Arizona HB 2532: state broadband grant program

Bill Text

HB2532 - 572R - H Ver 

 House Engrossed

 homelessness; data; 
 performance audit; appropriation

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 HOUSE BILL 2532

AN 
ACT

Providing for a special audit of the 
amount of monies spent on programs and services for INDIVIDUALS experiencing 
HOMELESSNESS; appropriating monies.

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Be it 
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Performance 
audit; report; delayed repeal

A. The auditor general 
shall conduct a special audit as defined in section 41-1278, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, of the amount of monies spent on programs and services for 
individuals experiencing homelessness in this state, including all of the following:

1. Expenditures by this 
state.

2. Expenditures by 
municipalities and counties with homeless populations higher than the per 
capita average of this state.

3. Expenditures of federal 
monies allocated to this state for homeless programs.

4. Expenditures by state 
and local law enforcement agencies to address homelessness, including 
transportation to emergency shelters, responding to crisis calls, providing 
overnight shelter in jail and enforcing camping bans.

B. All state and local 
governmental entities of this state shall cooperate with the special audit and 
grant access, at no cost, to all financial records and any other information 
necessary to complete the special audit.

C. The special audit shall 
examine all of the following:

1. The awarding of any 
contracts and grants relating to homeless services and support.

2. Any metrics used to 
examine the success of any expenditures.

3. The efficiency of the 
use of data management systems in relation to the programs.

4. The expenditure for each 
individual experiencing homelessness for each service provided.

D. On or before December 
31, 2027, the auditor general shall submit copies of the special audit report 
to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of 
representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

E. This section is repealed 
from and after June 30, 2028.

Sec. 2. Appropriation; auditor general; exemption

A. The sum of $1,250,000 is 
appropriated from the housing trust fund established by section 41-3955, 
Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the auditor general for 
the purposes provided in this act.

B. The appropriation made 
in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 
35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.