HR 12

H.R.12
To address the Mass Transit System
IN THE ARIZONA STATE ASSEMBLY
April 13, 2010
Mr. Boop of Arizona introduced the following bill
A BILL
A bill to address Arizona’s growing mass transit problems
1 Be it enacted by the Arizona State Congress assembled.
2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE
3 This act may be cited as the “Mass Transit Act”
4 SECTION 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS
5 The Congress finds the following:
6 (1) To Address Arizona’s growing mass transit problems while under strict budget due to the recession, the Arizona Government will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation to approve of five privately managed Roads.
7 SECTION 3. ENACTMENT
9 The following sections of H.R. 12 shall be established to accomplish said purposes:
10 SECTION 4. AUTHORIZATIONS
11 (1) The State will authorize the Arizona Department of Transportation to enter into negotiations of five privately funded and maintained roads or highways. At least two of these transportation facilities must have a direct reduction on I-10 traffic in the Phoenix and Tucson Areas.
(2) The State will authorize the Arizona Department of Transportation to grant twenty-five year lease of the necessary lands to private entities for the construction and running of the aforementioned transportation facilities.
12 SECTION 5. RULES
13 (1) These Transportation facilities must be approved by and adhere to the regulations of the Arizona Department of Transportation.
(2) Upon completion of the roads, failure to comply with the regulation for over one year will require the State and step in and provide maintenance itself. The owner of the transportation facility will be fined the cost of said maintenance plus five percent.
(3) If the private entity owning the transportation facility is fined in such a manner more than three times in a five year period State will assume ownership of the lease and can resell it to another private entity or assume control of it from there on.
14 SECTION 6. AMENDMENTS
(1) Car Dealerships will receive a tax credit upon sale of a car that has passed emissions testing of three percent of the vehicle’s sale price until the 2015 fiscal year.

Filed: 13th of April 2010
Secretary of State Browne
Original Bill on File at The Office of the Secretary of State
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