H. R. 747

One Hundred Sixth Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,

the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

An Act

To protect the permanent trust funds of the State of Arizona from erosion due

to inflation and modify the basis on which distributions are made from those

funds.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Arizona Statehood and Enabling

Act Amendments of 1999’’.

SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF TRUST FUNDS OF STATE OF ARIZONA.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 28 of the Act of June 20, 1910 (36

Stat. 574; chapter 310), is amended in the first paragraph by

adding at the end the following: ‘‘The trust funds (including all

interest, dividends, other income, and appreciation in the market

value of assets of the funds) shall be prudently invested on a

total rate of return basis. Distributions from the trust funds shall

be made as provided in Article 10, Section 7 of the Constitution

of the State of Arizona.’’.

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— (1) Section 25 of the Act of June 20, 1910 (36 Stat. 573;

chapter 310), is amended in the proviso of the second paragraph

by striking ‘‘the income therefrom only to be used’’ and inserting

‘‘distributions from which shall be made in accordance with

the first paragraph of section 28 and shall be used’’.

(2) Section 27 of the Act of June 20, 1910 (36 Stat. 574;

chapter 310), is amended by striking ‘‘the interest of which

only shall be expended’’ and inserting ‘‘distributions from which

shall be made in accordance with the first paragraph of section

28 and shall be expended’’.

SEC. 3. USE OF MINERS’ HOSPITAL ENDOWMENT FUND FOR ARIZONA

PIONEERS’ HOME.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 28 of the Act of June 20, 1910 (36

Stat. 574; chapter 310), is amended in the second paragraph by

inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that

amounts in the Miners’ Hospital Endowment Fund may be used

for the benefit of the Arizona Pioneers’ Home’’.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)

shall be deemed to have taken effect on June 20, 1910.

SEC. 4. CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION

OF STATE OF ARIZONA.

Congress consents to the amendments to the Constitution of

the State of Arizona proposed by Senate Concurrent Resolution
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1007 of the 43rd Legislature of the State of Arizona, Second Regulator Session, 1998, entitled ‘‘Senate Concurrent Resolution

requesting the Secretary of State to return Senate Concurrent Resolution 1018, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, to the

Legislature and submit the Proposition contained in Sections 3,

4, and 5 of this Resolution of the proposed amendments to Article

IX, Section 7, Article X, Section 7, and Article XI, Section 8, Constitution of Arizona, to the voters; relating to investment of State

monies’’, approved by the voters of the State of Arizona on November

3, 1998.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.