A.R.S. § 11-269.12 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 269.12
11-269.12 Food handler training and certificate
Status: in_force

11-269.12. Food handler training and certificate

A. If a county requires food handler training and a certificate for employment in the food service industry, the food handler certificate  training course must meet American society for testing and materials standard E2659-09. The food handler certificate training course must address the following topics:

1. The relationship between time and temperature with respect to foodborne illness, including the relationship between time and temperature and microorganisms during the various food handling preparation and serving states and the type, calibration and use of thermometers in monitoring food temperatures.

2. The relationship between personal hygiene and food safety, including the association of hand contact, personal habits and behaviors and the food handler's health with foodborne illness and the recognition of how policies, procedures and management contribute to improved food safety practices.

3. Methods of preventing food contamination in all stages of food handling, including terms associated with contamination and potential hazards before, during and after delivery.

4. Procedures of cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils.

5. Problems and potential solutions associated with temperature control, preventing cross-contamination, housekeeping and maintenance.

B. A food handler certificate training course may be offered by any means available, including as an online course, computer course or live classroom course, and may be facilitated by a live trainer, remote trainer or a certified food service sanitation manager. A course proctor is not required for administration of the course.

C. The food handler certificate training course must be completed within the time period required by the county and the certificate must be renewed as required by the county.

D. On completion of an accredited food handler certificate training course, the county shall issue any certificate or identification card required by the county to a person who demonstrates successful completion of the course.

E. As required by each county, a county-issued food handler certificate or identification card is valid in any county that requires a food handler certificate or identification card until the person's certificate or identification card expires.

F. A county may not limit the amount of times a person may attempt to complete a food handler certificate training course.

G. If a county government that provides food service has an in-house food service training program, a certificate by that county training program is valid for food service that is provided for that county's facilities or operations.

H. Food handler certificate training courses that are created by the county or approved by the county, or both, before the effective date of this section that do not meet American society for testing and materials standard E2659-09 are considered to be accredited for the purposes of this section.
A.R.S. § 11-123 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 2 / Section 123
11-123 Judgment
Status: in_force

11-123. Judgment

The judgment of the court shall define and designate the true boundary between the two counties, and shall direct that it be marked in such manner as the court deems proper, and the cost of the marking shall be borne by the two counties equally, or in such proportions as the court directs.
A.R.S. § 11-410 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 1 / Section 410
11-410 Use of county resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definitions
Status: in_force

11-410. Use of county resources or employees to influence elections; prohibition; civil penalty; definitions

A. A county shall not spend or use its resources, including the use or expenditure of monies, accounts, credit, facilities, vehicles, postage, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, web pages, personnel, equipment, materials, buildings or any other thing of value, for the purpose of influencing the outcomes of elections. Notwithstanding this section, a county may distribute informational pamphlets on a proposed bond election as provided in section 35-454 if those informational pamphlets present factual information in a neutral manner. Nothing in this section precludes a county from reporting on official actions of the county board of supervisors.

B. The prohibition on the use of public resources to influence the outcome of bond, budget override and other tax-related elections includes the use of county-focused promotional expenditures that occur after an election is called and through election day. This prohibition does not include routine county communications.

C. This section does not prohibit the use of county resources, including facilities and equipment, for government-sponsored forums or debates if the government sponsor remains impartial and the events are purely informational and provide an equal opportunity to all viewpoints. The rental and use of a public facility by a private person or entity that may lawfully attempt to influence the outcome of an election is permitted if it does not occur at the same time and place as a government-sponsored forum or debate.

D. Employees of a county shall not use the authority of their positions to influence the vote or political activities of any subordinate employee.

E. The attorney general or the county attorney of the county in which an alleged violation of this section occurred may initiate a suit in the superior court in the county in which the alleged violation occurred for the purpose of complying with this section.

F. For each violation of this section, the court may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars plus any amount of misused funds subtracted from the county budget against a person who knowingly violates or aids another person in violating this section.  The person determined to be out of compliance with this section is responsible for the payment of all penalties and misused funds.  County funds or insurance payments shall not be used to pay these penalties or misused funds. All misused funds collected pursuant to this section shall be returned to the county whose funds were misused.

G. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as denying the civil and political liberties of any employee as guaranteed by the United States and Arizona Constitutions.

H. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Government-sponsored forum or debate" means any event, or part of an event or meeting, in which the government is an official sponsor, which is open to the public or to invited members of the public, and whose purpose is to inform the public about an issue or proposition that is before the voters.

2. "Influencing the outcomes of elections" means supporting or opposing a candidate for nomination or election to public office or the recall of a public officer or supporting or opposing a ballot measure, question or proposition, including any bond, budget or override election and supporting or opposing the circulation of a petition for the recall of a public officer or a petition for a ballot measure, question or proposition in any manner that is not impartial or neutral.

3. "Misused funds" means county monies or resources used unlawfully as proscribed by this section.

