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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
appropriation; Arizona trail fund
Purpose
Appropriates $500,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona Trail Fund (Fund).
Background
The Arizona State Parks Board administers the Fund, which consists of legislative appropriations and donations for the sole purpose of maintaining and preserving the Arizona Trail.
The Arizona Trail is a state scenic nonmotorized trail that extends approximately 800 miles between the southern border and northern border of Arizona. The Arizona Trail must be planned and designed for all nonmotorized recreational uses, including hiking, biking, horseback and pack stock use, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and camping.
The Arizona
State Parks Board must: 1) participate in planning, establishing, developing,
maintaining and preserving the Arizona Trail; 2) provide information to any
person involved in planning, establishing, developing or maintaining the Arizona
Trail regarding the design, corridors, signs, interpretive markers highlighting
special areas and historic uses and any other aspect of the Arizona Trail to
promote uniformity of development, maintenance and preservation; 3) encourage
counties, cities and towns to adapt their general and comprehensive plans to
preserve the trail right-of-way and to acquire property or legal interests in
property to ensure the Arizona Trail's continued existence in a permanent
location; 4) prepare a trail management plan and a plan for interpretive
markers for the Arizona Trail in cooperation with federal and state land
management agencies; and 5) complete other statutorily outlined requirements (A.R.S.
§ 41-511.15).
S.B. 1041 appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $500,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
January 14, 2026
SB/SF/hk