appropriation; Navajo water supply

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on water availability or cost overruns after construction.

Navajo Water Supply Funding

This bill provides $20 million over two years for the Navajo Nation's water pipeline project in Fort Defiance.

What This Bill Does

• Appropriates $10,000,000 from the state general fund to the Department of Administration each fiscal year for 2026-2027 and 2027-2028.
• The money is given to the Navajo Nation's department of water resources for surveying, designing, planning, and constructing parts of the Navajo water pipeline project in Fort Defiance.
• This funding is exempt from rules that usually make state funds expire.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Navajo Nation
• People living in the Fort Defiance area who will benefit from improved water access

Terms To Know

Navajo Water Pipeline Project

A project to build a pipeline that brings clean drinking water to areas of the Navajo Nation.

Department of Administration (ADOA)

The state agency responsible for managing and distributing funds to other organizations, like the Navajo Nation in this case.

Limits and Unknowns

• It does not specify how much water will be available after the pipeline is built.
• Does not address what happens if the project costs more than expected.

Official Summary Text

SB1736 - appropriation; Navajo water supply

Current Bill Text

SB1736 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
appropriation; Navajo water supply

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1736

Introduced by

Senators
Hatathlie: Gonzales, Kuby

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.
Appropriations;
department of administration; Navajo water pipeline project; exemption

A. The sum of $10,000,000
is appropriated from the state general fund in each of fiscal years 2026-2027
and 2027-2028 to the department of administration to distribute to the
Navajo Nation for the Navajo Nation department of water resources to survey,
design, plan and construct the Navajo water pipeline project in the Fort
Defiance region.

B. The appropriations made
in subsection A of this section are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190,
Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.