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-REFERENCE TITLE: appropriation; waterline project; Ganado
+ARIZONA STATE SENATE
 
-State of Arizona
-Senate
-Fifty-seventh Legislature
-Second Regular Session
-2026
+Fifty-Seventh
+Legislature, Second Regular Session
 
-SB 1523
+FACT SHEET FOR S.B. 1523
 
-Introduced by
-Senators Hatathlie: Epstein, Miranda
+appropriation;
+waterline project; Ganado
 
-AN ACT
+Purpose
 
-APPROPRIATING MONIES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION.
+Appropriates
+$340,000 from the state General Fund (state GF) in FY 2027 to the Arizona Department
+of Administration (ADOA) to distribute to the Navajo Nation for the Ganado
+Waterline Pipeline Project.
 
-(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
+Background
 
-SB 1523
+ADOA was
+established by the Legislature in 1973 to support the operation of state
+government. ADOA provides medical and other health benefits to state employees,
+processes claims when employees get injured, maintains office buildings for
+employees to work in, purchases goods and services needed to conduct business,
+provides information technology and telecommunication services for employees
+and provides other centralized support services for state agencies (ADOA).
 
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-Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 1
-Section 1.  Appropriation; department of administration;
-2
-Ganado water pipeline project; exemption 3
-A.  The sum of $340,000 is appropriated from the state general fund 4
-in fiscal year 2026-2027 to the department of administration to distribute 5
-to the Navajo Nation for the design, planning and construction costs for 6
-the Ganado waterline pipeline project. 7
-B.  The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt 8
-from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating 9
-to lapsing of appropriations. 10
+The Director of
+ADOA must: 1) accept and disburse grants, gifts, donations, matching monies and
+direct payments from public or private agencies for the conduct of programs
+that are consistent with the overall purposes and objectives of ADOA; and 2)
+establish and maintain separate financial accounts as required by federal law
+or regulations (A.R.S.
+� 41-703).
+
+The Ganado
+Chapter is an official certified chapter of the Navajo Nation located in Apache
+County and is part of the Fort Defiance Agency of the U.S. Bureau of Indian
+Affairs (Ganado).
+
+S.B. 1523
+appropriates $340,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOA.
+
+Provisions
+
+1.
+Appropriates $340,000 from the state GF in FY 2027 to ADOA to distribute
+to the Navajo Nation for the design, planning and construction costs for the
+Ganado Waterline Pipeline Project.
+
+2.
+Exempts the appropriation from lapsing.
+
+3.
+Becomes effective on the general effective date.
+
+Prepared by Senate Research
+
+February 6, 2026
+
+SB/SF/hk