Bill Amendment: AZ SB1690 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular
Bill Title: Budget procedures; budget reconciliation; 2020-2021.
Status: 2020-03-28 - Chapter 56 [SB1690 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2020-SB1690-SENATE_-_Fann_flr_amend_ref_Bill_adopted.html
Bill
Number: S.B. 1690
Fann Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Establishes the Crisis Contingency and Safety Net Fund (Fund), administered by the Office of the Governor and consisting of appropriated monies and monies received by the Governor from any lawful public or private source.
2. Appropriates $50,000,000 in FY 2020 from the state General Fund (state GF) to the Fund.
3. Reverts any unexpended and unencumbered monies from the FY 2020 appropriation on June 30, 2021, to the state GF.
4. Allows Fund monies to be spent only following a state of emergency declaration by the Governor for the following forms of economic assistance during the state of emergency:
a) housing assistance, including payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure;
b) monies for entities to provide services for homeless persons, including shelter, food, clothing and transportation;
c) economic assistance to small businesses with fewer than 50 employees, nonprofit organizations and health care providers; and
d) monies for food bank operations.
5. Specifies that Fund monies are continuously appropriated and exempt from lapsing.
6. Requires the Office of the Governor, before spending Fund monies, to notify the President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the intended use of the monies.
7. Requires Fund monies to be used to supplement, and not supplant, any monies allocated by the federal government for economic assistance during a state of emergency.
8. Allows the Office of the Governor to accept and spend local, state and federal monies and private grants, gifts, contributions and devices to assist in carrying out statutory Fund requirements.
9. Specifies that it is the Legislature's intent for cities, towns and counties to review their eviction policies and procedures during the Governor's Coronavirus Disease 2019 State of Emergency to allow individuals and families to remain in their places of residence.
Fifty-fourth Legislature Fann
Second Regular Session S.B. 1690
FANN FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1690
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, between lines 14 and 15, insert:
"Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-110, to read:
41‑110. Crisis contingency and safety net fund; exemption; use of monies
A. The crisis contingency and safety net fund is established consisting of monies appropriated to the fund and monies received by the office of the governor from any lawful public or private source. The office of the governor shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The office of the governor may accept and spend local, state and federal monies and private grants, gifts, contributions and devises to assist in carrying out the purposes of this section. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
B. Monies in the fund may be spent only following a state of emergency declaration by the governor and only for the following forms of economic assistance during the state of emergency:
1. Housing assistance, including payments to prevent eviction or foreclosure.
2. Monies for entities to provide services for homeless persons, including shelter, food, clothing and transportation.
3. Economic assistance to small businesses with fewer than fifty employees, nonprofit organizations and health care providers.
4. Monies for food bank operations.
C. Before spending monies in the fund, the office of the governor shall notify the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee on the intended use of the monies.
D. Monies in the fund shall be used to supplement and not supplant any monies allocated by the federal government for economic assistance during a state of emergency."
Renumber to conform
Page 1, between lines 39 and 40, insert:
"Sec. 7. Eviction policies; intent
The legislature intends for counties, cities and towns to review their eviction policies and procedures during the state of emergency declaration by the governor related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‑19) to allow individuals and families to remain in their places of residence.
Sec. 8. Supplemental appropriation; crisis contingency and safety net fund; reversion
A. In addition to any other appropriations made in fiscal year 2019‑2020, the sum of $50,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2019-2020 to the crisis contingency and safety net fund established by section 41‑110, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.
B. Notwithstanding section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, and section 41‑110, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, the appropriation made in subsection A of this section that is unexpended and unencumbered on June 30, 2021 reverts to the state general fund."
Renumber to conform
Amend title to conform
