26-306.02. Nuclear emergency management fund; exemption; appropriation reduction
A. The nuclear emergency management fund is established consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature under section 26-306.01. The division shall use the fund for administering and enforcing the state plan for off-site response to an emergency caused by an accident at a commercial nuclear generating station.
B. Monies deposited in the fund are exempt from section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations, except that any monies remaining unexpended and unencumbered at the end of each fiscal year from the distributions made from the fund to the division of emergency management of the department of emergency and military affairs and the Arizona department of agriculture and for disbursements to departments and agencies of Maricopa county revert to the nuclear emergency management fund and shall be used to reduce the assessment and appropriation to the fund for the following fiscal years. The reduction in the appropriation for each applicable agency shall be equal to the amount of monies reverted to the fund by each agency.