appropriation; Concho-Snowflake Highway

Plain English Breakdown

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Funding for Concho-Snowflake Highway Repairs

This bill gives $7,390,400 from the state budget to fix a specific section of highway in Apache County.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $7,390,400 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Sends this money to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
• Requires ADOT to give the funds to Apache County.
• Pays for pavement rehabilitation on the Concho-Snowflake Highway between U.S. Route 180A and milepost 7.5.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation
• Apache County

Terms To Know

Appropriation

An official act that sets aside money from the government budget for a specific use.

Pavement rehabilitation

The process of repairing or rebuilding the surface of a road to make it safe and smooth again.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state when construction will start or finish.
• The text only covers repairs between U.S. Route 180A and milepost 7.5, not the entire highway.

Official Summary Text

HB2887 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB2887
:
appropriation; Concho-Snowflake Highway

Sponsor:
Representative Tsosie, LD 6

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$7,390,400 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to Apache County for
Concho-Snowflake Highway pavement rehabilitation between U.S. Route 180A and
milepost 7.5.

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
$7,390,400 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute to Apache County
for Concho-Snowflake Highway pavement rehabilitation between U.S. Route 180A
and milepost 7.5.

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Current Bill Text

HB2887 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; Concho-Snowflake Highway

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2887

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; Apache county; Concho-Snowflake Highway pavement
rehabilitation

The sum of $7,390,400 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to distribute to Apache county for Concho-Snowflake Highway
pavement rehabilitation between U.S. Route 180A and milepost 7.5.