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• And then the kind of headline grabber, the Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund.
• And then the kind of headline grabber, the Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund.
• And then the kind of headline grabber, the Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund, the purpose of this was
• Water Augmentation Fund.
• The year before that, there were cuts not just to our long-term augmentation fund but also to our rural

Bills: HB2024, HB2053, HB2097, HB2116, HB2117

Keywords: water infrastructure finance authority, WIFA, water supply development, snowpack augmentation, cloud seeding, water augmentation, water financing, water infrastructure, Arizona water law, water conservation, groundwater recharge, stormwater recharge, reclamation and reuse, water rights, water supply projects, public-private partnership, long-term water augmentation fund, water provider, desalination, drought mitigation

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• Water Augmentation Fund to be used for brackish groundwater recovery projects.
• Water Augmentation Fund.
• The Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund is the program dedicated to finding more water for the state of
• As a loan program that is required to get a return on investment, the Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund
• Creating a new program within WIFA tied to the Long-Term Water Augmentation Fund risks spreading us thinner

Bills: HB2042, HB2052, HB2055, HB2056, HB2094, HB2098, HB2185, HB2328, HB2758, HB2798

Keywords: solar radiation management, environment, prohibition, Arizona Revised Statutes, public health, complaint process, Attorney General, groundwater management, water conservation, irrigation, water supply, brackish groundwater, water supply development, desalination, water infrastructure, financial assistance, environmental reviews, brackish water, groundwater, water resources

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• appropriations for the fund.
• , how treating water, if it be the AWP, you know, recycling water, et cetera.
• Chair and members, House Bill 2098 modifies requirements for county water augmentation authorities relating
• The bill also allows county water augmentation authorities to enter into a loan repayment agreement with
• Cheyenne Walsh here on behalf of the Pinal County Water Augmentation Authority, or PICWA, in support

Bills: HB2013, HB2026, HB2056, HB2098, HB2113, HB2156, HB2158, HCM2011, HCR2057

Keywords: air pollution, wildfires, environmental standards, public health, Arizona Revised Statutes, assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply

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• We also have long-term care. The cost varies between these three categories of services.
• We have almost 8,000 seniors approved for long-term care in 2025.
• The cost for long-term care was $51,000 per individual last year.
• Most do not want to go to long-term care, but no one knows the options.
• They assume long-term care is the only answer, but that is not true. But that is not true.

Bills: HB3390, HB4199, HB4407, HB4412

Keywords: home care, community services, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, rating system, inspection reports, substantiated complaints, agency oversight, child care, workforce, pilot program, affordable care, income eligibility, long-term care, revolving fund, options counseling, funding, consultation services, Medicaid, community-based services, seniors

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• Pumping as stored water recovery.
• We also have long-term storage credits to make up the difference, so I think it's important to know that
• I'm talking renewable wet water resources that are not long-term storage credits.
• Chair, and then, so wet water is ideal. We have 20,000 in wet water; the rest in long-term storage.
• me—we should be strengthening consumer protections and long-term planning, not weakening them.

Bills: SB1082, SB1200, SB1335, SB1336, SB1559, SB1761, SB1762, SB1785, SCM1007

Keywords: petting zoos, animal encounters, public health, handwashing, supervision, sanitization, safety regulations, civil penalties, water supply, groundwater, Phoenix, certificates, long-term storage credits, water conservation, municipal provider, replenishment obligation, water banking, annual report, Arizona Water Banking Authority, water supply management

Bills: HB0045

Keywords: property tax, exemption, homeowners, long-term, aged, 916, all

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• statewide is from the long-term statewide is from the long-term homeowners<00:05:03.440> exemption
• year long-term homeowners going forward? year long-term homeowners going forward?
• the intent was for the long-term the intent was for the long-term homeowners<00:33:36.720> um
• person's also getting the long-term person's also getting the long-term homeowners<00:46:26.400>
• Um, and I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to muddy the water, but I thought that would be... the long-term homeowners

Bills: HB0045

Keywords: property tax, exemption, homeowners, long-term, aged, 916, all

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• Sorry, it's been a long time since I've run a meeting.
• So, the long-term care facility advisory board, which needs to be renamed because that's dumb, was also
• So as long as the governor signs this last, it'll be fine. Signal questions. It'll be fine.

