A. Any county which is not a part of an established community college district and whose share of transaction privilege taxes, apportioned pursuant to section 42-5029, subsection D, totals less than one per cent of the total distribution base apportioned to all counties shall have any reimbursement to a community college district prescribed by section 15-1469 paid by the state.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-1469.01

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Base: means the revenue level per student count specified by the legislature. See Arizona Laws 15-901
  • Community college: means an educational institution that is operated by a district board and that provides a program of not more than four years' training in the arts, sciences and humanities beyond the twelfth grade of the public or private high school course of study or vocational education, including terminal courses of a technical and vocational nature and basic adult education courses. See Arizona Laws 15-1401
  • District: means a community college district that is established pursuant to sections 15-1402 and 15-1403 or Section 15-1402. See Arizona Laws 15-1401

B. The state treasurer shall reduce the apportionment pursuant to section 42-5029 to any county whose community college reimbursement as prescribed in section 15-1469 is eligible to be paid by the state pursuant to subsection A of this section by the amount of the reimbursement paid by the state. The state treasurer shall deposit the amount of the reduction in the state general fund.

C. Community college reimbursement payments made by the state on behalf of a county pursuant to this section shall be included under the state appropriation limitation established pursuant to article IX, section 17, Constitution of Arizona, and shall not be included under county expenditure limitations established pursuant to article IX, section 20, Constitution of Arizona.