appropriation; Navajo water supply

Plain English Breakdown

The official source confirms all financial amounts, dates, recipients, and purposes listed in the candidate explanation.

Funding for Navajo Water Pipeline Project

This bill provides $20 million from the state general fund over two years to help survey, design, plan, and build a water pipeline in the Fort Defiance region.

What This Bill Does

• Sets aside $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 and another $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2027-2028 from the state general fund.
• Sends this money to the Department of Administration so it can be given to the Navajo Nation's Department of Water Resources.
• Allows funds to pay for surveying, designing, planning, and building a water pipeline in Fort Defiance.
• Exempts these specific funds from rules that usually require unused money to return at the end of the year.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Arizona Department of Administration
• The Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources
• Residents in the Fort Defiance region

Terms To Know

Appropriation

An official act by lawmakers to set aside money for a specific purpose.

Fiscal Year

A one-year period used for budgeting, which in Arizona runs from July 1 to June 30.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not state when the project will start or finish.
• It is unclear if more money will be needed after these two years are over.
• The text does not explain how much of the $20 million goes to each step like surveying versus building.

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.