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AZ SB1324

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/24/2022

Primary Sponsor

Thomas Shope

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)

AI Summary

  • Amends section 36-2856 of the Arizona Revised Statutes regarding the Smart and Safe Arizona Fund, which receives marijuana tax revenues and donations.

  • Modifies fund distribution percentages: 33% to community colleges for workforce development and STEM programs, 31.4% to municipal police/fire departments and county sheriffs for personnel costs, 25.4% to the highway user revenue fund, 10% to the justice reinvestment fund, and 0.2% to the attorney general for enforcement.

  • Expands eligible recipients for public safety funding to include Indian reservation police and firefighting agencies and university police departments at Arizona Board of Regents institutions.

  • Applies retroactively from December 31, 2020, and requires a three-fourths majority vote in both houses of the legislature to enact.

Legislative Description

Smart and safe fund; distribution

Marijuana

Last Action

House third reading FAILED voting: (43-15-2-0)

6/22/2022

Committee Referrals

Rules3/1/2022
Military Affairs and Public Safety2/24/2022
Rules1/24/2022
Appropriations1/24/2022

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