SB 1089 Summary

• Establishes the local transportation assistance fund (LTAF) to receive $20.5 million annually in lottery revenues, with distributions to cities, towns, counties, and regional public transportation authorities for transportation and transit purposes.

• Creates the county assistance fund to distribute up to $7.65 million annually in lottery revenues to counties, with 93.47% going to counties with populations of 500,000 or fewer and 6.53% to larger counties.

• Establishes the Arizona State Parks Board Heritage Fund to receive $10 million annually in lottery revenues for allocation toward trails (5%), parks and recreation (35%), natural areas (17%), historic preservation (17%), state park acquisition (17%), environmental education (5%), and natural area maintenance (4%).

• Redirects state lottery revenues to restore funding for transportation assistance, county aid, parks, and heritage preservation programs through modified allocations from the state lottery fund.

• Amends statutes governing lottery revenue distribution, adding new provisions for special lottery monies distributions and matching grant requirements for cities and towns receiving local transportation assistance funds.