2005 Arizona Revised Statutes - Revised Statutes §41-1512.01  Military installation fund; report; definition

A. The military installation fund is established consisting of revenues made available to the fund from any lawful source. The department of commerce shall administer the fund. 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. The fund is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.

B. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated for the purposes of this section.

C. The department, in conjunction with the military affairs commission established by section 41-1512, shall adopt by rule procedures for receiving and evaluating applications. If applications for monies exceed the amount available in the fund, the department may request applicants to reduce the amount of the applications or deny or award reduced amounts.

D. The department shall receive each application for fund monies and shall forward each application to the military affairs commission. The military affairs commission shall review each application and recommend to the department both of the following:

1. Each applicant that should be awarded monies from the fund.

2. The dollar amount that each applicant listed pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subsection should be awarded from the fund.

E. The department shall consider the military affairs commission's recommendations and shall decide how the monies in the fund shall be awarded among the applicants. The department, after reviewing the recommendations by the military affairs commission, shall make the monies in the fund available for the purpose of military installation preservation and enhancement projects. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, after the department makes an award decision the department shall award the monies.

F. If the department does not comply with the military affairs commission's recommendation for the awards, within five days after the department's decision the department shall report in writing to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the governor. The report shall include the award decision of the department and the recommendation of the military affairs commission. The department shall not distribute monies from the fund to the applicants for at least sixty days after the report is received.

G. The department of commerce shall award:

1. Eighty per cent of the monies in the fund to the department of veterans' services for the following purposes, except that up to twenty per cent of this amount may be awarded to cities, towns and counties for the purpose of acquiring private land for the purposes prescribed in paragraph 2 of this subsection:

(a) Acquisition of private property for the purpose of preserving a military installation.

(b) Acquisition of real estate and rights to real estate and otherwise preserving real estate from development or mitigating impacts on development in high noise or accident potential zones as defined in section 28-8461 and in areas as required to support a military installation.

(c) Acquisition of real estate, property rights and related infrastructure that is vital to the preservation or enhancement of a military installation.

2. Twenty per cent of the monies in the fund to cities, towns and counties for military installation preservation and enhancement projects.

H. The legislature shall review the distribution formula prescribed in subsection G of this section at least once every four years.

I. Monies in the fund may be awarded for debt service on bonds issued by a political subdivision for the purpose of acquisition of private property for the purpose of preserving a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461 if the land acquisition occurs after December 31, 2004.

J. The department shall annually report the awards made pursuant to this section. The report shall be in writing and shall be sent to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the governor.

K. For the purposes of this section, "military installation" has the same meaning prescribed in section 41-1512.