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This bill appropriates $15,000,000 from the state general fund for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the Department of Economic Security (DES), a state agency responsible for economic and social services. The DES will use these funds to provide grants for the surveying, designing, planning, construction, and operation of domestic violence shelters and shelter beds. Specifically, 25% of the appropriation will go to the Navajo Nation, another 25% to the Hopi Tribe, and the remaining 50% will be distributed among the other twenty federally recognized tribal nations in Arizona. This appropriation is exempt from a state law (section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes) that typically requires unspent appropriated funds to be returned to the general fund at the end of a fiscal year, meaning the funds can be carried over if not fully spent in the designated fiscal year.

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https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/85395