Title 41 — State Government

A. A department of administration is established. B. The direction, operation and control of the department is the responsibility of the director. C. The director shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the g…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Department" means the department of administration. 2. "Director" means the director of the department of administration.

A. The director with the approval of the governor shall appoint a deputy director of the department. The deputy director serves at the pleasure of the director and shall assist the director in administering the department by performing the duties and responsibilities that the dir…

The director shall: 1. Be directly responsible to the governor for the direction, control and operation of the department. 2. Provide assistance to the governor and legislature as requested. 3. Adopt rules the director deems necessary or desirable to further the objectives and pr…

(Rpld. 7/1/26) A. The department shall administer a three-year competitive grant program that provides an interoperability software technology solution to support rural hospitals, health care providers and urban trauma centers to further treatment care coordination with a focus o…

A. The director of the department of administration shall: 1. Adopt rules and procedures for administering and disbursing monies deposited in the emergency telecommunication services revolving fund, and at least quarterly review and approve requests by political subdivisions of t…

A. The racing investigation fund is established consisting of monies deposited for the projected cost of investigations conducted pursuant to title 5, chapter 1 by persons, partnerships, associations or corporations that hold a permit for a racing meeting under title 5. Monies de…

A. An employee is entitled to a leave of absence for the time specified for the following purposes: 1. Five work days to serve as a bone marrow donor for a bone marrow transplant if the employee provides the employee's employer with written verification that the employee is to se…

On or before October 1 of each year, the director shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting a report on the costs associated with meeting the investment yield restriction requirements for any tax-exempt de…

A. On or before October 1 of each year, the department shall collect from each budget unit and shall submit to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting a report containing the number of full-time equivalent positions and…

A state department or agency may accept gifts and donations from a public entity, a private entity or any person for the conduct of employee recognition programs. Gifts and donations for employee recognition programs are subject to the requirements of title 35, chapter 1, article…

A. Before accepting an offer of employment, an applicant for an information technology position in the department of administration shall submit a full set of fingerprints to the department of administration for the purpose of obtaining a state and federal criminal records check …

A. The director shall adopt rules to provide for the reimbursement of up to one hundred per cent of the cost to state employees of either: 1. Public transportation, vanpool or private bus service to and from their place of employment. 2. Telecommuting connectivity. B. For the pur…

B. The department's online state jobs application portal shall identify those positions that are suitable for applicants who have postsecondary degrees and those positions that are suitable for skilled through alternative routes applicants. C. On or before October 1, 2023, the di…

(Rpld. 7/1/27) A. The erroneous convictions fund is established consisting of monies appropriated to the fund by the legislature. The department of administration shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated and are exempt from the provisions of sec…

A. The department may establish an automation operation center to serve the management and other needs of state government. B. An automation operations fund is established for paying for the costs of any automation operation applications implemented by the department and otherwis…

A. The director shall establish a telecommunications program office within the department to enter into a primary contract with a corporation authorized to do business in this state for the contractor to provide for the installation and maintenance of telecommunication systems an…

A. A telecommunications fund is established for paying costs incurred in operating the telecommunications program office established pursuant to section 41-712. B. The fund consists of: 1. Legislative appropriations. 2. Grants, except for otherwise specifically dedicated grants, …

A. The automation projects fund is established consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature. The department of administration shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation. The director shall establish a separate subaccount for eac…

A. The department shall assist the governor in his duties pertaining to the formulation of the budget, and shall correlate and recommend revision of estimates and requests for appropriations of the budget units. B. The director shall: 1. Make changes or improvements in state acco…

The director of the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting shall: 1. Confer with officials of federal agencies concerning grants-in-aid generally, and particularly in regard to federal-aid programs in progress in this state. 2. On or before September 1 of each year…

A. The Arizona board of regents, the Arizona commerce authority and the legislative and judicial branches of state government shall not be subject to the provisions of this article except as prescribed by law. B. The Arizona board of regents and the judicial branch of state gover…

A. The department shall establish and maintain an official internet website that is electronically searchable by the public at no cost and that contains a comprehensive database of receipts and expenditures of state monies. The database shall include the information as prescribed…

A. Beginning on or before December 1, 2013 and each December 1 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the staff director of the joint legislative budget committee that addresses the cost to …

A. The director or the director's authorized representative shall be the general accountant of this state and keeper of all public account books, vouchers, documents and papers relating to accounts and contracts of the state, and to its revenue, debts and fiscal affairs, not requ…

When it is necessary in the exercise of his powers and duties, the director or his authorized agents may examine the parties and others on oath, touching any material matters, and for that purpose may administer oaths, issue subpoenas and compel witnesses to attend before him and…

All accounts, vouchers, warrants, claims and supporting documents shall be preserved by the department pursuant to section 41-151.14 and copies of these documents shall be given to any person who applies for them and who tenders the fees as prescribed by the director.