Bills: HB3329

Keywords: long-term care, advisory board, sunset legislation, mental health, psychologists

Summary: The committee met with a quorum and took up House Bill 3329. Before testimony, the committee adopted a proposed committee substitute as the working draft. Representative Osborn explained that the bill was a cleanup measure related to a previously passed sunset bill: a long-term care facility advisory board had mistakenly been restored in the earlier bill and this follow-up would remove it again. He said the bill was needed as a procedural fix and noted that, if another related bill passes, this one would be signed last to avoid conflicts in session law. Members asked why the correction could not simply be handled in the Senate, and Osborn responded that they did not want the larger bill to return for another vote and risk timing problems. There was also discussion about possible conflicts between session laws and the need for a companion bill addressing how such conflicts are handled. After discussion, the committee moved a do pass recommendation. The bill was then approved unanimously by a 7-0 vote, with all members voting aye. The chair announced that HB 3329 would be reported out as do pass and then adjourned the meeting.

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• gets an ongoing $1 million deposit from the general fund into this fund.
• gets an ongoing $1 million deposit from the general fund into this fund.
• mismanagement of the funds.
• So they have sufficient funds.
• I am concerned about the diversion of funds from wherever we're pulling the funds from.

Bills: SB1131, SB1249

Keywords: cardiac arrest, defibrillators, school safety, emergency response, CPR training, Arizona education funding, Alzheimer's, dementia, memory care, cognitive decline, brain health, caregiver support, long-term care, in-home care, public health, health services, state plan, dementia services program, Arizona Department of Health Services, aging

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• Revolving Fund for the first time in a very long time.
• This fund, commonly referred to as the Rural Fund, is responsible for water infrastructure projects outside
• This fund, commonly referred to as the Rural Fund, is responsible for water infrastructure projects outside
• do augmentation, well development, water supply, really connection.
• This fund is regularly used for point A to point B water infrastructure.

Bills: SB1137, SB1200, SB1419, SB1447, SB1560, SCM1004

Keywords: underground utilities, utility locating, dig safe, call before you dig, 811, excavation safety, damage prevention, one-call center, locate request, white lining, large project coordination, buried infrastructure, subsurface utilities, utility marking, locator wire, locator strip, interactive positive response system, landlord duties, apartment community, mobile home park

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• money if you would like the money from this bill, some place we'd have to get it from the general fund
• So I do think we need to put funding in for those, but I think I'd just as soon email the folks on the
• $9 million for both of them, and the Washburn project is proposed to be put under the Department of Water
• And when I carry the bill, I may mention to the full Senate that we, with term limits, we're looking

Bills: HB1012

Keywords: health and human services, DHHS, appropriations, biennial budget, behavioral health, substance use disorder, opioid settlement, medical assistance expansion, Medicaid, basic care, long-term care, child care assistance, early childhood care, child care provider payments, guardianship, conservatorship, housing loan fund, disability services, extraordinary medical needs, community health trust fund

Summary: The Senate Appropriations Human Services Division met to consider House Bill 1012, the Department of Human Services budget, and reviewed three previously made amendments: correcting a reference to $30 million underfunding, changing “human service centers” to “behavioral health clinics,” and revising section 31 language so the department would review medical assistance services and report findings and recommendations rather than directly implement adjustments. The committee also discussed whether to include funding related to two other bills with fiscal impacts, House Bill 1485 (personal needs allowance) and House Bill 2399 (PRTF reimbursement), noting those measures may go to conference committee and that appropriations could be added there instead of in HB 1012. The committee agreed to proceed with HB 1012 and members noted provider inflation questions would be raised later in full committee. The division then approved a due pass recommendation on the amendments to HB 1012 and, after a roll call vote, approved HB 1012 as amended on a 4-1 vote, with Senator Mathern voting no. Senator Davison was named as carrier. Members also discussed House Bill 1577, involving wastewater project financing and possible amendments related to a line of credit from the Bank of North Dakota for specific projects, and House Bill 1619, for which additional amendments were expected before full committee action. The meeting ended with general thanks and adjournment.

