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AZ HB2708
Bill
Status
2/1/2012
Primary Sponsor
Edward Ableser
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AI Summary
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Amends section 42-5031.01 of Arizona Revised Statutes to allow distribution of transaction privilege tax revenues to Indian tribes for postsecondary educational institutions on their reservations.
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Changes the definition of eligible institutions from "community colleges" to "college campuses" to broaden the types of facilities that can receive funding.
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Establishes a two-tier funding cap: up to $1.75 million annually for a single community college (or 10% of transaction privilege tax revenues, whichever is less), and up to $875,000 annually for an additional technical college on the same reservation (or 5% of revenues, whichever is less).
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Requires qualifying Indian tribes to enter into a compact with the state (with a minimum 10-year term) that specifies monies shall be used primarily for capital needs, maintenance, and renewal of existing facilities, and permits audits by the auditor general.
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Requires tribes receiving funds for a technical college to modify their existing compact to account for distribution and use of monies for the new technical college campus.
Legislative Description
Shared revenue; Navajo technical college
Last Action
Referred to House WM Committee
2/2/2012