appropriation; waterline project; Ganado

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date is listed as 'general effective date' but no specific calendar date is provided in the source material.

Funding for Ganado Waterline Project

This bill sets aside $340,000 from the state budget in fiscal year 2026-2027 to help design, plan, and build a water pipeline project in Ganado.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $340,000 from the state General Fund for use in fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Gives this money to the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA).
• Requires ADOA to send the funds to the Navajo Nation.
• Allows the money to be used for designing, planning, and building the Ganado Waterline Pipeline Project.
• Exempts these funds from rules that usually require unused budget money to return to the state.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Administration
• The Navajo Nation

Terms To Know

Appropriation

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

State General Fund

The main account where Arizona keeps most of its tax revenue to pay for government services.

Lapsing

A rule that says if budget money is not spent by the end of a fiscal year, it must be returned and cannot be used later.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state when construction will start or finish.
• It is unclear how much total funding is needed to complete the entire pipeline project beyond this $340,000.

Official Summary Text

SB1523 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1523

appropriation;
waterline project; Ganado

Purpose

Appropriates
$340,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona Department
of Administration (ADOA) to distribute to the Navajo Nation for the Ganado
Waterline Pipeline Project.

Background

ADOA was
established by the Legislature in 1973 to support the operation of state
government. ADOA provides medical and other health benefits to state employees,
processes claims when employees get injured, maintains office buildings for
employees to work in, purchases goods and services needed to conduct business,
provides information technology and telecommunication services for employees
and provides other centralized support services for state agencies (
ADOA
).

The Director of
ADOA must: 1) accept and disburse grants, gifts, donations, matching monies and
direct payments from public or private agencies for the conduct of programs
that are consistent with the overall purposes and objectives of ADOA; and 2)
establish and maintain separate financial accounts as required by federal law
or regulations (
A.R.S.
� 41-703
).

The Ganado
Chapter is an official certified chapter of the Navajo Nation located in Apache
County and is part of the Fort Defiance Agency of the U.S. Bureau of Indian
Affairs (
Ganado
).

S.B. 1523
appropriates $340,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOA.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates $340,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOA to distribute
to the Navajo Nation for the design, planning and construction costs for the
Ganado Waterline Pipeline Project.

2.

Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.

3.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 6, 2026

SB/SF/hk

Current Bill Text

SB1523 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation;
waterline project; Ganado

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1523

AN
ACT

appropriating monies to the department of
administration.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
department of administration; Ganado water pipeline project; exemption

A. The sum of $340,000 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 design,
planning and construction costs for the Ganado waterline pipeline project.

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.