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• Importantly, these funds recycle back into the program, extending their long-term impact, and we respectfully
• It converts the bill into a long-term cost-control and risk-pool stabilization framework.
• This is House Bill 63, emergency clause, NMFA Water Project Fund projects.
• Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund, $2 million to the Local Government Planning Fund, and $5 million
• Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund, $2 million to the Local Government Planning Fund, and $5 million

Bills: HB63, HB64, HB184, HB200, HB47, HB48, HB2, HB9

Keywords: water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans

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• Conservation Grant Fund that receives water from a multi-county water conservation district.
• revolving fund or the drinking water revolving fund for the remediation, closure, or replacement of
• revolving fund or the drinking water revolving fund for the remediation closure or replacement of cesspools
• The funding mechanism that would be specifically used here is the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.
• Funding to address these cesspools exists and is available via the Clean Water State Revolving Fund,

Bills: HB2029, HB2096, HB2116

Keywords: water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, cesspool remediation, cesspool replacement, forgivable principal, forgivable loan, wifa, water infrastructure finance authority, clean water revolving fund, drinking water revolving fund, wastewater infrastructure, on-site wastewater system, septic system, groundwater protection, public health, nonpoint source pollution, county water projects

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• with other AMAs, and it also supports administration, conservation efforts, water supply augmentation
• with other AMAs, and it also supports administration, conservation efforts, water supply augmentation
• HB 2827 ensures that those who withdraw groundwater contribute to the long-term sustainability and management
• More water and requiring more infrastructure funding, and prices to skyrocket.
• We also have additional long-term storage credits to meet obligation for the GRD, but within the next

Bills: HB2026, HB2027, HB2028, HB2031, HB2078, HB2094, HB2095, HB2101, HB2102, HB2103, HB2260, HB2278, HB2827, HB2932, HB2933, HB2934, HB2986, HCM2009, HCR2038

Keywords: assured water supply, groundwater, commingling, commingled water, water supply, Arizona Department of Water Resources, ADWR, active management area, AMA, subdivision plat, development approval, water rights, municipal provider, private water company, certificate of assured water supply, written commitment of water service, groundwater savings credits, gray water reuse, replenishment district, Central Arizona Project

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• Jack, can you tell us what our projection is in terms of gaming revenue from the general fund?
• In terms of tourism marketing, I believe they're projecting that the general fund would see $8 million
• As it was articulated, it's long-known funds. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
• Maybe we funded it one time with general fund. We backed it out.
• payments, the Prop 1, 2, 3 extension would likely have to be that long as well, so we had a funding

Bills: HB2053, HB2116, HB2148

Keywords: stormwater, recharge mapping, water resources, groundwater, appropriation, Arizona, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation, state budget, interstate water compact, Colorado River Compact, water litigation, A.R.S. 45-119, natural resources, water policy, river management

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• Works Construction Fund to the ASECIA and Community Ditch Infrastructure Fund, ACDIF, for short.
• The recurring funding stream to this fund currently is $2.5 million.
• So this infrastructure funding will help us keep our acequias and keep them water-efficient so that we
• but are we just transferring money from another fund that would be used in that fund?
• The Irrigation Trust Fund, it's recurring allocations from the permanent fund.

Bills: SB193

Keywords: SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law, agricultural water, farmers, Rio Grande, acequia association, forest land protection revolving fund, state fund transfer, irrigation projects, 996, all

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• That one will get out of here, and then we're left with 1619, the infrastructure loan fund for long-term
• Section 1 has to do with long-term care facilities. It provides...
• This has to do with long-term care facilities.
• But the long-term care facilities were not previously eligible under the medical facility loan fund that's
• And, you know, the long-term care facilities are very important.