4. "Routine county communications" means messages or advertisements that are germane to the functions of the county and that maintain the frequency, scope and distribution consistent with past practices or are necessary for public safety.
A.R.S. § 11-138 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 138
11-138 Report by political action committees
Status: in_force

11-138. Report by political action committees

A political action committee, as defined in section 16-901, promoting or opposing the formation of new counties under this article shall register with and report to the secretary of state and otherwise comply with the requirements of title 16, chapter 6 regarding the election under section 11-137.
A.R.S. § 11-1006 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 1006
11-1006 Hearing officer; hearing on civil violations; additional remedies
Status: in_force

11-1006. Hearing officer; hearing on civil violations; additional remedies

A. A county board of supervisors that establishes a civil penalty for violating an animal statute or ordinance may appoint one or more hearing officers to hear and determine such cases. The board may appoint a county employee to serve as hearing officer in addition to his other work.

B. The hearing officer shall hold a hearing on each violation reported by the county enforcement agent. Notice of the hearing shall be served personally on the defendant at least ten days before the hearing. The county enforcement agent shall use a uniform traffic ticket and complaint for civil traffic cases pursuant to the rules of procedure in traffic cases adopted by the supreme court, modified as applicable, in citing persons for violations of ordinances adopted with a civil penalty pursuant to section 11-1005, subsection A, paragraph 6, subdivision (b).

C. At the hearing the county enforcement agent shall present evidence of the violation and the defendant, or his attorney or other designated representative, shall have an opportunity to present evidence. The county attorney may represent and present evidence for the county enforcement agent.

D. At the conclusion of the hearing the hearing officer shall determine whether a violation occurred and, if so, impose civil penalties provided for under section 11-1005, subsection A, paragraph 6, subdivision (b). Monies collected for civil penalties shall be deposited in the county general fund. The board of supervisors shall adopt, in the same manner as the animal ordinances, written rules of procedure for the hearings and review of hearings. Final decisions of the hearing officer under this subsection are subject to judicial review under title 12, chapter 7, article 6.

E. In addition to other remedies provided by law, the board of supervisors, the county attorney, the county enforcement agent or a private individual or other entity that is specially damaged by a violation of an animal statute or ordinance may institute an injunction, mandamus, abatement or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent or abate the violation.
A.R.S. § 11-805 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 805
11-805 Comprehensive plan adoption; notice; hearing; amendment; expiration; readoption
Status: in_force

11-805. Comprehensive plan adoption; notice; hearing; amendment; expiration; readoption

A. The board shall adopt a comprehensive plan and subsequently amend or extend the adopted plan as provided by this article.  On adoption or readoption, the plan, or any part of the plan, shall be the official guide for the development of the area of jurisdiction.  Any change, amendment, extension or addition of the comprehensive plan may be made only pursuant to this chapter.

B. The board of supervisors shall:

1. Adopt written procedures to provide effective, early and continuous public participation in the development and major amendment of the comprehensive plan from all geographic, ethnic and economic areas of the county.  The procedures shall provide for:

(a) The broad dissemination of proposals and alternatives.

(b) The opportunity for written comments.

(c) Public hearings after effective notice.

(d) Open discussions, communications programs and information services.

(e) Consideration of public comments.

2. Consult with, advise and provide an opportunity for official comment by public officials and agencies, municipalities, school districts, associations of governments, public land management agencies, the military airport if the county's area of jurisdiction includes territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461, a military installation or range or Arizona national guard site as defined in section 11-818.01, if applicable, other appropriate government jurisdictions, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional and other organizations, property owners and citizens generally to secure the maximum coordination of plans and to indicate properly located sites for all public purposes on the plan.

C. The commission shall confer with the state land department and the governing bodies and planning commissions of cities and towns in the county for the purpose of guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted and harmonious development of the county, of zoning districts, of urban growth and of public improvements and utilities that do not begin and terminate within the boundaries of any single city or town and that will, pursuant to the present and future needs of the county, best promote with efficiency and economy the health, safety, morals, order, convenience or general welfare of the public.

D. The commission shall coordinate the production of the comprehensive plan with the creation of the conceptual state land use plans under title 37, chapter 2, article 5.1. The commission shall cooperate with the state land department regarding integrating the conceptual state land use plans into the comprehensive plan.

E. The commission may formulate and draft the comprehensive plan as a whole, or as separate parts of the plan corresponding with functional divisions of the subject matter, and, subject to the limitations of this chapter, may amend, extend or add to the comprehensive plan.

F. At least sixty days before the comprehensive plan or an element or major amendment of a comprehensive plan is noticed pursuant to subsection G of this section, the commission shall transmit the proposal to the board of supervisors and submit a copy for review and further comment to:

1. Each municipality in the county.

2. Each other county that is contiguous to the county.

3. The regional planning agency in the county.

4. The Arizona commerce authority or any other state agency that is subsequently designated as the general planning agency for this state.

