A. The commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing fund is established consisting of fees, penalties and any legislative appropriations. The commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-1945

  • 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
  • Commission: means the commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing. See Arizona Laws 36-1941
  • Deaf: means a person who cannot generally understand speech sounds with or without a hearing aid when in optimal listening conditions. See Arizona Laws 36-1941
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Hard of hearing: means a person who has a degree of hearing loss greater than 40dB PTA-2, but less than 85dB PTA-2, in the better ear. See Arizona Laws 36-1941

B. The commission may accept and spend federal monies and private grants, gifts, contributions and devises to assist in carrying out the purposes of this chapter. These monies do not revert to the state general fund at the end of a fiscal year.

C. The commission shall submit an annual report to the governor on all monies accepted by the commission pursuant to subsection B, the names of the donors and the respective amounts contributed and the amount of all disbursements from the fund.

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