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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
appropriation; crime victim notification fund
Purpose
Appropriates $8,200,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to the Law Enforcement Crime Victim Notification Fund (Fund).
Background
The Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC) must monitor new and continuing criminal justice legislation, facilitate research among criminal justice agencies and facilitate coordination on statewide efforts to improve criminal justice information and data sharing (A.R.S. § 41-2405).
ACJC must administer
the Fund and use Fund monies to expand ACJC's automated crime victim
notification system and to fund software that meets outlined requirements,
including:
1) automatically notifying the victim by email or text relating to the victim's
law enforcement crime report; 2) providing for multiagency notification to
enable an agency to automatically share the status of an incident or
investigation with an identified partner agency; and 3) providing a designated
statewide toll-free number that is available 24 hours, seven days a week. ACJC
must use Fund monies to pay for law enforcement agencies that choose to use the
automated crime victim notification system (A.R.S.
§ 41-2414).
S.B. 1673 appropriates $8,200,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $8,200,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to the Fund.
2. Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 9, 2026
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