5. The department of water resources for review and comment on the water resources element, if a water resources element is required.

6. If the comprehensive plan or an element or amendment of the comprehensive plan is applicable to territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461, the military airport.

7. If the comprehensive plan or an element or major amendment of the comprehensive plan is applicable to property in the high noise or accident potential zone of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461, the attorney general.  For the purposes of this paragraph, "major amendment" means a substantial alteration of the county's land use mixture or balance as established in the county's existing comprehensive plan land use element for that area of the county.

8. Any person or entity that requests in writing to receive a review copy of the proposal.

G. After considering any recommendations from the review required under subsection F of this section, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing. Notice of the time and place of a hearing and availability of studies and summaries related to the hearing shall be given at least fifteen and not more than thirty calendar days before the hearing by:

1. Publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county seat.

2. Publication at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the area to be affected, or adjacent to the area to be affected, if the area affected is other than the county seat.

3. Such other manner in addition to publication as the county may deem necessary or desirable.

H. After the commission recommends the comprehensive plan or any section of the plan, the plan shall be submitted to the board of supervisors for its consideration and official action.

I. Before the adoption, amendment or extension of the plan, the board shall hold at least one public hearing on the plan. After the board considers the commission's recommendation and any recommendations from the review required under subsection F of this section, the board shall hold at least one public hearing at which residents of the county shall be heard concerning the matters contained in the plan.  At least fifteen days' notice of the hearing shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county seat. The board shall consider protests and objections to the plan and may change or alter any portion of the comprehensive plan.  However, before any change is made, that portion of the plan proposed to be changed shall be re-referred to the commission for its recommendation, which may be accepted or rejected by the board.

J. The board of supervisors may adopt the county comprehensive plan as a whole or by successive actions adopt separate parts of the plan. The adoption or readoption of the comprehensive plan or any amendment to the plan shall be by resolution of the board. The adoption or readoption of, or a major amendment to, the county comprehensive plan shall be approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the board.  All major amendments proposed for adoption to the comprehensive plan by the board shall be presented at a single public hearing during the calendar year the proposal is made.  The adoption or readoption of the comprehensive plan, and any major amendment to the comprehensive plan, shall not be enacted as an emergency measure and is subject to referendum as provided by article IV, part 1, section 1, subsection (8), Constitution of Arizona, and title 19, chapter 1, article 4.  For the purposes of this section, "major amendment" means a substantial alteration of the county's land use mixture or balance as established in the county's existing comprehensive plan land use element for that area of the county.  The county's comprehensive plan shall define the criteria to determine if a proposed amendment to the comprehensive plan effects a substantial alteration of the county's land use mixture or balance as established in the county's existing comprehensive plan land use element for that area of the county.

K. If the county's area of jurisdiction includes property in the high noise or accident potential zone of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461, the board shall send notice of the approval, adoption or readoption of the comprehensive plan or major amendment to the comprehensive plan to the attorney general by certified mail, return receipt requested, within three business days after the approval, adoption or readoption. If the attorney general determines the approval, adoption or readoption of the comprehensive plan or major amendment to the comprehensive plan is not in compliance with section 28-8481, subsection J, the attorney general shall notify the county by certified mail, return receipt requested, of the determination of noncompliance. The board shall receive the notice from the attorney general within twenty-five days after the notice from the board to the attorney general is mailed pursuant to this subsection. The effective date of any approval, adoption or readoption of, or major amendment to, the comprehensive plan shall be thirty days after the board's receipt of the attorney general's determination of noncompliance.  Within thirty days after the receipt of a determination of noncompliance by the attorney general as prescribed by this section, the board shall reconsider any approval, adoption or readoption of, or major amendment to, the comprehensive plan that impacts property in the high noise or accident potential zone of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461.  If the board reaffirms a prior action subject to an attorney general's determination of noncompliance pursuant to this section, the attorney general may institute a civil action pursuant to section 28-8481, subsection L. If the board timely sends notice pursuant to this subsection and the attorney general fails to timely notify the board of a determination of noncompliance, the comprehensive plan or major amendment to the comprehensive plan is deemed to comply with section 28-8481, subsection J. For the purposes of this subsection "major amendment" has the same meaning prescribed in subsection J of this section.

L. If the motion to adopt or readopt the plan or an amendment to the plan fails to pass, the board may reconsider the motion in any manner allowed by the board's rules of procedure, but any subsequent motion for the adoption or readoption of the plan or a major amendment to the plan must be approved by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of the board.  If the board fails to adopt or readopt the plan, the current plan remains in effect until a new plan is adopted.  The board shall either reconsider the proposed plan or consider a revised plan within one year and shall continue to do so until one is adopted. All subsequent considerations of a new or revised plan must comply with the procedures prescribed by this article.

