Hello all,
Earlier this evening, the House followed the Senate's action from Tuesday and passed ten of the eleven state budget bills including the Capital Outlay Bill which includes $320 million in one-time funding for transportation and the Omnibus Taxation Bill which reduces individual income taxes and increases municipal revenue sharing.
The Senate passed all eleven bills on Tuesday. The House will reconvene tomorrow morning and take up the last remaining bill covering K-12 Education funding. Also, the House amended the Criminal Justice Bill and will need to negotiate with the Senate to pass an identical version. The bills containing the transportation funding and tax changes are both ready to be sent to the Governor.
The list of transportation projects remains unchanged from what was reported on Tuesday after the Senate vote. Those projects are:
$90 Million Preservation rehabilitation projects ADOT – Greater Arizona
$50 Million I-10 widening Casa Grande – Phoenix
$46.7 Million SR95 repavement Lake Havasu/Bullhead City
$35 Million SR347 overpass at Riggs Road North of City of Maricopa
$18 Million State Aviation Fund ADOT Statewide
$13.6 Million SR77 pavement rehabilitation Oro Valley
$10.6 Million SR90 improvements Fort Huachuca vicinity
$10 Million US95 improvements near YPG Yuma
$8.5 Million 67th Ave widening & drainage Peoria
$8 Million Camelback Road widening Goodyear
$7.9 Million Ocotillo Rd expansion & bridge const Gilbert
$5 Million Tangerine Rd improvements near I-10 Marana
$4.7 Million SR69 repavement Prescott Valley
$4 Million North/South Corridor Tier II Study Pinal County
$3.5 Million I-10/SR186 repairs Wilcox
$1,169,400 Hill Street Corridor Globe
$1,032,100 20th Avenue reconstruction Safford
$1 Million Butte Avenue Bridge replacement Florence
$750,000 SR87 – local match contribution Pinal County
$700,000 SR88 repair study Gila/Pinal Counties
$560,000 Main Street improvements Jerome
$150,000 SR303/Grand Avenue study Surprise
$140,000 SR377 guardrail study Holbrook to Heber
$320,301,500
With today's actions, the Legislature is very close to adjourning sine die. Tomorrow, in addition to wrapping up work on the budget, the House will likely take up the 22 bills that were earlier vetoed by the Governor to pressure greater focus on passing a budget and a few other remaining bills. Earlier today, the Senate focused on the vetoed bills and is also very close to wrapping up their work.
