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Draft Budget Plan Proposes to Hit AZ Counties for $121.9 Million

This week, leadership in the House and Senate jointly released a draft FY10 budget proposal. As presented, the plan contains an estimated $121.9 million in county impacts, not including the impacts of myriad cuts to state agency grants and funding streams that support county services. By all accounts, much work still needs to be done to complete a state budget. Many legislators have expressed concerns and the proposal falls short of the Governor's stated objectives for the FY10 budget.

Major county impacts in the proposed budget include the following:

Continues HURF shift to DPS: $14.25 million
Establishes HURF shift to MVD: $19.3 million
Continues additional ALTCS for Maricopa and Pima: $27.9 million
Proposes to eliminate the state's share of JP salaries (listed as a Senate proposal): $2.23 million
Taps "county cash balances": $55 million (county breakdown and mechanism not defined)
Reduces the Lottery's "County Assistance Fund" by 10%: $765,648

To view a complete list of county impacts in the proposed FY10 budget, click here.

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