M. A county comprehensive plan, with any amendments, is effective for up to ten years after the date the plan was initially adopted or until the plan is readopted or a new plan is adopted pursuant to this subsection and becomes effective. On or before the tenth anniversary of the plan's most recent adoption, the board shall either readopt the existing plan for an additional term of up to ten years or shall adopt a new comprehensive plan as provided by this article.

N. A person, after having participated in the public hearing pursuant to subsection I of this section, may file a petition for special action in superior court to review the board of supervisor's decision that does not comply with the mandatory requirement prescribed in section 11-804, subsection B, paragraph 1, subdivision (e) within thirty days after the board has rendered its decision.  The court may affirm, reverse or remand to the board of supervisors, in whole or in part, the decision reviewed for further action that is necessary to comply with the mandatory requirements prescribed in section 11-804, subsection B, paragraph 1, subdivision (e).
A.R.S. § 11-115 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 115
11-115 Yavapai county
Status: in_force

11-115. Yavapai county

Yavapai county, the county seat of which is Prescott, is bounded as follows:

Commencing at the point where the thirty-fourth parallel of north latitude, as defined by the Thompson survey of 1924, and the summit of the Mazatzal mountains intersect; thence northerly along the summit of the Mazatzal mountains to the summit of the mountain known as and called "North Peak;" thence due west to the center of the channel of the Verde river; thence northerly along the center of the channel of the Verde river to the center of the channel of the mouth of Fossil creek; thence up Fossil creek along the center of the channel to the east line of range seven east, Gila and Salt River Guide meridian; thence north on such line to the fourth standard parallel north; thence west along such parallel to the east line of range five east; thence north on such line to the north line of township eighteen north; thence west on such line to the Gila and Salt river meridian; thence north on such meridian to the fifth standard parallel north; thence west on such parallel to the east line of range two west; thence north on such line to a point one mile north of the center of the right-of-way of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway as it existed in 1891; thence westerly in a line one mile north and parallel with the center of the right-of-way to the meridian of one hundred thirteen degrees twenty minutes west longitude, as defined by the Mohave-Yavapai county boundary survey of 1908; thence south along the meridian line as surveyed and along the eastern boundaries of Mohave and La Paz counties to the point where such meridian line intersects the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude, as defined by the Thompson survey of 1924, being the northwest corner of Maricopa county; thence east on the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude, as defined, and along the northern boundary of Maricopa county to the point where the Hassayampa river intersects such parallel; thence southeasterly in a direct line following the Thompson survey of 1924 to a point in the Agua Fria river two miles southerly and below the mouth of Humbug creek; thence northerly up the Agua Fria river to a point two miles southerly and below the place where the residence of J. W. Swilling stood on January 31, 1877; thence easterly in a direct line, following the Thompson survey of 1924, to the point where the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude, as defined by such survey, intersects the Verde river; thence east on the thirty-fourth parallel north latitude, as surveyed, to the summit of the Mazatzal mountains, the point of beginning.
A.R.S. § 11-356 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 10 / Section 356
11-356 Dismissal, suspension or reduction in rank of employees; appeals; hearings
Status: in_force

11-356. Dismissal, suspension or reduction in rank of employees; appeals; hearings

A. Any officer or employee in the classified civil service may be dismissed, suspended or reduced in rank or compensation by the appointing authority after appointment or promotion is complete only by written order, stating specifically the reasons for the action. The order shall be filed in the officer's or employee's official county personnel record and a copy shall be furnished to the person to be dismissed, suspended or reduced.

B. Within ten calendar days after the order is presented to the officer or employee, the officer or employee may appeal the order through the clerk of the commission.  On the filing of the appeal, the clerk of the commission shall immediately transmit the order and appeal to the commission for a hearing.

C. Within twenty calendar days after receiving the order and appeal, the commission shall set a date for a hearing of the appeal.  The appellant may appear personally, produce evidence and have counsel.

D. The commission may appoint a hearing officer to conduct the hearing and take evidence on behalf of the commission.  If a hearing officer is appointed to conduct the hearing, on conclusion of the hearing the hearing officer shall submit proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and a recommendation to the commission.

E. Any appeal of a dismissal, suspension or reduction in rank in which a single hearing officer has been appointed by the commission to conduct the appeal hearing shall be open to the public unless the hearing officer determines that good cause exists to close the hearing.

F. In any appeal of a dismissal, suspension or reduction in rank in which a single hearing officer has been appointed to conduct the appeal hearing, the officer or employee or the employer may request a change of hearing officer.  On the first request of a party, the commission shall grant the request.  The commission may grant all other requests only on a showing that a fair and impartial hearing cannot be obtained due to the prejudice of the assigned hearing officer.  The chairperson of the commission shall decide whether a sufficient showing of prejudice has been made.

G. Following the hearing, or if a hearing officer has been appointed, following receipt of the hearing officer's proposed findings of fact, conclusions of law and recommendation, the commission shall either affirm, modify or revoke the order.

H. The findings and decision of the commission shall be final and shall be subject to administrative review as provided in title 12, chapter 7, article 6.

