Bill Text: AZ SB1026 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Appropriations; extended bus routes

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-16 - Senate APPROP Committee action: Held, voting: (0-0-0-0) [SB1026 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2021-SB1026-Introduced.html

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PREFILED    JAN 04 2021

REFERENCE TITLE: appropriations; extended bus routes

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

 

 

SB 1026

 

Introduced by

Senator Townsend

 

 

AN ACT

 

Appropriating monies to the department of transportation.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Appropriations; department of transportation; regional public transportation authority; extended bus routes; fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023; assessment

A.  The sum of $200,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in each of fiscal years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 to the department of transportation to distribute to the regional public transportation authority established by section 48‑5102, Arizona Revised Statutes, to extend bus routes to Apache Junction. 

B.  On or before December 31, 2023, the department shall submit an assessment of the long-term efficacy of extending the bus routes and a recommendation for long-term funding of the bus routes to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives.  The department shall submit a copy of the assessment to the secretary of state.