriations made in the feed bill and other changes are drafted into separate budget bills. These bills are prepared according to subject area.
Provisions
Arizona State Parks Appropriation Reductions (Sec. 1)
1. Reduces the following amounts appropriated from the State Parks Revenue Fund in FY 2022 to the Arizona State Parks Board (ASPB):
a) $210,000 for the Dead Horse Ranch State Park amphitheater;
b) $2,000,000 for southern construction services relocation;
c) $1,339,000 for statewide water conservation;
d) $4,100,000 for statewide campground improvements;
e) $2,233,333 for statewide sunshade structures;
f) $1,339,000 for statewide water conservation;
g) $5,945,000 for Yuma territorial prison renovation;
h) $4,000,000 for Red Rock renovation; and
i) $1,500,000 for San Rafael renovation.
2. Stipulates that the reductions revert to the State Parks Revenue Fund.
Building Renewal (Sec. 2)
3. Appropriates the following amounts to the specified agencies in FY 2026 for the maintenance and repair of state buildings:
Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA)
a) $19,000,000 from the Capital Outlay Stabilization Fund (COSF);
i. requires ADOA to allocate these monies to state agencies for necessary building renewal;
ii. reduces the appropriation from the COSF to the amount available in that fund if the monies in the COSF are insufficient to fund the full appropriation; and
iii. allows the monies to be used for retrofitting facilities for space consolidation;
Arizona Department of Corrections (DOC)
a) $5,864,300 from the DOC Building Renewal Fund;
i. restricts DOC from spending these monies on personal services or overhead expenses related to managing the funded projects;
Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGF)
b) $1,815,700 from the Game and Fish Fund;
Arizona State Lottery Commission (ASLC)
c) $218,200 from the State Lottery Fund;
Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
d) $22,145,300 from the State Highway Fund (SHF); and
e) $394,800 from the State Aviation Fund (SAF).
ASPB Report (Sec. 3)
4. Requires ASPB to submit, by September 1, 2025, a report to the Joint Committee on Capital Review (JCCR) delineating which projects that were approved by JCCR in July 2022 that ASPB plans to prioritize in FY 2026 and the proposed FY 2026 funding level for each of those projects.
ADOT Statewide Highway Construction (Sec. 4)
5. Appropriates $458,770,000 from the SHF in FY 2026 to plan and construct state highways, including national system of interstate highways within this state, the state primary or secondary system, the county primary or secondary system and urban rural routes, to acquire rights-of-way and to provide for the cost of contracted field administration and field engineering on construction projects and debt service payments on bonds issued for highway construction.
6. Specifies that any balances and collections in the SHF that exceed the specific amounts appropriated in the General Appropriations Act and in the Capital Outlay Act for FY 2026 are appropriated to ADOT for the purposes of statewide highway construction.
7. Directs ADOT, by November 1, 2025, to report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) directors and the Governor' Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting on its actual prior year, estimated current year and upcoming budget year highway construction expenses from all fund sources, as prescribed.
8. Requires ADOT, by November 1, 2025, to report as outlined capital outlay information for FYs 2025, 2026 and 2027, to the JLBC directors and the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting.
9. Tasks ADOT with reporting, by November 1, 2025, ADOT's estimated outstanding debt principal balance at the end of FY 2027 and the estimated debt service payment amount for each FYs 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, to the JLBC directors and the Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting, as prescribed.
10. Exempts the $458,770,000 appropriation from being subjected to a JCCR review.
ADOT Airport Planning and Development (Sec. 5)
11. Appropriates $44,340,700 from the SAF in FY 2026 to ADOT to plan, construct, develop and improve state, county, city or town airports as determined by the State Transportation Board.
12. Stipulates that any balances and collections in the SAF that exceed the specific amounts appropriated in the General Appropriations Act and the Capital Outlay Act for FY 2026 are appropriated to ADOT in FY 2026 for the purposes of airport planning and development.
13. Requires ADOT, by December 31, 2025, to report to JLBC staff on the status of all aviation grant awards and distributions, delineating projects by individual airport and fiscal year, including any future year commitments.
14. Exempts the $44,340,700 appropriation from being subjected to a JCCR review.
Miscellaneous
15. Restricts the appropriations in the Capital Outlay Act for FY 2026 from being spent for personal services or employee-related expenditures of state employees, excluding any services provided as part of the inmate construction program for correctional facilities. (Sec. 6)
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