Arizona Administrative Register Semi-Annual Index
Because the following Executive Orders were not published in the weekly edition of the Arizona Administrative Register upon submission to the Office of the Secretary of State, they have been included in this publication to comply with the Administrative Procedure Act.
EXECUTIVE ORDERS, PROCLAMATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY, AND STATEMENTS ISSUED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO A.R.S. ? 41-1013(B)(3)
The Administrative Procedure Act requires the text of all Executive Orders and Proclamations of General Applicability issued by the Governor to be published in the Arizona Administrative Register. In addition, the Register shall include each statement filed by the Governor in granting a commutation, pardon or reprieve, or stay or suspension of execution where a sentence of death is imposed. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation of these orders has been reproduced as submitted.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2002-1 RECEIPT OF CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION CAMP VERDE FIRE DISTRICT WHEREAS, the Camp Verde Fire District is responsible under Section 48-805, Arizona Revised Statutes (A.R.S.), to employ any personnel deemed necessary for fire protection and preservation of life, and it would be in the best interests of the state to inquire into the character and past criminal conduct of employees and volunteers; and WHEREAS, the Arizona Department of Public Safety maintains a Central State Repository pursuant to A.R.S. ? 41-1750 for the purpose of procuring and maintaining information concerning arrests and convictions of persons for public offenses in Arizona; and WHEREAS, the Central State Repository is authorized pursuant to A.R.S. ? 41-1750 to provide criminal history record information to noncriminal justice agencies of the State for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of prospective and current employees and volunteers; and WHEREAS, the Camp Verde Fire District is considered a noncriminal justice agency of the State; and WHEREAS, noncriminal justice agencies of the State may receive criminal history record information from the Arizona Department of Public Safety pursuant to A.R.S. ? 41-1750 only by specific authority granted to that agency by statute, ordinance or executive order, and subject to rules of the Arizona Department of Public Safety. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jane Dee Hull, Governor of the State of Arizona, under authority provided by A.R.S. ? 41-1750, hereby authorize the Central State Repository of the Arizona Department of Public Safety to provide, upon receipt of applicant fingerprint cards, and the chief officer of the Camp Verde Fire District to receive, criminal history record information for the purpose of evaluating the fitness of prospective, current and reserve employees and volunteers in accordance with those rules issued by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
Jane Dee Hull
Governor
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix on this Eighth day of January Two Thousand Two and of the Independence of the United State of America the Two Hundred and Twenty-Sixth.
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Arizona Administrative Register Semi-Annual Index
ATTEST:
Betsey Bayless
Secretary of State
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2002-2 TO ALLOCATE FUNDS TO ENSURE CONTINUATION OF THE NON-RENAL TRANSPLANT MEDICATION PROGRAM WHEREAS, patients who receive an organ transplant are required to take various forms of transplant related medication, usually for the remainder of their lives; and WHEREAS, in 1998 the Arizona Legislature allocated $200,000 per year, subject to the availability of monies in the Medically Needy Account of the Tobacco Tax Fund, to make post-surgical prescription medications available to non-renal transplant recipients for whom no other coverage was available; and WHEREAS, the Arizona Department of Health Services contracts with the University Medical Center (UMC) to administer this statewide program; and WHEREAS, all funding is used to procure medication, with UMC providing overhead and administrative costs on an in-kind basis; and WHEREAS, the number of persons needing this assistance increased from 7 people at a cost of $11,500 in 1997 to 27 people at a cost of $147,100 in 2001; and WHEREAS, the Arizona Legislature reduced the appropriation for 2002 to $70,000 based only on 1998, 1999, and 2000 data, because the 2001 costs were not yet finalized; and WHEREAS, the total estimated cost for providing these medications for the full fiscal year 2002 is $150,000, and the $70,000 has already been spent during the first six months of fiscal year 2002, leaving an $80,000 shortfall; and WHEREAS, this shortfall will leave some 22 people without continued access to these critical medications; and WHEREAS, during the 1997 First Regular Session of the Forty-third Legislature, the Health Crisis Fund was established, authorizing the Governor to expend funds in order to respond to an existing health crisis; NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jane Dee Hull, Governor of the State of Arizona, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of the State, do hereby declare a health crisis or a significant potential for a health crisis in this State and hereby, 1. Allocate, such funds as necessary, not to exceed $80,000, from the Health Crisis Fund as established pursuant to A.R.S. ? 36-797 to the Department of Health Services, to be distributed as needed, for the continuation of the Nonrenal Transplant Medication Program. Direct the Department of Health Services to report the expenditures of these funds to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on the Tobacco Tax and Health Care Fund pursuant to A.R.S. ? 36-797.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Arizona.
Jane Dee Hull
Governor
DONE at the Capitol in Phoenix on this Eighteenth day of January Two Thousand Two and of the Independence of the United State of America the Two Hundred and Twenty-Sixth.
June 30, 2002
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