appropriation; northern Arizona; training academy

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included details that were speculative and not supported by the official source material, such as specifying June 30, 2029 as a deadline for using the money.

Training Academy Funding for Northern Arizona

HB2225 appropriates $10 million from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to support capital costs for a training academy in Yavapai County.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state's general fund (GF) to the State Treasurer in fiscal year 2026-2027 for capital costs of the Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy (NARTA).
• Exempts this appropriation from lapsing until June 30, 2029.

Who It Names or Affects

• Yavapai County
• The State Treasurer

Terms To Know

Appropriation

Money given by the government for a specific purpose.

Capital costs

The money needed to build or improve something, like a building or equipment.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how the $10 million will be used exactly.
• Only applies for fiscal year 2026-2027 and until June 30, 2029.

Official Summary Text

HB2225 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House:
PSLE DP 6-5-3-1

HB
2225
: appropriation; northern Arizona; training academy

Sponsor:
Representative Nguyen, LD 1

Caucus
& COW

Overview

Appropriates
$10,000,000 from the state general fund (GF) to the state treasurer in fiscal
year (FY) 2027 for capital costs for a Yavapai County regional training academy.

History

The Northern Arizona Regional Training Academy (NARTA) is a
regional training center that serves cities, counties, state and tribal law
enforcement agencies across Arizona. The training center is located at the
Yavapai College Prescott Campus and operates in partnership with Yavapai
College. NARTA offers a 21-week basic training program that introduces academy
recruits to law enforcement work. The course runs twice a year and consists of
800 training hours and 663 hours of basic police curriculum. Upon completion,
graduates earn 34 college credits in Administration of Justice (
Yavapai
College: NARTA
).

Provisions

1.

Appropriates
$10,000,000 from the GF to the state treasurer in FY 2027 to distribute to
Yavapai County for the capital costs for NARTA. (Sec. 1)

2.

Exempts the
appropriation from lapsing until June 30, 2029. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2225 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; northern Arizona; training academy

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2225

Introduced by

Representatives
Nguyen: Bliss

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to state treasurer.

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
state treasurer; Yavapai county; northern Arizona regional training academy;
exemption

A. The sum of $10,000,000
is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to
the state treasurer to distribute to Yavapai county for capital costs for a
northern Arizona regional training academy.

B. The appropriation made
in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section
35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations, until
June 30, 2029.