Bill Text: AZ HB2646 | 2014 | Fifty-first Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterans; home buyers; grants; appropriation
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 24-1)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-26 - House APPROP Committee action: Discussed and Held [HB2646 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2014-HB2646-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: veterans; home buyers; grants; appropriation |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-first Legislature Second Regular Session 2014
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HB 2646 |
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Introduced by Representatives Borrelli, Forese, Orr, Seel, Stevens, Tobin, Townsend: Boyer, Coleman, Fann, Goodale, Gowan, Gray, Kwasman, Larkin, Lesko, Livingston, Mesnard, Montenegro, Shope, Thorpe, Senators Farnsworth D, Melvin, Murphy, Ward
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AN ACT
amending section 41-2706, Arizona Revised Statutes; Amending Title 41, chapter 37, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-3958; making an appropriation; RELATING TO veterans' benefits.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-2706, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-2706. Applicability of chapter
A. This chapter applies to the solicitation of grants initiated after August 6, 1999.
B. This chapter does not apply to:
1. Any grant program that was exempt from chapter 23, article 3 of this title and for which administrative rules establishing grant solicitation procedures were adopted pursuant to chapter 6 of this title before August 6, 1999.
2. The Arizona board of regents and schools, colleges, institutions and universities under its control if the Arizona board of regents adopts rules or policies governing the award of grants that encourage as much competition as practicable.
3. Grants made by the cotton research and protection council for research programs related to cotton production or protection.
4. Grants made by the Arizona iceberg lettuce research council for research programs under section 3‑526.02, subsection C, paragraph 3 or 5.
5. Grants made by the Arizona citrus research council for research programs under section 3‑468.02, subsection C, paragraph 3 or 5.
6. Grants made by the Arizona grain research and promotion council for research projects and programs under section 3‑584, subsection C, paragraph 5.
7. Grants made under section 3‑268, subsection C.
8. Grants made by the Arizona commerce authority from the Arizona competes fund pursuant to chapter 10, article 5 of this title. With respect to other grants, the authority shall adopt policies, procedures and practices, in consultation with the department of administration, that are similar to and based on the policies and procedures prescribed by this chapter for the purpose of increased public confidence, fair and equitable treatment of all persons engaged in the process and fostering broad competition while accomplishing flexibility to achieve the authority's statutory requirements. The authority shall make its policies, procedures and practices available to the public.
9. Grants of less than five thousand dollars from the veterans' donations fund if the department of veterans' services adopts rules or policies governing these grants that encourage as much competition as practicable.
10. Grants made by the Arizona department of housing pursuant to section 41-3958.
Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 37, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-3958, to read:
41-3958. Veteran first-time home buyer; grants; definition
A. Until monies designated for this purpose are exhausted, the director, after verification by the Arizona department of veterans' services that a person is an Arizona veteran, may issue a one-time five thousand dollar grant to an Arizona veteran who is a first-time home buyer and who is purchasing a home located in this state.
B. Grants issued pursuant to this section are exempt from the requirements of chapter 24 of this title.
C. For the purposes of this section, "Arizona veteran" means a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who listed this state as that person's home of record at the initial time of entry into the armed forces.
Sec. 3. Appropriation; veteran first-time home buyer grant; exception
A. The sum of $1,000,000 is appropriated from the housing trust fund established by section 41-3955, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2014‑2015 to the Arizona department of housing for the purpose of issuing veteran first-time home buyer grants pursuant to section 41-3958, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.
B. The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.
