Bill Text: AZ SB1291 | 2012 | Fiftieth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterans' donations fund; grants
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-29 - Governor Signed [SB1291 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2012-SB1291-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: veterans' donations fund; grants |
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State of Arizona Senate Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012
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SB 1291 |
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Introduced by Senators Nelson, Griffin
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AN ACT
amending sections 41‑608 and 41‑2706, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the veterans' donations fund.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-608, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-608. Veterans' donations fund; grants
A. The veterans' donations fund is established consisting of monies, gifts and contributions donated to the department and monies deposited pursuant to sections 28‑2414, 28‑2428, 28‑2431, 28‑2447, 28‑2453, 28‑2454, 28‑2455 and 43‑620. The department shall administer the fund. The first thirty‑two thousand dollars deposited pursuant to section 28‑2447 shall be reimbursed to the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35‑190 relating to lapsing of appropriations. The department shall adopt rules or policies for grants of less than five thousand dollars that encourage as much competitions as practicable.
B. The director or the director's designee may solicit and receive donations, including in‑kind donations, from the public for veterans. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35‑146 and 35‑147, the monetary donations in the veterans' donations fund. Monies in the fund are subject to state auditing procedures. Except for monies deposited pursuant to sections 28‑2431 and 28‑2447, the donations may be used for the benefit of the veterans within this state at the discretion of the director and shall be used to pay the department of transportation thirty‑two thousand dollars to issue women veteran special plates pursuant to section 28‑2447. The director may donate monies from the fund to organizations seeking to establish a monument or memorial on public property that recognizes or honors veterans or recognizes events in which veterans were major participants or had a major influence as grants, subject to chapter 24 of this title, if applicable.
C. The director shall establish a separate subaccount in the veterans' donations fund for the deposit of monies received pursuant to section 28‑2431, subsection C. The monies in the subaccount shall be used for the construction and maintenance of the enduring freedom memorial authorized pursuant to section 41‑1363 for placement in Wesley Bolin Plaza.
D. The director shall establish a separate subaccount in the veterans' donations fund for the deposit of monies received pursuant to section 28‑2447, subsection C. The monies in the subaccount shall be used, at the discretion of the director, for the benefit of women veterans in this state, including providing shelter to homeless women veterans as grants, subject to chapter 24 of this title, if applicable.
E. The director shall inventory and account for the use of any tangible personal property donated to the fund.
F. On notice from the director, 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.
Sec. 2. Section 41-2706, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
41-2706. Applicability of chapter
A. This chapter applies to the solicitation of grants initiated after August 6, 1999.
B. This chapter does not apply to:
1. Any grant program that was exempt from chapter 23, article 3 of this title and for which administrative rules establishing grant solicitation procedures were adopted pursuant to chapter 6 of this title before August 6, 1999.
2. The Arizona board of regents and schools, colleges, institutions and universities under its control if the Arizona board of regents adopts rules or policies governing the award of grants that encourage as much competition as practicable.
3. Grants made by the cotton research and protection council for research programs related to cotton production or protection.
4. Grants made by the Arizona iceberg lettuce research council for research programs under section 3‑526.02, subsection C, paragraph 3 or 5.
5. Grants made by the Arizona citrus research council for research programs under section 3‑468.02, subsection C, paragraph 3 or 5.
6. Grants made by the Arizona grain research and promotion council for research projects and programs under section 3‑584, subsection C, paragraph 5.
7. Grants made under section 3‑268, subsection C.
8. Grants made by the Arizona commerce authority from the Arizona competes fund pursuant to chapter 10, article 5 of this title. With respect to other grants, the authority shall adopt policies, procedures and practices, in consultation with the department of administration, that are similar to and based on the policies and procedures prescribed by this chapter for the purpose of increased public confidence, fair and equitable treatment of all persons engaged in the process and fostering broad competition while accomplishing flexibility to achieve the authority's statutory requirements. The authority shall make its policies, procedures and practices available to the public.
9. Grants of less than five thousand dollars from the veterans' donations fund if the department of veterans' services adopts rules or policies governing these grants that encourage as much competition as practicable.