A. Except as provided in subsection C, the department shall have access to, and authority to examine, any and all books, accounts, reports, vouchers, correspondence files and other records, bank accounts, money and other property of any state agency, whether created by the consti…

When this state receives any monies that belong to the counties from the federal government from forest reserves the department shall: 1. Determine the amount to pass through to each county according to the forest acreage report for each county. 2. Distribute the monies as direct…

The department shall cause suitable forms to be printed for use of the several county assessors in taking statistics as required by law, and for use of the several county treasurers in making reports to the department. The department shall pay for the printing of such forms.

The director or his authorized representative is authorized to hold membership in, and to maintain membership by payment of dues to, the national organizations of state officials occupying a like office or performing similar functions, and is authorized to attend annual conventio…

If the director or any employee or officer of the department knowingly issues a warrant upon the treasury not authorized by law, he is guilty of a class 6 felony.

If the director or any duly appointed officer or supervisor charged with duties and responsibilities under this article knowingly fails or refuses to perform any duty required of him by law, he is guilty of a class 1 misdemeanor.

A. The Arizona financial information system collections fund is established consisting of monies collected pursuant to subsection C of this section. The department shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation. Monies in the fund are exemp…

In this article and articles 5 and 6 of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Appointing authority" means the person or group of persons authorized by law or delegated authority to make appointments to fill positions. 2. "At will" means an employment relationsh…

A. Beginning September 29, 2012, unless otherwise prescribed in this article: 1. All new hires are at will uncovered employees. 2. Any employee who meets any of the following criteria is an at will uncovered employee: (a) Is employed as an attorney in a position assigned to the a…

A. The director is responsible for the direction and control of personnel administration. B. The director shall: 1. Employ staff as necessary to perform the duties prescribed by this article. 2. Establish those offices as the director determines necessary to maintain an effective…

Any provision of this article that conflicts or is inconsistent with federal rules, regulations or standards governing the grant of federal monies to any agency or department of this state does not apply to the agency or department. The director may vary or waive the terms of the…

A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section or section 41-742, subsection A, an employee under covered service is entitled to continue to be a covered employee as long as the employee remains in covered status without a break in service or as otherwise provided by law. …

A. The director may refuse to consider for employment or remove from consideration for employment any applicant who: 1. Has practiced any deception or fraud in the applicant's application. 2. Has failed to reply within a reasonable time to communications concerning the applicant'…

A. An appointing authority shall comply with the procedures prescribed in this article and the rules adopted by the director for the recruitment, selection, hiring and separation of employees in the state personnel system. The appointing authority shall prescribe the compensation…

A. The director shall adopt procedures for the transfer of accumulated annual leave from one employee to another employee in the same state agency and for transfer of accumulated annual leave from one employee to another state employee in another state agency if the employees are…

A. A state agency head shall report to the director if an employee is placed on administrative leave with pay during the investigation of alleged wrongdoing by the employee when the employee's administrative leave totals eighty consecutive hours and, thereafter, shall report to t…

A. All state agencies shall contribute a pro rata share of the overall cost of personnel administration services provided by the department. The pro rata share shall be payable by payroll fund source, and the resultant amount shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35…

A. The director shall prepare a report on state personnel and the operation of the state personnel system. B. The report shall include: 1. Information concerning all state employees, including employees of all executive, legislative and judicial branch agencies. All state agencie…

A. Except for expressing an opinion or pursuant to section 16-402, an employee shall not engage in any activities permitted by this section while on duty, while in uniform or at public expense. B. An employee shall not: 1. Use any political endorsement in connection with any appo…

A. A person shall not make any false statement, certificate, mark, rating or report with regard to any test, certification or appointment made under this article or in any manner commit any fraud preventing the impartial execution of this article or rules adopted under this artic…

An agency director may require an agency employee to work reduced hours in order to comply with any reduction in appropriations. The director shall prescribe procedures to implement these reductions.

The director shall adopt rules and procedures that are applicable only to employees in covered service. The rules and procedures shall provide for: 1. The continuation of a probationary period for probationary employees. 2. A minimum period of original probationary service follow…

A. The director shall establish reduction in force procedures to be used by all state agencies if reductions are required in covered service by reason of lack of monies or work, abolition of a position, a material change in duty or organization or the introduction of other cost r…