Bill Text: AZ SCR1016 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Surcharges; clean elections; education funding
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-02-17 - Senate GOV Committee action: Held [SCR1016 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2016-SCR1016-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: surcharges; clean elections; education funding |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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SCR 1016 |
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Introduced by Senator Dial
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
enacting and ordering the submission to the people of a measure relating to civil and criminal fines and penalties.
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Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:
1. Under the power of the referendum, as vested in the Legislature, the following measure, relating to civil and criminal fines and penalties, is enacted to become valid as a law if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:
AN ACT
amending section 16-954, Arizona Revised Statutes: RELATING TO civil and criminal fines and penalties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 16-954, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
16-954. Disposition of excess monies; classroom site fund
A. Beginning January 1, 1999, An additional surcharge of ten per cent percent shall be imposed on all civil and criminal fines and penalties collected pursuant to section 12‑116.01 and shall be deposited into the classroom site fund established by section 15-977.
B. At least once per year, the commission shall project the amount of monies that the fund will collect over the next four years and the time such monies shall become available. Whenever the commission determines that the fund contains more monies than the commission determines that it requires to meet current debts plus expected expenses, under the assumption that expected expenses will be at the expenditure limit in section 16‑949, subsection A, and taking into account the projections of collections, the commission shall designate such monies as excess monies and so notify the state treasurer, who shall thereupon transfer the excess monies to the state general fund.
C. At least once per year, the commission shall project the amount of clean elections funding for which all candidates will have qualified pursuant to this article for the following calendar year. By the end of each year, the commission shall announce whether the amount that the commission plans to spend the following year pursuant to section 16‑949, subsection A exceeds the projected amount of clean elections funding. If the commission determines that the fund contains insufficient monies or the spending cap would be exceeded were all candidates' accounts to be fully funded, the commission may include in the announcement specifications for decreases in the following parameters, based on the commission's projections of collections and expenses for the fund, including that the fund will provide monies under section 16‑951 as a fraction of the amounts there specified.
D. If the commission cannot provide participating candidates with all monies specified under sections 16‑951 and 16‑952, as decreased by any announcement pursuant to subsection C of this section, the commission shall allocate any reductions in payments proportionately among candidates entitled to monies and shall declare an emergency. Upon on declaration of an emergency, a participating candidate may accept private contributions to bring the total monies received by the candidate from the fund and from such private contributions up to the adjusted spending limits, as decreased by any announcement made pursuant to subsection C of this section.
2. The Secretary of State shall submit this proposition to the voters at the next general election as provided by article IV, part 1, section 1, Constitution of Arizona.
