28-6533. Arizona highway user revenue
fund
A. The officer collecting all highway user revenues, as defined in section 28-6501
and in article IX, section 14, Constitution of Arizona, and all fees, penalties and fines
collected under sections 28-1101, 28-1103, 28-1105 and 28-1521 shall transfer the
revenues to the department. After the deduction of all exemptions and refunds and after
taking actions required under subsection C of this section, the department shall
immediately deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, the revenues in a fund
designated as the Arizona highway user revenue fund.
B. The revenues in the Arizona highway user revenue fund shall only be spent for
the purposes prescribed in article IX, section 14, Constitution of Arizona. Counties and
incorporated cities and towns shall not spend highway user revenue fund monies
distributed to them pursuant to this article for enforcement of traffic laws or
administration of traffic safety programs. If the auditor general reports to the state
treasurer after conducting a performance audit pursuant to section 41-1279.03, subsection
A, paragraph 7 that a jurisdiction has not used revenues as required by this subsection,
the state treasurer shall withhold the noncomplying jurisdiction's revenues until the
noncomplying jurisdiction presents evidence that is satisfactory to the auditor general
and that shows that the jurisdiction has spent monies for purposes prescribed in this
subsection from another general revenue source equal to the amount of the revenues
diverted from the uses prescribed in this subsection.
C. If there is any default, the department shall deduct all amounts required by law
or any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of the board to be placed in the
principal funds, interest funds, reserve funds or sinking funds or any other funds
established to service bonds issued or to be issued by the board before the revenues are
deposited in the Arizona highway user revenue fund.
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