ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session
appropriation; Ocotillo Road; bridge; extension
Purpose
Appropriates $7,900,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2022 to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the Town of Gilbert to construct a bridge and extend Ocotillo Road.
Background
ADOT
is responsible for the design and construction of state public transportation
systems and the maintenance and operation of state highways in Arizona (A.R.S.
28-332). ADOT is permitted to contract and do all things necessary to
secure the full benefits available to Arizona for transportation purposes under
federal law and, in doing so, ADOT is permitted to cooperate with: 1) federal,
state and local government agencies; 2) Indian tribes; 3) private and public
organizations; and 4) private individuals. ADOT is also permitted to exchange
federal monies with local governments in order to receive local monies and is
allowed to include additional federal monies in the exchange to offset the
matching costs required of local governments (A.R.S.
28-334).
S.B. 1681 appropriates $7,900,000 from the state GF in FY 2022 to ADOT to distribute to the Town of Gilbert.
Provisions
1. Appropriates $7,900,000 from the state GF in FY 2022 to ADOT to distribute to the Town of Gilbert to construct a bridge and extend Ocotillo Road.
2. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 4, 2021
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