administrative costs; allowable percent

Plain English Breakdown

The bill states 'notwithstanding any other law,' which confirms it overrides conflicting laws, but does not specify exceptions.

HB2115: Limit on Administrative Costs

This bill limits how much money Arizona budget units and political subdivisions can spend on administration to no more than 8% of the public funds they receive.

What This Bill Does

• Caps administrative spending at 8% of total public monies received for those costs.
• Applies to any budget unit or political subdivision in Arizona that receives public money.
• Overrides other laws if they allow higher administrative cost limits.
• Adds a new section, 35-198, to the state statutes.

Who It Names or Affects

• State budget units that receive public monies for administrative costs.
• Political subdivisions of Arizona that manage public funds.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not define exactly which expenses count as 'administrative costs'.
• It is unclear how this rule applies if a unit receives money from multiple sources with different rules.
• The effective date of the law is not listed in the provided text.

Official Summary Text

HB2115 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2115
: administrative costs; allowable percent

Sponsor:
Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee
on Government

Overview

Caps
the amount that a budget unit or political subdivision of Arizona that receives
public monies can spend on administrative costs at 8%.

History

Title 35, Chapter 1, Article 5
governs the use and management
of public monies by state budget units and political subdivisions. Existing law
contains various program-specific administrative cost limitations, such as
limits tied to certain grants, funds or program appropriations.

Provisions

1.

Prohibits a
budget unit or political subdivision of Arizona that receives public monies for
administrative costs from using more than 8% of the total public monies
received for administrative costs.

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Current Bill Text

HB2115 - 572R - I Ver

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REFERENCE TITLE:
administrative costs; allowable percent

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2115

Introduced by

Representative
Griffin

AN
ACT

Amending title 35, chapter 1, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 35-198; relating to public
monies.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 35, chapter 1, article 5,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 35-198, to read:

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35-198.

Use of public monies; administrative costs; limit

NOTWITHSTANDING any other law, a budget unit or
political subdivision of this state that receives public monies for
administrative costs may use not more than eight percent of the total public
monies received for administrative costs.
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