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SB1277 • 2026

technical correction; heritage fund; audit

SB1277 - technical correction; heritage fund; audit

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
David C. Farnsworth
Last action
2026-06-12
Official status
Senate Rules: None
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on what happens if problems are found during an audit.

Heritage Fund Audit Law

This law changes when audits happen for a special fund that helps protect Arizona's wildlife.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the timing of an audit to be done every ten years instead of at another set interval.
  • Requires the auditor general to do this performance audit and send copies to certain leaders in the state government.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Arizona Game and Fish Commission Heritage Fund
  • The Auditor General of Arizona
  • Leaders in the State Senate and House of Representatives

Terms To Know

Heritage Fund
A special fund used to protect wildlife and natural resources in Arizona.
Performance Audit
An official review that checks how well a program or fund is working.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the audit finds problems with the Heritage Fund.
  • It's unclear when exactly this law will take effect after it passes.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  2. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1277 - technical correction; heritage fund; audit

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SB1277 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; heritage fund; audit

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1277

Introduced by

Senator
Farnsworth

AN
ACT

amending section 17-298.01, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to the Arizona game and fish commission heritage
fund.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1. Section 17-298.01, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

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17-298.01.

Decennial performance audit

Beginning in 2001 and every tenth
succeeding

year thereafter, the auditor general shall conduct a performance audit, as
defined in section 41-1278, of the programs and expenditures of the
Arizona game and fish commission heritage fund pursuant to this
article. The auditor general shall submit copies of the performance
audit to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of
representatives and the
chairmen

chairpersons
of the senate and house of representatives committees on
natural resources and agriculture, or their successor committees.
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