I. This section does not apply to furloughs of classified employees if the furloughs are undertaken to address budget shortfalls or structural imbalance.
A.R.S. § 11-392 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 15 / Section 392
11-392 Coordinated reentry planning services programs; cross-system recidivism tracking database; planning committee; annual report
Status: in_force

11-392. Coordinated reentry planning services programs; cross-system recidivism tracking database; planning committee; annual report

A. A county may establish a coordinated reentry planning services program within a county jail for the purpose of screening and assessing persons who are booked into a county jail and connecting those persons with behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment providers at the earliest possible stage in the criminal justice process.

B. Subject to available monies, a coordinated reentry planning services program must:

1. Allow entities to access and use a cross-system recidivism tracking database that incorporates data obtained from prearrest diversion programs, reentry screenings that occur during the booking process, reentry planning that occurs before and during release and postrelease treatment engagement.

2. Allow entities to work in conjunction with counties, cities, towns and other political subdivisions of this state and with superior courts to establish an information exchange mechanism that includes reentry planning efforts.

3. Allow county and community-wide collaborative efforts to be established and maintained for jail reentry planning services that include treatment, peer support, housing, transportation and employment services and all branches of the criminal justice and court systems by developing a new coalition or extending an existing coalition.

4. Establish working agreements with coalition partners in which treatment providers use the cross-system recidivism tracking database to record postrelease treatment engagement.

5. Use the cross-system recidivism tracking database to record baseline and ongoing statistics for identified needs, referrals and future recidivism of reentry coordination participants.

C. A county that establishes a coordinated reentry planning services program shall establish a planning committee to develop the program's policies and procedures, including eligibility criteria and program implementation and operation.  At a minimum the planning committee shall consist of the following persons:

1. Representatives of the law enforcement agencies participating in the program.

2. A representative of the program services provider.

3. A public defender or the public defender's designee.

4. A prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's designee.

5. A presiding superior court judge or the superior court judge's designee.

6. A clerk of the court or the clerk's designee.

7. Other stakeholders.

D. On or before December 1, 2027 and each year thereafter, a county that receives monies to establish or maintain a coordinated reentry planning services program shall report to the governor, the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the joint legislative budget committee all of the following:

1. For all persons who complete screening:

(a) The percentage with low, moderate and high mental health risks.

(b) The percentage with low, moderate and high substance use disorder risks.

(c) The percentage with other presenting risk factors, including:

(i) No primary care provider.

(ii) No employment.

(iii) No insurance.

(iv) No access to transportation.

(v) Physical health concerns.

(vi) No home.

(vii) Veteran status.

2. Incidence of recidivism, including:

(a) Overall population recidivism rates.

(b) Recidivism rates by mental health and substance use risk factors.

(c) Recidivism rates by other risk factors.

3. The percentage of released individuals who are connected and diverted to services, including behavioral health and housing services.
A.R.S. § 11-810.01 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 810.01
11-810.01 Accessory dwelling units; regulation; applicability; definitions
Status: in_force

11-810.01. Accessory dwelling units; regulation; applicability; definitions

A. A county shall adopt regulations that allow both of the following on any lot or parcel where a single-family dwelling is allowed:

1. At least one attached and one detached accessory dwelling unit as a permitted use.

2. A minimum of one additional detached accessory dwelling unit as a permitted use on a lot or parcel that is one acre or more in size. The county may require at least one accessory dwelling unit on the lot or parcel to be a restricted-affordable dwelling unit.

B. A county shall allow each accessory dwelling unit developed pursuant to this section to be at least seventy-five percent of the gross floor area of the single-family dwelling on the same lot or parcel or one thousand square feet, whichever is less. This subsection does not prohibit a county from allowing an accessory dwelling unit that is larger than the size of an accessory dwelling unit that is allowed pursuant to this subsection.

C. A county may not do any of the following:

1. Prohibit the use or advertisement of either the single-family dwelling or any accessory dwelling unit located on the same lot or parcel as separately leased long-term rental housing.

2. Require a familial, marital, employment or other preexisting relationship between the owner or occupant of a single-family dwelling and the occupant of an accessory dwelling unit located on the same lot or parcel.

3. Require that a lot or parcel have additional parking to accommodate an accessory dwelling unit or require payment of fees instead of additional parking.

4. Require that an accessory dwelling unit match the exterior design, roof pitch or finishing materials of the single-family dwelling that is located on the same lot as the accessory dwelling unit.

5. Set restrictions for accessory dwelling units that are more restrictive than those for single-family dwellings within the same zoning area with regard to height, setbacks, lot size or coverage or building frontage.

6. Set rear or side setbacks for accessory dwelling units that are more than five feet from the property line.

7. Require improvements to public streets as a condition of allowing an accessory dwelling unit, except as necessary to reconstruct or repair a public street that is disturbed as a result of the construction of the accessory dwelling unit.

