1. Presentation to the Arizona League of Cities and Towns
Legislation Round-up
& Military/Veteran Matters
Dr. Joseph V. Cuffari, Policy Advisor
Office of Arizona Governor Doug A. Ducey

2. 2016 Legislation
1314 bills/memos proposed during session (1163/344/324)
117 days
388 passed
374 signed by the Governor
SB 1114 – Appropriations for Veterans’ Home in Flagstaff
SB 1208 – Licensing Reciprocity
SB 1212 – AZNG Peace Officer
SB 1213 – AZNG Rules approval authority
SB 1232 – Purple Heart Special Plate Parking
SB 1233 – Arizona Minority Veterans Memorial
SB 1267 – Postsecondary Academic Credit for Military Service

3. 2016 Legislation
HB 2019 – Military Service purchase for State Employees
HB 2033 – Post-9/11 Veteran Education Relief Fund
HB Vehicle License Exemption for Surviving Spouse
HB 2256 – AZ Tax Exemption for PHS and NOAA
HB 2324 – Game and Fish License for Military Spouse

4. Military & Veterans Active Duty (23,400) Fort Huachuca
Davis-Monthan AFB
Yuma Marine Corps Air Station
Yuma Proving Grounds
Luke AFB
Naval Observatory
AZNG w/ 36 facilities (7,600)
161st Air Refueling Wing
162nd Wing & 214 RG
WAATS
Florence
Camp Navajo
Reserves (7,400) and Veterans (600K)
$9.1B Economic Impact – 96K jobs - $401M in state/local taxes (2007)

5. Arizona Governor Ducey 12 AF/CC and 355 FW/CC
SECAF Deborah Lee James (2x) - Proclamation to General Pleus & welcome General Leonard
SASC and HASC
Council of Governors
Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony
Dept of Ag Regional Conservation Partnership Program - $5.9M to AZ Land & Water Trust for Ft Huachuca/Sierra Vista
DoD Readiness Environmental Protection Integration - $2.6M to AZ Land and Water Trust for Ft Huachuca/Sierra Vista
Association of Defense Communities – Ft Huachuca and Sierra Vista (ADC Defense Community of the Year Award)
Invites to SECArmy, Army COS, & AF COS
Military Community Support Organizations’ Meeting (20 May)
Aerospace Parkway and Sonoran Corridor
AZNG Support to CFC and related events - $274M economic impact (Hosting Final Four in 2017)
SADA, 50s & AZNG visit to MCAS
Vehicle Emissions Testing
75th Anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen (24 March)
CODEL MLAs visit to Ranges (28 Mar – 1 Apr)
Military Affairs Commission (4 April) – Military Installation Fund
State Council on the Education of Military Children (20 Apr)
Formation of the Northern Arizona Military Advocacy Council (19 July)
NORTHCOM/CC – General Lori Robinson’s visit to Southern AZ and Ft. Huachuca (21 July)