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SB1056 - 572R - S Ver
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budget unit; vacant
positions; reporting
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
Second Regular Session
2026
SENATE BILL 1056
AN
ACT
Amending section 41-708, Arizona Revised Statutes;
Amending title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding
section 41-710.04; relating to the department of administration.
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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 41-708, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:
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41-708.
Annual report; state employee salaries; full-time equivalent
positions; vacant positions; applicability; definitions
A. On or before October 1 of each year, the
department shall collect from each budget unit and shall submit to the joint
legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning
and budgeting a report containing the number of full-time equivalent positions
and the total amount of salaries for each budget unit for the
prior fiscal year, delineated by:
1. Retirement system.
2. Employee tier.
3. Fund source.
B. the department shall also collect
a list from each budget unit of all vacant, full-time EQUIVALENT positions that
have been vacant for at least one hundred fifty days to include in the report
submitted PURSUANT to subsection A of this section.
B.
C.
For
the purposes of this section:
1. "Budget unit":
(a) Means a department, commission, board,
institution or other agency of this state that receives, expends or disburses
state monies or incurs obligations of this state.
(b) Does not include the Arizona board of regents,
universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents and
community college districts.
2. "Employee tier" means a class of
employees in a retirement system in which each employee is subject to the same
employer contribution rate pursuant to title 38, chapter 5.
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Sec. 2. Title 41, chapter 4, article 1, Arizona
Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-710.04, to read:
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41-710.04.
Agency vacancies; elimination; full-time equivalent
positions; adjustment; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other law,
each fiscal year A budget unit shall eliminate any positions within the budget
unit that have been vacant for more than one hundred fifty days. The budget
unit's allocated
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS
shall
be adjusted to reflect the elimination of any vacant positions.
B. For
the purposes of this section, "Budget unit":
1. Means
a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of this state that
receives, spends or disburses state monies or incurs obligations of this state.
2. Does
not include THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC
SAFETY, the Arizona board of regents, universities under the jurisdiction of
the Arizona board of regents and community college districts.
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