Bill
SB 1079
Arizona: The state appropriates about $20.65 million in FY 2025–2026 to backfill VOCA-funded victim services via ACJC, DES, and DPS to ensure continued services.
Note: The supplied document appears to include text for three different bills from different states (Arizona, Hawaii, and Illinois), all numbered SB 1079. Below are separate, concise summaries for each distinct enactment found in the document, with key provisions, affected parties, and timeline details. Please confirm which state/version you intend to review if you need a deeper analysis.
Purpose
- To appropriate state general fund monies in FY 2025–2026 to replace/“backfill” services that had previously been paid with federal VOCA monies (VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, P.L. 117‑27).
Key provisions
- Appropriates the following amounts from the Arizona state general fund for FY 2025–2026:
- $2,250,000 to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission (ACJC).
- $9,100,000 to the Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES).
- $9,300,000 to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS).
Who is affected / impact
- Victim service programs and providers funded or administered through ACJC, DES, and DPS will receive state funding to sustain services previously financed by VOCA grants.
- State budget: these are one‑year general fund expenditures totaling $20.65 million.
- Intended outcome: continuity of victim services despite reductions or timing gaps in federal VOCA funding.
Procedural/timing notes
- Appropriation language specifies fiscal year 2025–2026.
- This portion of the combined document appears to be an Arizona Senate engrossed version; confirm enactment and effective dates with Arizona legislative records.
Purpose
- Temporarily authorizes counties to petition the state Land Use Commission (LUC) to reclassify certain developed, small-lot parcels currently in the agricultural district to the rural district.
Key provisions
- Window for county petitions: July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2029.
- Eligible parcels/conditions:
- Developed for single-family residences.
- Subdivided into lots no larger than one acre.
- Part of an existing agricultural subdivision of ≥10 contiguous lots.
- A single-family residence is constructed on each lot or lots intended for such construction.
- Must meet environmental review requirements (chapter 343) if applicable.
- Redistricting must not adversely affect agricultural use of petitioned or neighboring lands.
- Must be supported by the applicable county plan.
- County council must provide written notice to each lot owner at least 15 days before the council’s public hearing.
- Office of Planning and Sustainable Development must review and recommend regarding State interests.
- LUC processing:
- LUC must process a complete petition for a declaratory order within 365 days.
- LUC may deny petitions lacking sufficient evidence or posing significant public trust issues.
- Denied lots may be included in later county petitions during the effective period.
- LUC must adopt implementing rules under chapter 91.
- Effective/repeal dates:
- Takes effect July 1, 2026; repealed June 30, 2029.
Who is affected / impact
- County governments (gain temporary procedural authority).
- Landowners of small-lot, single‑family subdivisions in agricultural districts (potential eligibility for reclassification to rural).
- Agricultural interests and neighboring landowners (potentially affected; statute requires no adverse effect on agricultural viability).
- State agencies: Land Use Commission and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development (administration and review duties).
Purpose and effect
- A narrowly focused, technical amendment to Section 1 (short title) of the Continuum of Care Services for the Developmentally Disabled Act correcting a typographical duplication (“the the” → “the”).
- No substantive policy change; purely editorial.
Who is affected
- No programmatic or fiscal effect; clarifies statutory text.
Procedural note
- The document lists sponsors (West; Inouye) and an extensive mixed legislative history (passage events and dates). Because the record appears to combine multiple jurisdictions, verify the specific state/retroactive/final enactment status for the version you care about.
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