appropriation; road improvements; Piñon schools

Plain English Breakdown

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HB2284: Funding Road Fixes Near Piñon Schools

This bill sets aside $3,700,000 from state money for the Arizona Department of Transportation to give to the Navajo Division of Transportation for road improvements near the Piñon Unified School District.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $3,700,000 from the State General Fund in fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Gives this money to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
• Requires ADOT to distribute the funds to the Navajo Division of Transportation.
• Uses the money for road improvements near Piñon Unified School District.

Who It Names or Affects

• Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
• Navajo Division of Transportation
• Piñon Unified School District

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not list which exact roads will be fixed.
• The text does not say when construction must start or finish.

Official Summary Text

HB2284 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2284
: appropriation; road improvements; Pi�on schools

Sponsor:
Representative Tsosie, LD 6

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriate
$3,700,000 from the State General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to the Navajo Division of
Transportation for road improvements for the Pi�on Unified School District.

History

Laws 1973, Chapter 146
established
ADOT to provide for an integrated and balanced state transportation system with
a director responsible for the Department's administration (
A.R.S. � 28-331
).
ADOT has exclusive control and jurisdiction over state highways,
state routes, state-owned airports and all state-owned transportation systems
or modes.

The
duties of ADOT are as follows: 1) register motor vehicles and aircraft, license
drivers, collect revenues, enforce motor vehicle and aviation statutes and
perform related functions; 2) do multimodal state transportation planning,
cooperate and coordinate transportation planning with local governments and
establish an annually updated priority program of capital improvements for all
transportation modes; 3) design and construct transportation facilities in
accordance with a priority plan and maintain and operate state
highways, state owned airports and state public transportation
systems; 4) investigate new transportation systems and cooperate with and
advise local governments concerning the development and operation of public
transit systems; 5) have administrative jurisdiction of transportation safety
programs and implement them following applicable law; and 6) operate a state
motor vehicle fleet for all motor vehicles that are owned, leased or rented by
this state (
A.R.S.
� 28- 332
).

Provisions

1.

Appropriate
$3,700,000 from the State GF in FY 2027 to the ADOT to the Navajo Division of
Transportation for road improvements for the Pi�on Unified School District.
(Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2284 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; road improvements; Pi�on schools

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2284

Introduced by

Representative
Tsosie

AN
ACT

APPROPRIATING monies to the department of
transportation.

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of transportation; road improvements; Pi�on unified school district

The sum of $3,700,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to distribute to the Navajo division of transportation for road
improvements for the Pi�on unified school district.