28-6533. Arizona highway user revenue fund; reports

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.

D. A county receiving monies pursuant to section 28-6538 shall publish an annual financial report for the prior fiscal year of funds received from motor vehicle fuel and use fuel taxes. The financial report shall contain budgeted and actual expenditures for the preceding fiscal year and shall be prepared and distributed by December 31 by the county.