appropriation; ADOT; Cornville Road study

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary and bill text confirm the funding amount and purpose but do not specify deadlines for completing the study or criteria for selecting improvements.

HB2761: Funding a Study for Cornville Road Traffic

This bill gives $300,000 from the state General Fund in fiscal year 2027 to ADOT so it can study how to improve traffic on Cornville Road.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $300,000 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Gives this money to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
• Requires ADOT to conduct an infrastructure study on Cornville Road.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT)
• People who use or live near Cornville Road

Terms To Know

Appropriation

An official act by the legislature that sets aside a specific amount of public money for a certain purpose.

General Fund (GF)

The main account where Arizona keeps most tax revenue to pay for state services and programs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only funds a study; it does not provide money for actual road construction yet.
• The text does not say when the study must be finished or what specific improvements will happen after the study.

Official Summary Text

HB2761 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB
2761
: appropriation; ADOT; Cornville Road study

Sponsor:
Representative Nguyen, LD 1

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$300,000 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona Department
of Transportation (ADOT) to conduct an infrastructure study for traffic
improvements on Cornville Road.

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 $300,000 from the
GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to conduct an infrastructure study for traffic
improvements on Cornville Road. (Sec. 1)

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Current Bill Text

HB2761 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; ADOT; Cornville Road study

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2761

Introduced by

Representative
Nguyen

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; infrastructure study; Cornville Road

The sum of $300,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to conduct an infrastructure study for traffic improvements on
Cornville Road.