Arizona HB 2424: mitigation monies; school bus fleets

Bill Text

HB2424 - 531R - I Ver 

 REFERENCE TITLE: mitigation monies; school bus fleets

 State of Arizona

 House of Representatives

 Fifty-third Legislature

 First Regular Session

 2017

 HB 2424

 Introduced by 

 Representatives 
 Fernandez: Alston, Andrade, Blanc, Butler, Cardenas, Ch�vez, Clark, Engel, 
 Friese, Gabald�n, Gonzales, Hernandez, Navarrete, Powers Hannley, Rios, 
 Rubalcava, Salman

AN 
ACT

directing the attorney general to SUBMIT 
a beneficiary mitigation plan; providing for distribution of eligible 
mitigation action funds; appropriating monies.

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

Section 1. Attorney general; 
environmental mitigation trust agreement

A. The 
attorney general shall promptly submit a beneficiary mitigation plan and a 
request for a share of eligible mitigation action funds pursuant to the 
environmental mitigation trust agreement entered into pursuant to the partial 
consent decree issued in the matter of In re Volkswagen "Clean 
Diesel" Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation, 
MDL No. 2672 CRB (JSC). The department of administration, the 
department of education and the department of environmental quality shall 
assist the attorney general, as required by the attorney general, in submitting 
the beneficiary mitigation plan and the request for a share of eligible 
mitigation action funds.

B. The 
beneficiary mitigation plan and the request for a share of eligible mitigation action 
funds submitted pursuant to subsection A of this section shall specify that the 
monies received by this state pursuant to the environmental mitigation trust 
agreement will be used to purchase or repower class 4-8 school buses as 
prescribed in Appendix D-2 of the partial consent decree.

C. The 
attorney general shall deposit and separately account for all monies received 
pursuant to this section in the consumer restitution subaccount of the consumer 
restitution and remediation revolving fund established by section 44-1531.02, 
Arizona Revised Statutes.

Sec. 2. Appropriation; 
environmental mitigation trust agreement; distribution; review

A. Notwithstanding 
section 44-1531.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, all monies received by this state 
pursuant to the environmental mitigation trust agreement and deposited in the 
consumer restitution subaccount of the consumer restitution and remediation 
revolving fund established by section 44-1531.02, Arizona Revised Statutes, 
shall be used only to purchase or repower class 4-8 school buses, as prescribed 
in section 1 of this act.

B. The 
attorney general, after consultation with the department of education, shall 
prepare a proposed plan for distributing the monies described in subsection A 
of this section to school districts in this state according to the 
transportation needs of the school districts. The proposed plan 
must be consistent with the beneficiary mitigation plan and the request for a 
share of eligible mitigation action funds submitted pursuant to section 1 of 
this act. Before distributing the monies described in subsection A 
of this section, the attorney general shall submit the plan to the joint 
legislative budget committee for review.

Sec. 3. Conditional repeal; 
notice

A. This 
act is repealed one year after all monies deposited in or credited to the 
consumer restitution subaccount of the consumer restitution and remediation 
revolving fund established by section 44‑1531.02, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, pursuant to this act have been distributed to school districts.

B. The 
attorney general shall notify in writing the director of the Arizona 
legislative council of the date when all monies deposited in or credited to the 
consumer restitution subaccount of the consumer restitution and remediation 
revolving fund established by section 44‑1531.02, Arizona Revised 
Statutes, pursuant to this act have been distributed to school districts.