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Bill would create Safe Community Enforcement Fund and direct DPS to distribute grants for enforcement
Summary
Senate Bill 12‑99, as amended, would establish a Safe Community Enforcement Fund with transfers from the Smart and Safe Arizona Fund and require DPS to submit extended expenditure plans and quarterly summaries to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
Senate Bill 12‑99, struck with a strike‑everything amendment in House Appropriations, would establish a Safe Community Enforcement Fund funded by transfers of $2,500,000 annually from the Smart and Safe Arizona Fund beginning in FY 2026 through FY 2030. The bill summary presented in caucus states the State Treasurer would transfer $2.5 million beginning FY 2026 through FY 2030 to seed the new fund.
The bill would direct the Arizona Department of Public Safety to distribute monies from the fund through agreements and contracts with cities, towns, county sheriffs, county prosecutors or the attorney general to enforce the chapter referenced in the amendment. DPS also would be required to submit an extended expenditure plan to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee for review before spending any monies not identified in the department’s previous expenditure plans. Quarter‑by‑quarter, DPS must provide summaries of expenditures and program progress to JLBC.
The statutory provisions in the amendment would be set to repeal on and after Dec. 31, 2030, according to the text presented. The presenter (Magali, staff member) offered to take questions; no formal caucus vote on SB 12‑99 occurred in the minority caucus meeting recorded in the transcript.
