Assigned to APPROP                                                                                          AS PASSED BY COMMITTEE

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session

REVISED

AMENDED

FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1510

budget unit; vacant positions; reporting

Purpose

Requires the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) to collect a list of all vacant full-time equivalent positions (FTEs) that have been vacant for at least 150 days and requires each budget unit to eliminate the vacant positions each fiscal year, with outlined exceptions.

Background

By October 1, ADOA must collect from each budget unit and submit to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting a report containing the number of FTEs and the total amount of salaries for each budget unit for the prior fiscal year (A.R.S. § 41-708).

The Joint Legislative Budget Committee fiscal note on S.B. 1510 estimates a significant reduction in FTEs but S.B. 1510 would not reduce an agency's ongoing spending authority. The spending reduction would only occur through further legislative action in the annual General Appropriations Act (JLBC fiscal note).

Provisions

1. Requires ADOA to collect a list from each budget unit of all vacant FTEs that have been vacant for at least 150 days and include the information in the annual FTEs report.

2. Requires a budget unit, each fiscal year, to eliminate any positions within the budget unit that have been vacant for more than 150 days.

3. Requires the budget unit's allocated FTEs to be adjusted to reflect the elimination of any vacant positions.

4. Defines budget unit as a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state that receives, spends or disburses state monies or incurs obligations of the state, excluding the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR), DPS, Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR), universities under the jurisdiction of ABOR and community college districts.

5. Makes conforming changes.

6. Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Amendments Adopted by Committee

· Removes the exemption for ADCRR and DPS to report to ADOA on the vacant FTEs.

Revisions

· Updates the fiscal impact statement.

Senate Action

APPROP      2/25/25      DPA       7-3-0

Prepared by Senate Research

March 6, 2025

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