ADOA; personnel; financial systems

Plain English Breakdown

The source text does not specify an effective date or when these changes begin.

HB2130: ADOA Systems Must Follow Legislature Rules

This bill requires the Arizona Department of Administration to work with state lawmakers so that its computer systems for staff and money follow legislative policies.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the department director to talk with budget units in the legislature about system rules.
• Ensures personnel and financial data management systems match the legislature's policies.
• Instructs the department to accept reasonable requests from lawmakers to change these systems.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA)
• The Director of ADOA
• Budget units within the state legislature

Terms To Know

Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA)

The state agency that manages government operations, contracts, and data systems.

Legislature's budget units

Groups within the lawmaking body that handle money planning and oversight for the state.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not define exactly what counts as a 'timely manner' for finishing changes.
• An effective date is not provided in the source material.

Official Summary Text

HB2130 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
GOV DP 4-3-0-0

HB
2130
: ADOA; personnel; financial systems

Sponsor:
Representative Livingston, LD 28

House
Engrossed

Overview

Directs
the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) Director to consult with the
Legislature's budget units to accommodate the Legislature's personnel and
financial policies.

History

The ADOA Director is appointed by the Governor with the
Senate's consent. Their main duties consist of: 1) providing assistance to the Governor
and Legislature as needed; 2) adopting rules as necessary to further the
purpose of ADOA; 3) making contracts within the scope of ADOA's operations and
with other departments, Arizona agencies and institutions and local and federal
governments; 4) accepting and distributing grants, donations and other payments
from public or private agencies for ADOA programs; and 5) making
recommendations to the Governor regarding the ADOA's goals (A.R.S.
��
41- 701
,
41- 703
).

Provisions

1.

Requires the
ADOA Director to consult with the Legislature's budget units to ensure that their
personnel and financial data management systems (Systems) accommodate the
Legislature's policies. (Sec. 1)

2.

Instructs
ADOA to accept the Legislature's requests to modify their Systems. (Sec. 1)

3.

Directs ADOA
to fulfill the Legislature's requests in a timely manner. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2130 - 572R - H Ver

House Engrossed

ADOA; personnel;
financial systems

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HOUSE BILL 2130

AN
ACT

Amending section 41-703, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to the department of administration.

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

Section 1. Section 41-703, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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41-703.

Duties of director

The director shall:

1. Be directly responsible to the governor for the
direction, control and operation of the department.

2. Provide assistance to the governor and
legislature as requested.

3. Adopt rules the director deems necessary or
desirable to further the objectives and programs of the department.

4. Formulate policies, plans and programs to
effectuate the missions and purposes of the department.

5. Employ, determine the conditions of employment
and prescribe the duties and powers of administrative, professional, technical,
secretarial, clerical and other persons as may be necessary in the performance
of the department's duties and contract for the services of outside advisors,
consultants and aides as may be reasonably necessary.

6. Make contracts and incur obligations within the
general scope of the department's activities and operations subject to the
availability of monies.

7. Contract with or assist other departments,
agencies and institutions of the state, local and federal governments in the
furtherance of the department's purposes, objectives and programs.

8. Accept and disburse grants, gifts, donations,
matching monies and direct payments from public or private agencies for the
conduct of programs that are consistent with the overall purposes and
objectives of the department.

9. Establish and maintain separate financial
accounts as required by federal law or regulations.

10. Advise and make recommendations to the governor
and the legislature on all matters concerning the department's objectives.

11. Delegate the administrative functions, duties
and powers as the director deems necessary to carry out the efficient operation
of the department.

12. As part of maintaining the
department's personnel and financial data management systems,
consult with the budget units of the legislature and
ensure that the department's systems accommodate the personnel and financial
policies of the legis
lature. The department shall accept reasonable
requests from the legislature to modify the system and shall fulfill any
requests in a timely manner.

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