appropriation; Queen Creek; law enforcement

Plain English Breakdown

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

Funding a Specialized Law Enforcement Pilot Program in Queen Creek

This bill provides $1,255,500 from the state budget for fiscal year 2027 to help the Town of Queen Creek Police Department start a three-year pilot program focused on youth safety and improving investigations.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $1,255,500 from the state General Fund for fiscal year 2026-2027.
• Sends money to the State Treasurer to distribute to the Town of Queen Creek Police Department (QCPD).
• Establishes a three-year pilot program for specialized law enforcement duties.
• Requires the program to focus on preventing runaway youth incidents and protecting at-risk youth from exploitation.
• Directs QCPD to improve investigative capabilities and work with care providers and state agencies.
• Requires the creation of a model framework that could be used statewide in the future.
• Exempts this funding from rules that usually require unused money to be returned.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Town of Queen Creek Police Department
• Runaway youth and at-risk youth in the area
• Care providers and state agencies working with law enforcement

Terms To Know

Appropriation

The official act of setting aside money from a budget for a specific use.

Pilot program

A test project run for a short time to see if it works before making it permanent or spreading it elsewhere.

Exempt from lapsing

Money that does not have to be returned at the end of the year if it is not spent immediately; it can carry over for future use.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill text does not list specific job titles or staff numbers needed to run the program.
• The exact start date depends on when the general effective date occurs, which is not listed in this document.
• The source material does not explain how success will be measured for the pilot program.

Official Summary Text

SB1550 - 572R - Senate Fact Sheet

Assigned to
PS
& ATT���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� FOR
COMMITTEE

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
S.B. 1550

appropriation; Queen
Creek; law enforcement

Purpose

Appropriates $1,255,500 in FY 2027 from the state General Fund (state GF)
to the State Treasurer for distribution to the Town of Queen Creek for the
Queen Creek Police Department (QCPD) to establish a specialized law enforcement
pilot program.

Background

����������� The State Treasurer's duties include: 1) a
uthenticating
writings and documents certified by the Treasurer with the seal of the State Treasurer's
Office; 2) receiving and keeping in secure custody all monies that belong to Arizona
and that are not required to be received and kept by some other person; 3)
filing and keeping the documentation delivered to the Treasurer when monies are
deposited into the Treasury; 4) delivering to each person depositing money into
the Treasury a confirmation showing the date, amount and depositing agency and providing
a unique identifying number for each confirmation; 5) paying warrants drawn by
the Arizona Department of Administration; 6) keeping an account of all monies
received and disbursed and separate accounts of the different funds and
appropriations of monies; and 7) keeping information in writing as to the
condition of the Treasury or on any subject relating to the duties of the Treasurer,
at the request of a member of the Legislature (
A.R.S.
� 41-172
).

����������� S.B.
1550 appropriates $1,255,500 in FY 2027 from the state GF to the State
Treasurer.

Provisions

1.

Appropriates
$1,255,500 in FY 2027 from the state GF to the State Treasurer for distribution
to the Town of Queen Creek for the QCPD to establish a three-year pilot program
for specialized law enforcement.

2.

Requires the specialized law enforcement pilot program to focus on:

a)

the prevention
of incidents of runaway youth and protection of at-risk youth from
exploitation;

b)

the enhancement
of the investigative capability of QCPD;

c)

strengthening
collaboration with care providers and state agencies; and

d)

the production of a model framework for statewide replication.

3.

Exempts
the appropriation from lapsing.

4.

Becomes
effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 9, 2026

KJA/KM/hk

Current Bill Text

SB1550 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

appropriation; Queen
Creek; law enforcement

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1550

AN
ACT

Appropriating monies to the state
treasurer.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

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

Section 1.
Appropriation;
state treasurer; Queen Creek police department; specialized law enforcement
pilot program; exemption

A. The sum of $1,255,500 is
appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the state
treasurer for distribution to the town of Queen Creek for the Queen Creek
police department to establish a three-year pilot program for specialized law
enforcement. The specialized law enforcement pilot program shall
focus on the following:

1. Prevention of incidents
of runaway youth.

2. Protection of at-risk
youth from exploitation.

3. Enhancement of the
investigative capability of the police department.

4. Strengthening
collaboration with care providers and state agencies.

5. Production of a model
framework for statewide replication.

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.