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Overview
This bill makes changes to how the state lottery’s revenue is used. It modifies the way money is allocated from the state lottery fund to various state agencies and programs, including the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Heritage Fund, the Department of Child Safety, the Arizona Board of Regents, and the Department of Health Services. Specifically, it increases allocations for certain programs and adjusts the process for distributing lottery revenue, including establishing a dedicated fund for homeless emergency shelters and transitional housing. Additionally, the bill amends sections related to insurance examinations, advanced air mobility funding, and the tourism fund, outlining specific procedures and funding mechanisms.
Key provisions
- Increases allocations from the state lottery fund to specific programs, including the Arizona Game and Fish Commission Heritage Fund, the Department of Child Safety, the Arizona Board of Regents, the Department of Health Services, and the Department of Economic Security.
- Establishes a dedicated fund for grants to nonprofit organizations providing homeless emergency and transitional shelters.
- Modifies the process for distributing lottery revenue, ensuring sufficient funds are available for debt service before general expenditures.
- Amends section 20-156 to clarify the director’s authority in examining insurers and establishing the financial surveillance fund.
- Creates an advanced air mobility fund to support the development of this technology in Arizona.
- Adjusts the assessment amounts for foreign and domestic insurers to support the financial surveillance fund.
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