appropriations; Navajo Nation; capital projects

Plain English Breakdown

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HB2286: Funding for Navajo Nation Capital Projects

This bill sets aside $2.64 million from the state budget in fiscal year 2026-2027 to help build roads, finish pavement at a community center, and repair water lines on the Navajo Nation.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $2,640,000 from the Arizona General Fund for specific projects in fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Gives money to the Department of Transportation (ADOT) to share with the Navajo Division of Transportation.
• Pays $600,000 to finish paving at the Ganado senior citizens center and veterans building.
• Provides $1.7 million for a turning lane on State Route 264 near milepost 441.
• Allocates $340,000 for materials and construction of the Ganado waterline project.
• Exempts this money from rules that usually require unused funds to be returned.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
• The Navajo Division of Transportation
• Residents and visitors using State Route 264 near milepost 441
• People who use the Ganado senior citizens center, veterans building, or water system

Terms To Know

Appropriation

Money that a government officially sets aside for a specific purpose.

General Fund

The main account where the state keeps money from taxes to pay for services.

Lapsing of Appropriations

A rule that says unused budget money must be returned if not spent by a certain date. This bill removes that rule for these projects.

Limits and Unknowns

• The text does not say when the construction will start or finish.
• The official status shows the bill passed, but no specific effective date is listed in the provided materials.

Official Summary Text

HB2286 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2286
: appropriations; Navajo Nation; capital projects

Sponsor:
Representative Tsosie, LD 6

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$2,640,000 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 outlined projects.

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.

Appropriates
amounts from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute to the Navajo
Division of Transportation for the following projects:

a.

$600,000 to
complete pavement at Ganado senior citizens center and veterans building;

b.

$1,700,000
for the State Route 264 milepost 441 turning lane; and

c.

$340,000 for
materials and construction costs for the Ganado waterline project. (Sec. 1)

2.

Exempts the appropriation
from lapsing. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2286 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriations; Navajo Nation; capital projects

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2286

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.
Appropriations;
department of transportation; Navajo Nation; senior center and veterans
building; State Route 264; Ganado water pipeline; exemption

A. The following sums are
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 the following projects:

1. $600,000 to complete
pavement at Ganado senior citizens center and veterans building.

2. $1,700,000 for the State
Route 264 milepost 441 turning lane.

3. $340,000 for materials
and construction costs for the Ganado waterline project.

B. The appropriations made
in subsection A of this section are exempt from the provisions of section
35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.