8. Except as provided in subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, require a restrictive covenant concerning an accessory dwelling unit on a lot or parcel zoned for residential use by a single-family dwelling.

D. This section does not prohibit restrictive covenants or shared well agreements as provided by state law concerning accessory dwelling units entered into between private parties. The county may not condition a permit or license or the use of an accessory dwelling unit on adopting or implementing a restrictive covenant between private parties.

E. This section does not supersede applicable building codes, fire codes, sensitive environmental area regulations, wildfire prevention regulations, emergency vehicle access regulations, drainage and flood control regulations or public health and safety regulations, except that a county may not require an accessory dwelling unit to comply with a commercial building code or contain a fire sprinkler.

F. An accessory dwelling unit may not be built on top of a current or planned public utility easement unless the property owner receives written consent from any utility that is currently using the public utility easement or that may use the public utility easement in the future.

G. If a county fails to adopt development regulations as required by this section on or before January 1, 2026, accessory dwelling units shall be allowed on all lots or parcels zoned for residential use in the county without limits.

H. This section does not apply to lots or parcels that are located on:

1. Tribal land.

2. Land that is in the territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility or property that is in a high noise or accident potential zone as defined in section 28-8461.

3. Land that is in the territory in the vicinity of a federal aviation administration commercially licensed airport or a general aviation airport or land that is in the territory in the vicinity of a public airport as defined in section 28-8486 and that has a noise level of greater than sixty-five decibels.

I. If a new accessory dwelling unit will not be connected to a sewer system or if the sewer system lacks capacity to serve the new accessory dwelling unit, a county may require that any septic system that will be used to serve the accessory dwelling unit be adequately sized before the construction of the accessory dwelling unit.

J. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Accessory dwelling unit" means a self-contained living unit that is on the same lot or parcel as a single-family dwelling of greater square footage than the accessory dwelling unit, that includes its own sleeping and sanitation facilities and that may include its own kitchen facilities.

2. "Gross floor area" means the interior habitable area of a single-family dwelling or an accessory dwelling unit.

3. "Long-term rental" means rental use in which the tenant holds a lease of ninety days or longer or on a month-by-month basis.

4. "Permitted use" means the ability for a development to be approved without requiring a public hearing, variance, conditional use permit, special permit or special exception, other than a discretionary zoning action to determine that a site plan conforms with applicable zoning regulations.

5. "Restricted-affordable dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit that, either through a deed restriction or a development agreement with the county, is rented to households earning up to eighty percent of the area median income.
A.R.S. § 11-1131 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 8 / Article 2 / Section 1131
11-1131 Definitions
Status: in_force

11-1131. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Department" means the department of revenue.

2. "Value" means:

(a) In any case other than a gift, the amount of the full actual consideration that is paid or to be paid, including the amount of any lien or liens.

(b) In the case of a gift or a contract or deed with nominal consideration or without stated consideration, the estimated price the property would bring in an open market and under the prevailing market conditions in a sale between a willing seller and a willing buyer, both of whom are conversant with the property and with prevailing general price levels.
A.R.S. § 11-1613 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1613
11-1613 Licensing; permitting; free speech or assembly; land use; density; time frames; criteria; clarity
Status: in_force

11-1613. Licensing; permitting; free speech or assembly; land use; density; time frames; criteria; clarity

A. Notwithstanding any other law, if a county requires a license or permit for any free speech or assembly activity or any activity that changes the use, appearance or density of a structure or land, the county shall specify in clear and unambiguous language the criteria for granting the license or permit, unless criteria are established by existing state or federal law.

B. A county shall approve or deny application submittals for the activities prescribed in subsection A of this section within sixty days after a submittal is deemed administratively complete pursuant to section 11-1605 unless another time frame is specified by a county ordinance or state or federal law. If the county does not take action on a submittal within the applicable time frame, the submittal is deemed approved, unless the submittal is incomplete, the county provides notice pursuant to section 11-1605 and the applicant fails to complete the submittal.

C. In a court proceeding involving a denial of a license or permit for any of the activities prescribed in subsection A of this section, the court, without deference to a previous determination made by the county, shall determine whether the approval criteria language is clear and unambiguous.
A.R.S. § 11-291 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 7 / Section 291
11-291 Hospitalization and medical care of the sick
Status: in_force

11-291. Hospitalization and medical care of the sick

A. Except as provided in sections 11-293 and 36-183.01 and title 36, chapter 29, the board of supervisors may provide for the hospitalization and medical care of the sick in the county and, to the extent that such expenses are not covered by a third party payor, to persons under the supervision of a county corrections agency. For the purposes of this subsection, third party payor does not include the Arizona health care cost containment system or the Arizona long-term care system and hospitalization and medical care does not include long-term care.

B. The board may employ physicians and other persons necessary to accomplish the purpose of this section.

C. In carrying out the powers and duties prescribed by section 11-251, paragraph 5 and subsection A of this section and for health care education purposes, the board may contract with any qualified person or entity to provide all or a part of the services. Such contracts may be for a term of not more than ten years.

