fire service station fund; appropriation

Plain English Breakdown

The official text confirms all claims in the candidate explanation, including the specific funding amount, eligible recipients, and reimbursement rules.

HB4134: Funding for Fire Station Kitchen Equipment

This bill creates a new state fund and provides $1 million in money to help fire stations buy kitchen equipment.

What This Bill Does

• Creates the Arizona Fire Service Station Equipment Fund within the Department of Administration.
• Appropriates $1,000,000 from the State General Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027 to this new fund.
• Allows grants to be given to fire districts, tribal governments, and municipalities for kitchen equipment and supplies.
• Requires that at least 25% of all grant money goes specifically to fire districts.
• Exempts the $1 million appropriation from rules that usually require unused funds to expire.

Who It Names or Affects

• Fire districts in Arizona
• Tribal governments in Arizona
• Municipalities (cities and towns) in Arizona
• The Department of Administration

Terms To Know

Appropriation

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

Fire District

A special area created to provide fire protection services, which may be separate from city or county government.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state the total number of grants that will be awarded.
• The specific application deadline and form details are set by the Department of Administration later.
• Grants can only reimburse purchases made within one calendar year before the application is submitted.

Official Summary Text

HB4134 - fire service station fund; appropriation

Current Bill Text

HB4134 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
fire service station fund;
appropriation

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

HB 4134

Introduced by

Representative
Abeytia

AN
ACT

Amending title 41, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-710.04; APPROPRIATING
monies; relating to the department of administration.

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

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 4, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-710.04, to read:

START_STATUTE
41-710.04.

Arizona fire service station equipment fund

A. The
Arizona fire service station equipment fund is established consisting of
legislative appropriations.� Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated.�
The department shall administer the fund and may adopt rules, policies and
procedures to carry out the purposes of this section.

B. The department shall grant monies
to fire districts, tribal governments and municipalities in this state to
provide kitchen equipment and supplies to fire stations.�
An applicant shall submit an application for a grant on a form
prescribed by the department. grant monies may be used to reimburse eligible
applicants for purchases made within a calendar year of the application
submission deadline as set by the department.

C. At least twenty-five percent
of grant monies must be awarded to fire districts.
END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.
Appropriation;
Arizona fire service station equipment fund; exemption

A. The sum of $1,000,000 is
appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the
Arizona fire service station equipment fund established by section 41-710.04,
Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act.

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