Bill Text: AZ HB2658 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Natural resource conservation division; appropriation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-15 - Referred to House APPROP Committee [HB2658 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-HB2658-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: natural resource conservation division; appropriation. |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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HB 2658 |
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Introduced by Representative Pratt
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AN ACT
amending sections 37‑1012 and 37‑1014, Arizona Revised Statutes; appropriating monies; relating to the division of natural resource conservation.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 37-1012, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
37-1012. State natural resource conservation commissioner; division director; duties
A. The state land commissioner shall be the state natural resource conservation commissioner. He and shall serve as such without additional compensation.
B. The commissioner may appoint an administrative officer a director of the division of natural resource conservation, a secretary and such other assistants and other staff as may be required, assign their duties, define their powers and determine the amount of bond required of any assistant person entrusted with funds monies or property. The compensation of all such assistants the director and other staff shall be as determined pursuant to section 38‑611. The director shall report directly to the commissioner.
C. The commissioner shall adopt a seal, which shall be judicially noticed, and shall hold such public hearings, provide for the keeping of a record of all proceedings and annual records of district operations, promulgate such adopt any orders, rules and regulations and perform such any other acts as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 2. Section 37-1014, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
37-1014. Budget requests; state financial assistance; application; criteria
A. The commissioner shall include in the annual state land department budget request a separate appropriations request for carrying out the duties of the division of natural resource conservation. The separate appropriations request shall include the following:
1. A sum of not more than forty thousand dollars for each district and sixty thousand dollars for each education center for distribution by the commissioner to those natural resource conservation districts that have applied for, have met the criteria for and have been approved for receiving state financial assistance, as provided in this section.
2. A sum of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars for the division of natural resource conservation, including funding for the division director and other staff deemed necessary by the commissioner and any other costs of the division of natural resource conservation.
B. Any district or education center desiring to receive state financial assistance for the next ensuing fiscal year shall apply to the commissioner not later than June 20, on a form supplied by the division of natural resource conservation. Each application shall include:
1. The number of acres of land lying within the district.
2. The extent of conservation programs or education center programs proposed to be undertaken during the fiscal year for which the financial assistance is being requested.
3. Any audits that are requested by the commissioner.
C. On receipt of the application, the commissioner shall determine whether or not such funds for the district or education center will be included in the budget request for the state land department and shall promptly notify the district of that determination.
Sec. 3. Appropriation; state land department; division of natural resource conservation
The sum of $150,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2016-2017 to the state land department for the purposes of this act.
