Arizona Laws 37-527. Trust land management fund
A. The trust land management fund is established. The fund consists of up to ten per cent of the annual proceeds of:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 37-527
- 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
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Commissioner: means the state land commissioner. See Arizona Laws 37-101
- Department: means the state land department. See Arizona Laws 37-101
- 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.
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
1. Each beneficiary‘s trust lands granted to this state by the United States.
2. All sales of timber, mineral, gravel or other natural products or property from each beneficiary’s trust lands granted to this state by the United States.
B. The commissioner shall determine the percentage of trust land proceeds to be deposited in the fund each fiscal year. The percentage shall be the same for all beneficiaries. The commissioner shall notify the joint legislative budget committee and the governor’s office of strategic planning and budgeting of the determination on or before September 1 of the preceding fiscal year.
C. The monies in the fund:
1. Are subject to legislative appropriation.
2. Shall be used exclusively to manage trust lands as prescribed by law.
D. The commissioner shall administer the fund. On notice from the commissioner, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
E. Monies in the fund are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations, but if the balance in the fund at the end of any fiscal year exceeds two times the budget of the department for the management of trust lands for the next fiscal year, the excess amount shall be credited proportionately to the several permanent funds based on the last fiscal year’s deposits.
F. This section does not prevent the legislature from appropriating state general fund monies for the purposes described in this section.