A. The state’s portion of the costs of lands, easements and rights-of-way shall be determined by the director at or prior to the time the director submits his report to the legislature recommending an appropriation for such project.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-1446

  • 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
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101

B. The state’s portion of such costs shall not be changed unless there are major project changes made in the plan of improvement, in which case the director, prior to the next appropriation of state funds for the project, shall review the project and make such reports and recommendations to the legislature as he deems justified by the project changes.