appropriation; rural bus soil stabilization

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary lists 'FY 2027' while the full bill text specifies 'fiscal year 2026-2027'; both refer to the same period but the specific phrasing varies slightly between documents.

Funding for Rural School Bus Roads in Apache County

This bill sets aside $665,500 from state money to give to the Arizona Department of Transportation so it can pay for road improvements on rural school bus routes in Apache County.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $665,500 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2027.
• Gives this money to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).
• Requires ADOT to send the funds to Apache County.
• Limits how the county can use the money to rural school bus route enhancement and soil stabilization projects.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation, which manages the distribution of funds.
• Apache County, which receives the money for road work.

Terms To Know

Appropriation

The act of setting aside a specific amount of government money to pay for something.

Soil Stabilization

Work done on the ground under roads to make it stronger and less likely to wash away or crack.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not say exactly when in fiscal year 2027 the work must start.
• The text does not list which specific bus routes will get improved first.
• It is unclear if this money covers all costs for these projects or only part of them.

Official Summary Text

HB2892 - 572R - House Bill Summary

ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th
Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

HB2892
:
appropriation; rural bus soil stabilization

Sponsor:
Representative Tsosie, LD 6

Committee
on Transportation & Infrastructure

Overview

Appropriates
$665,500 from the state General Fund (GF) in FY 2027 to Arizona Department of
Transportation (ADOT) to distribute to Apache County for the rural school bus
route enhancement and soil stabilization project.

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
$665,500 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT to distribute to Apache County
for the rural school bus route enhancement and soil stabilization project.

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Current Bill Text

HB2892 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; rural bus soil stabilization

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 2892

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; rural school bus route enhancement
and soil stabilization project

The sum of $665,500 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation to distribute to Apache county for the rural school bus route
enhancement and soil stabilization project.