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AZ SB1467
Bill
Status
1/31/2017
Primary Sponsor
Jamescita Peshlakai
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AI Summary
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State treasurer must distribute a percentage (amount unspecified in blank) of monthly transaction privilege tax revenues collected on Indian reservations to each qualifying Indian tribe for use on their reservation.
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Qualifying Indian tribes must enter into a compact with the state governor before receiving funds, requiring establishment of a segregated special fund account and annual submission of economic development and infrastructure plans.
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Distributed monies must be used primarily for economic development and infrastructure development on the tribe's reservation, including roads, water/sewer facilities, communications, flood control, public safety, and job creation projects.
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The auditor general must audit the use of distributed monies and submit copies to the joint legislative budget committee; compact may require reimbursement to the Department of Revenue for implementation costs not exceeding $150,000.
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"Qualifying Indian tribe" means any federally-recognized Indian nation, tribe, band, or community holding trust lands in Arizona; unused monies are retained by tribes for future economic development activities.
Legislative Description
TPT; Indian tribes; economic development
Indian Tribes
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/1/2017