Arizona Laws 41-511.21. State parks revenue fund; purpose; exemption
A. The state parks revenue fund is established consisting of:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 41-511.21
- 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
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- 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.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
1. Monies received from the sale of park posters, park postcards, books, souvenirs and sundry items pursuant to Section 41-511.05, paragraph 4.
2. Monies appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of enhancing state parks.
3. Unconditional gifts and donations specifically designated to the revenue fund, except for unconditional gifts, donations, bequests and endowments deposited in the state parks donations fund pursuant to Section 41-511.11.
4. All monies derived from state park user fees, concession fees and other revenue generating activities.
5. Surcharges on park reservations.
6. Sale of park assets.
B. The monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation:
1. For the operation and maintenance of the state park system.
2. For use by the board to acquire and develop real property and improvements as state parks consistent with the purposes and objectives prescribed in Section 41-511.03, subject to review by the joint committee on capital review.
C. Monies in the fund shall not be appropriated in a manner that is inconsistent with restrictions in the lease or deed to the property.
D. The board may collect monies as a surcharge on park reservations and shall determine the surcharge rate as provided in Section 41-511.05, paragraph 8 after considering the costs to plan and administer the reservation system.
E. On notice from the board, the state treasurer shall invest and divest the monies in the state parks revenue fund as provided by section 35-313, and monies earned from investment shall be credited to the fund.
F. Monies in the state parks revenue fund are exempt from section 35-190, relating to lapsing of appropriations. The purposes for which monies were expended during the preceding fiscal year shall be delineated in the agency’s annual report pursuant to Section 41-511.12.