Bill Amendment: AZ SB1477 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Higher education; budget reconciliation; 2015-2016.
Status: 2015-03-12 - Chapter 16 [SB1477 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-SB1477-SENATE_ADOPTED_AMENDMENT_Biggs_flr_amend_ref_Bill_adopted.html
Bill
Number: S.B. 1477
Biggs Floor Amendment
Reference to: printed bill
Amendment drafted by: Legislative Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
- Increases the maximum county population requirement for community colleges eligible for state aid from 350,000 to 750,000 persons.
- Establishes the Tribal College Dual Enrollment Program Fund consisting of monies from the State Lottery Prize Fund, other monies appropriated by the Legislature and gifts, grants, devises and other lawful contributions. Requires the Department of Education to administer the fund and to distribute monies to compensate tribal colleges for tuition and fees that are waived to allow high school students to attend tribal college classes.
- Decreases the amount of unclaimed money held in the State Lottery Prize Fund from 70 percent to 55 percent and allocates 15 percent to the Tribal College Dual Enrollment Program Fund, not to exceed $160,000 in any fiscal year.
- Specifies that STEM and Workforce Program funding is as specified in the general appropriations act.
Fifty-second Legislature Biggs
First Regular Session S.B. 1477
BIGGS FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1477
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, between lines 1 and 2, insert:
"Section 1. Section 5-568, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
5-568. Disposition of unclaimed prize money
Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket or share shall be retained for the person entitled to the prize for one hundred eighty days after the drawing in which the prize was won in the case of a drawing prize and for one hundred eighty days after the announced end of the game in question in the case of a prize determined in any manner other than by means of a drawing. If a claim is not made for the money within the applicable period, the money shall be transferred in the following amounts:
1. Seventy per cent Fifty‑five percent of the prize money shall be held in the state lottery prize fund for use as additional prizes in future games and.
2. Thirty per cent percent shall be transferred monthly to the court appointed special advocate fund established by section 8‑524.
3. Fifteen percent shall be transferred monthly to the tribal college dual enrollment program fund established by section 15‑244.01. The amount transferred may not exceed one hundred sixty thousand dollars in any fiscal year.
Sec. 2. Title 15, chapter 2, article 2, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-244.01, to read:
15-244.01. Tribal college dual enrollment program fund
The tribal college dual enrollment program fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to section 5-568, other monies appropriated by the legislature and gifts, grants, devises and other contributions of money or property from any lawful public or private source. The department of education shall administer the fund. The department shall distribute monies in the fund to provide choice and access to higher education for high school students in this state by compensating tribal colleges for tuition and fees that are waived to allow high school students to attend classes at tribal college campuses, including classes that are provided electronically by the tribal college to high school students. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation. On notice from the department, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35‑313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund."
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Page 2, line 41, strike "three" insert "seven"
Page 3, line 37, strike "three" insert "seven"
Page 7, between lines 32 and 33, insert:
"Sec. 7. Section 42-5031.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
42-5031.01. Distribution of revenues for Indian tribal postsecondary educational institutions; definition
A. Subject to subsection C of this section, each month the state treasurer shall transmit to the treasurer or other designated depository of each qualifying Indian tribe the amount of transaction privilege tax revenues received pursuant to this article in the preceding month from all sources located on the Indian reservation established for the qualifying Indian tribe as determined pursuant to section 42‑5029, subsection A, paragraph 3.
B. The monies distributed pursuant to this section
are for the exclusive purpose of supporting the maintenance, renewal and
capital expenses of one or more community college campuses in this state that
are owned, operated or chartered by each qualifying Indian tribe on its own
Indian reservation. Before receiving any monies under this section,
a qualifying Indian tribe shall enter into an initial compact with this state
on or before September 1, 2012 2017, signed by the
governor, to account for the use of monies distributed pursuant to this
section. The compact shall:
1. Be for a term of at least ten years. After a hearing and review of the compact by the joint legislative budget committee held during the last year of the compact's term, a compact may be renewed for an additional term of up to ten years.
2. Require the monies to be used primarily for capital needs, including maintenance and renewal of existing facilities at designated community college campuses on the qualifying Indian tribe's own reservation in this state.
3. Provide for audits by the auditor general of the use of the monies. The auditor general shall submit copies of each audit to the joint legislative budget committee.
4. If necessary, provide for reimbursement to the department of revenue of costs associated with implementing this section, not to exceed one hundred fifty thousand dollars, from revenues that would otherwise be paid to the qualifying Indian tribe pursuant to this section.
C. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the state treasurer shall not transmit in any fiscal year more than the sum of the following amounts:
1. With respect to a single community college, one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars or more than ten per cent percent of transaction privilege tax revenues received pursuant to this article from all sources located on the reservation, whichever is less.
2. With respect to an additional technical college located on the same Indian reservation, eight hundred seventy-five thousand dollars or more than five per cent percent of transaction privilege tax revenues received pursuant to this article from all sources located on the reservation, whichever is less.
D. For the purposes of this section, "qualifying Indian tribe" means an Indian tribe that owns, operates and charters any community college or postsecondary educational institution located on its own reservation in this state."
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Page 7, after line 38, insert:
"Sec. 9. Community college districts; state aid for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs
Notwithstanding section 15‑1464, Arizona Revised Statutes, state aid for science, technology, engineering and mathematics and workforce programs for community college districts for fiscal year 2015‑2016 is as specified in the general appropriation act."
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