Bills: SB2225, HB1619

Keywords: housing, affordable housing, community development, infrastructure improvement, funding grants, long-term care, infrastructure loan, nursing facilities, financial assistance, North Dakota Century Code, 908, all

Summary: The Appropriations Committee met to clear several remaining bills and discussed scheduling around upcoming conference committees. The chair noted that full committee meetings would likely be held after floor session, while Thursday and Friday mornings were being reserved for conference committees. Members also discussed how conference committees would be scheduled and where they would appear on their dashboards. The committee first took up House Bill 1577, relating to wastewater facility grants. Amendments were adopted to create a loan/line-of-credit mechanism through the Bank of North Dakota and the Department of Environmental Quality to keep two canceled federal BRIC-funded projects moving: a lagoon project in Fezenden and a wastewater treatment project in Lincoln. Members emphasized the language was intended to apply only to those projects and to preserve the possibility of federal reimbursement later. The amendment passed 16-0, and the bill as amended received a 15-1 do pass recommendation. The committee then reconsidered House Bill 1009 and adopted an additional amendment transferring the remaining balance in the bioscience innovation grant fund to the general fund, rather than issuing another round of grants. That amendment passed 16-0, and the bill as amended also received a 16-0 do pass recommendation. Finally, the committee considered House Bill 1619, creating a long-term care facility loan fund and adjusting an existing medical facility loan program. After discussion, members amended the bill to reduce the long-term care fund cap to $10 million per project, set the interest rate at 2%, extend repayment to 30 years, and align the medical facility loan program to 2% with a 30-year term. The amendment passed 14-2, and the bill as amended received a 16-0 do pass recommendation.

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• primary benefit is really the long-term primary benefit is really the long-term stability<00:43:
• that different than from a long-term that different than from a long-term care<00:44:23.040>
• Representative Davids asked how the limited long-term care insurance policy differs from a long-term
• long term um in consumer stays in the long term um in order<00:54:00.480> to<00:54:00.640>
• Chair, Representative, is your question, could a long-term care, like on a traditional long-term care

Bills: HF1546, HF2403, HF2389, HF2398

Keywords: fire safety, public safety, statewide fire code, code cleanup, repeal, obsolete statutes, matches, strike-anywhere matches, safety matches, match packaging, match storage, tent safety, flame resistant tents, public assembly tents, flammable materials, fire code modernization, Minnesota Statutes chapter 325F, commerce policy, financial institutions, insurance regulation

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• Corrections Oversight Fund.
• River litigation fund.
• fund since we're so short on general fund dollars at this moment.
• Chairman and Senator, I believe that... ...fund dollars at this moment. Mr.
• But they're charged with the responsibility of bringing in more water.

Bills: HB2003, HB2063, HB2111, HB2116, HB2210, HCM2007

Keywords: driver education, instruction permit, underage drivers, motorcycle licenses, traffic regulations, corrections oversight, appropriation, independent office, public safety, funding, driver license, examinations, motorcycle awareness, traffic laws, HB2116, Colorado River, litigation fund, water rights, Arizona water law, general fund appropriation

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• Actually, what it does say is that we want to know what the long-term reductions of water use would be
• Of the previously mentioned 211 projects funded throughout the water conservation grant fund, 15 of them
• and the Drinking Water Revolving Fund.
• The funding mechanism to handle these loans would specifically be the Clean Water State Revolving Fund
• Funding to address these exists; we talked about that available via the Clean Water State Revolving Fund

Bills: HB2029, HB2030, HB2096

Keywords: water conservation, grants, infrastructure, environmental protection, sustainability, grant fund, Arizona water law, A.R.S. 49-1332, water efficiency, water reuse, education programs, public outreach, rainwater harvesting, gray water, graywater, drought-resistant landscaping, xeriscaping, turf removal, groundwater recharge, aquifer health