appropriation; Olga Frontage Road

Plain English Breakdown

The exact calendar date for when this law takes effect is unknown because the source only states it becomes effective on the 'general effective date' without defining that specific day.

Funding for Olga Frontage Road Repairs

This bill sets aside $14 million from the state budget to repair the road surface on a specific stretch of Olga Frontage Road.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $14,000,000 from the Arizona General Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Sends this money to the Department of Transportation (ADOT).
• Requires ADOT to use the funds for pavement rehabilitation on Olga Frontage Road between Bowie and San Simon.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Transportation, which receives the funding.
• Drivers who travel on Olga Frontage Road between Bowie and San Simon.

Terms To Know

Appropriation

The official act of setting aside government money for a specific purpose.

Pavement rehabilitation

Repairing or restoring the surface layer of a road to make it safe and smooth.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state when construction will start or finish.
• The text does not explain how ADOT will choose contractors for the work.
• The effective date is listed as the general effective date, but no specific calendar date is provided.

Official Summary Text

SB1273 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1273

appropriation;
Olga Frontage Road

Purpose

Appropriates
$14,000,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona
Department of Transportation (ADOT) for pavement rehabilitation of Olga
Frontage Road.

Background

ADOT is tasked
with providing an integrated balanced state transportation system and has
exclusive control and jurisdiction over all: 1) state highways; 2) state roads;
3) state-owned airports; and 4) state-owned transportation systems or modes.
ADOT is responsible for the design and construction of transportation
facilities in accordance with a priority plan and to maintain and operate all
state-owned highways, airports and public transportation systems (A.R.S. ��
28-331

and
28-332
).

S.B. 1273 appropriates $14,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates $14,000,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOT for
pavement rehabilitation of Olga Frontage Road between Bowie and San Simon.

2.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 12, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1273 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation; Olga
Frontage Road

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1273

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
transportation.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of transportation; pavement rehabilitation; Olga Frontage Road

The sum of $14,000,000 is appropriated
from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of
transportation for pavement rehabilitation of Olga Frontage Road between Bowie
and San Simon.