D. The board may enter into contracts for the operation of a county health care system for a term of not more than five years pursuant to procedures adopted by the board. The procedures shall require the exercise of sound business judgment and efforts to obtain contracts that are the most advantageous to the county.

E. The county is entitled to a lien for the charges for any services provided by the hospital or medical care and treatment of an injured person or the provision of long-term care services for which it is responsible pursuant to subsection A of this section or section 11-293, on any and all claims of liability or indemnity for damages accruing to the person to whom hospital or medical service is rendered, or to the legal representative of such person, on account of injuries giving rise to such claims and that necessitated the hospital or medical care and treatment. Recovery of charges pursuant to this subsection shall be in a manner as nearly as possible the same as the procedures prescribed in section 36-2915.

F. A person who receives services pursuant to this article to that extent only shall assign to the county by operation of law that person's rights to all types of medical benefits to which the person is entitled, including first party medical benefits under automobile insurance policies. The county has a right to subrogation against any other person or firm to enforce the assignment of medical benefits. The requirements of this subsection control over the provisions of any insurance policy that provides benefits to a person if the policy is inconsistent with this subsection.
A.R.S. § 11-1921 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 1921
11-1921 Subscriber complaints
Status: in_force

11-1921. Subscriber complaints

A. A subscriber may submit complaints about video service to any of the following:

1. The county where the subscriber resides.

2. The attorney general.

3. The federal communications commission.

4. Other authorities as provided by law.

B. A county may choose to monitor and assist subscribers with the subscriber service standards pursuant to 47 Code of Federal Regulations section 76.309(c) or to be identified on bills to subscribers as the local franchise authority for a service area consistent with rules of the federal communications commission.
A.R.S. § 11-812 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 812
11-812 Restriction on regulation; exceptions; aggregate mining regulation; definitions
Status: in_force

11-812. Restriction on regulation; exceptions; aggregate mining regulation; definitions

A. Nothing contained in any ordinance authorized by this chapter shall:

1. Affect existing uses of property or the right to its continued use or the reasonable repair or alteration of the property for the purpose for which used at the time the ordinance affecting the property takes effect.

2. Prevent, restrict or otherwise regulate the use or occupation of land or improvements for railroad, mining, metallurgical, grazing or general agricultural purposes, if the tract concerned is five or more contiguous commercial acres.  For the purposes of this paragraph:

(a) "General agricultural purposes" includes agritourism as defined in section 3-111, but does not include any of the following:

(i) Food establishments under the authority of the department of health services pursuant to section 36-136, subsection I that are associated with an agritourism business.

(ii) Rodeo events that are open to the general public and that sell tickets for admission.  For the purposes of this item, rodeo events do not include generally accepted agricultural practices associated with livestock and equine operations.

(iii) The cultivation of cannabis as defined in section 13-3401 or marijuana as defined in section 13-3401 or 36-2801.

(b) "Mining" has the same meaning prescribed in section 27-301.

3. Prevent, restrict or otherwise regulate the use or occupation of land or improvements for agricultural composting, if the tract is five or more contiguous commercial acres.  An agricultural composting operation shall notify in writing the board of supervisors and the nearest fire department of the location of the composting operation.  If the nearest fire department is located in a city, town or fire district where the agricultural composting is not located, the agricultural composting operation shall also notify in writing the fire district in which the operation is located. Agricultural composting is subject to sections 3-112 and 49-141. For the purposes of this paragraph, "agricultural composting" has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-462.01, subsection G.

4. Prevent, restrict or otherwise regulate the otherwise lawful discharge of a firearm or air gun or use of archery equipment on a private lot or parcel of land that is not open to the public on a commercial or membership basis.

B. A nonconforming business use within a district may expand if the expansion does not exceed one hundred per cent of the area of the original business.

C. For the purposes of subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, mining does not include aggregate mining operations in an aggregate mining operations zoning district established pursuant to this section.  The board of supervisors of any county with a population of more than two million persons shall designate and establish the boundaries of an aggregate mining operations zoning district on the petition of at least one hundred persons who reside within one-half mile of an existing aggregate mining operation.  In addition, the board of supervisors of any county may establish, in its discretion and on the board's initiative, one or more aggregate mining operations zoning districts. Aggregate mining operations zoning districts may only be located in areas that are inventoried and mapped as areas of known reserves or in areas with existing aggregate mining operations.  Subject to subsections E and F of this section, a county and the state mine inspector may jointly adopt, as internal administrative regulations, reasonable aggregate mining operations zoning district standards limited to permitted uses, procedures for approval of property development plans and site development standards for dust control, height regulations, setbacks, days and hours of operation, off-street parking, screening, noise, vibration and air pollution control, signs, roadway access lanes, arterial highway protection and property reclamation for which aggregate mining operations are not otherwise subject to federal, state or local regulation or a governmental contractual obligation. Regulations jointly adopted pursuant to this subsection by the county and the state mine inspector shall not prohibit the activities included in the definition of mine pursuant to section 27-301, paragraph 8 or duplicate, conflict with or be more stringent than applicable federal, state or local laws.

