ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House: PSLE DPA 8-6-0-1

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HB 2993: DPS; legal representation; appropriation

Sponsor: Representative Montenegro, LD 29

Committee on Appropriations

Overview

Allows the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to make expenditures for legal services and appropriates $5 million from the Consumer Protection-Consumer Fraud Revolving Fund (CPCF Fund) to the Peace Officers' Training Fund (POT Fund) in fiscal year (FY) 2027.

History

The Fund is administered by the Attorney General (AG) and monies within the CPCF Fund are subject to legislative appropriation and exempt from lapsing. The CPCF Fund consists of monies from any investigative or court costs, attorney fees, or civil penalties that the AG recovers as a result of enforcement of state or federal statutes pertaining to consumer protection or consumer fraud. Monies accrued from the regulatory sandbox application fees are also deposited by the AG into the CPCF Fund. The CPCF Fund is primarily used to pay for operating expenses associated with the tobacco master settlement agreement arbitration, consumer fraud education and the enforcement operations of the consumer protection division (A.R.S. §§ 41-5603; 44-1531.01).

Funds from the POT Fund are continuously appropriated to DPS for the benefit of the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board (AZPOST) to be used exclusively for the expenses associated with the operation of AZPOST and the costs of training peace officers, Indian tribe police officers and full authority peace officers. POT Fund monies are also used for grants to state agencies, counties, cities and towns for peace officer training (A.R.S §§ 41-1825; 41-1821).

Provisions

1.   Adds DPS to the list of state entities exempt from the mandate that only the Attorney General may employ legal counsel or make expenditures or incur indebtedness for legal services. (Sec. 1)

2.   Appropriates $5 million from the CPCF Fund to the POT Fund in FY 2027. (Sec. 2)

3.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)p

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