appropriation; recreation center; Coalmine Canyon

Plain English Breakdown

The bill specifies required features but does not detail how funds will be split between tasks like surveying, design, or equipment.

Funding for Coalmine Canyon Recreation Center

This bill gives $750,000 from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to help plan and fix a recreation center in Coalmine Canyon.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $750,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 from the state general fund.
• Gives money to the Department of Administration to share with the Navajo Nation.
• Pays for surveying, design, planning, and fixing old buildings at the center.
• Covers costs for new equipment needed for the recreation site.
• Requires the project to include a park with a full-size basketball court, an outdoor multiuse recreation facility, and security lights.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Department of Administration
• The Navajo Nation
• Users of the Coalmine Canyon youth and community recreation center

Terms To Know

Appropriation

Money that lawmakers set aside for a specific purpose.

Fiscal year

A one-year period used by the government to plan and track spending, here running from July 2026 to June 2027.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not say when construction will start or finish.
• It lists required features but does not name other specific activities allowed at the center.
• No information is given about how much of the money goes to each task like design versus equipment.

Official Summary Text

SB1486 - appropriation; recreation center; Coalmine Canyon

Current Bill Text

SB1486 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; recreation center; Coalmine Canyon

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1486

Introduced by

Senators
Hatathlie: Diaz, Kuby, Miranda, Ortiz, Sears;� Representatives Garcia,
Sandoval

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the department of
administration.

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of administration; Coalmine Canyon youth and community recreation
center; exemption

A. The sum of $750,000 is
appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the
department of administration to distribute to the Navajo Nation for the
surveying, design, planning, restoration and rehabilitation of existing structures
and for equipment costs of the Coalmine Canyon youth and community recreation
center. The recreation center must include a park with a full-size
basketball court and an outdoor multiuse recreation facility and security
lights.

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.