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AZ SB1106

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/21/2014

Primary Sponsor

Bob Worsley

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-first Legislature - Second Regular Session (2014)

AI Summary

  • Renumbers section 41-108 to 41-113 and amends it to authorize the governor to enter into a compact with other states to construct and maintain a virtual fence within twenty miles of the Arizona-Mexico border on private, state, or federal property.

  • Allows Arizona to independently construct and maintain a virtual border fence if the interstate compact is not established, with funding through private or public donations administered by an established organization.

  • Establishes the joint border security advisory committee consisting of legislative leaders, gubernatorial appointees, and county sheriffs to oversee border security, analyze border crossing and crime statistics, and manage construction and maintenance of the virtual fence using technology.

  • Requires the committee to submit monthly written reports of findings and recommendations to legislative leaders and the governor, and allows executive sessions for sensitive matters affecting law enforcement and military security.

  • Appropriates $30,000,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2014-2015 to the joint border security advisory committee for virtual border fence construction.

Legislative Description

Virtual border fence; appropriation

Last Action

Referred to Senate APPROP Committee

2/17/2014

Full Bill Text

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