Bill Text: AZ SB1043 | 2020 | Fifty-fourth Legislature 2nd Regular | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Telecommunications fund; report; posting

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-05-20 - Assigned to House RULES Committee [SB1043 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2020-SB1043-Engrossed.html

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Senate Engrossed

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

 

 

 

SENATE BILL 1043

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 41-713, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to telecommunications functions.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Section 41-713, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE41-713.  Telecommunications fund; report; exemption

A.  A  The telecommunications fund is established for paying costs incurred in operating the telecommunications program office established pursuant to section 41‑712.

B.  The fund consists of:

1.  Legislative appropriations.

2.  Grants, except for otherwise specifically dedicated grants, received for telecommunication operations, consolidation and cost reduction or cost avoidance functions.

3.  Monies derived from administering the telecommunications program office.

4.  Monies derived from the sale or exchange of telecommunications assets or any assets that may be used to provide telecommunication access.

5.  Monies derived from agencies and political subdivisions and other states or their agencies in payment for services provided by the telecommunications program office established pursuant to section 41‑712.

C.  The department of administration shall administer the fund.  All monies in the fund, including subaccounts and private accounts such as the infrastructure investment account, are subject to annual legislative appropriation to the department.

D.  In connection with its annual budget request to the legislature, the department shall prepare a report that accounts for all monies deposited in the fund, the sources of the monies received for deposit, the purposes for which the fund monies were used during the preceding fiscal year and the plans for using fund monies during the next fiscal year.  The director shall post this report on the department's website.

E.  Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. END_STATUTE