D. The board of supervisors of any county that establishes an aggregate mining operations zoning district shall appoint an aggregate mining operations recommendation committee for the district. The committee consists of not more than seven operators, or representatives of operators, of active aggregate mining operations in any district within the county and an equal number of private citizens, who are not operators, who are not employed by operators and who do not represent operators, residing within three miles of the boundaries of aggregate mining operations or a proposed aggregate mining operation in the district for which the committee is established.  The initial members appointed to the committee shall be deemed the primary members, and the board of supervisors shall appoint not more than five alternate members who represent operators and shall appoint not more than five alternate members who are private citizens.  Alternate members may serve at meetings of the committee when a primary member is unable to attend. An aggregate mining operator may serve on more than one committee in the same county.  The board of supervisors shall determine the length of terms of members of the committee and shall stagger the initial appointments so that not all members' terms expire at the same time.  Members of the committee who no longer qualify for membership as provided by this subsection are subject to removal and replacement by the board of supervisors. The committee shall elect a member who is an aggregate mining operator to serve as chairperson for the first year in which the committee is created. For each year thereafter, the chairperson shall be elected by the members of the committee with a member who is a private citizen and a member who is an aggregate mining operator serving as chairperson in alternate years.  The committee is subject to the open meeting requirements of title 38, chapter 3, article 3.1.

E. Within ninety days after an aggregate mining operations recommendation committee is established, the committee shall notify all existing aggregate mining operators in the district of the application of this section and title 27, chapter 3, article 6 to the aggregate mining operation.  In addition, the committee shall:

1. By a majority vote of all members make recommendations to the board of supervisors for aggregate mining zoning districts and administrative regulations as provided in this section.  The board of supervisors may adopt or reject the recommendations but may not make any modifications to the recommendations unless the modification is approved by a majority of the members of the recommendation committee.

2. Serve as a forum for mediation of disputes between members of the public and aggregate mining owners or operators.  If the committee is unable to resolve a dispute, the committee shall transmit the matter to the state mine inspector, with written findings and recommendations, for further action.

3. Hear written complaints filed with the state mine inspector regarding alleged material deviations from approved community notices for aggregate mining operations and make written recommendations to the state mine inspector pursuant to section 27-446.

F. Any administrative regulations adopted by a board of supervisors pursuant to this section are not effective until the regulations are approved by the state mine inspector.  The inspector may disapprove the administrative regulations adopted by the board of supervisors only if they duplicate, conflict with or are more stringent than applicable federal, state or local laws, rules or regulations. If the inspector disapproves the administrative regulations, the inspector must provide written reasons for the disapproval. The inspector shall not make any modification to the administrative regulations as adopted by the board of supervisors unless the modification is approved by a majority of the members of the board of supervisors.

G. A person or entity is subject to this chapter if the use or occupation of land or improvements by the person or entity consists of or includes changing, remanufacturing or treating human sewage or sludge for distribution or resale.  These activities are not exempt from this chapter under subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section.

H. A county shall not require as a condition for a permit or for any approval, or otherwise cause, an owner or possessor of property to waive the right to continue an existing nonconforming outdoor advertising use or structure without acquiring the use or structure by purchase or condemnation and paying just compensation unless the county, at its option, allows the use or structure to be relocated to a comparable site in the county with the same or a similar zoning classification, or to another site in the county acceptable to both the county and the owner of the use or structure, and the use or structure is relocated to the other site.  The county shall pay for relocating the outdoor advertising use or structure including the cost of removing and constructing the new use or structure that is at least the same size and height. This subsection does not apply to county rezoning of property at the request of the property owner to a more intensive zoning district.

I. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Aggregate" has the same meaning prescribed in section 27-441.

2. "Aggregate mining" has the same meaning prescribed in section 27-441.

3. "Aggregate mining operation" means property that is owned, operated or managed by the same person for aggregate mining.

4. "Operators" means persons who are actively engaged in aggregate mining operations within the zoning district or proposed zoning district and who have given notice to the state mine inspector pursuant to section 27-303.
A.R.S. § 11-443 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 443
11-443 Vacancy in office
Status: in_force

11-443. Vacancy in office

When a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff the chief deputy shall execute the office until the vacancy is filled.
A.R.S. § 11-1913 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 14 / Article 2 / Section 1913
11-1913 Incumbent cable operator; procedure to continue operating under local license
Status: in_force

11-1913. Incumbent cable operator; procedure to continue operating under local license

A. If an incumbent cable operator does not timely elect to terminate a local license for a service area pursuant to section 11-1912, subsection B, the person shall continue to operate the cable system as a holdover cable operator within the service area defined in the local license and shall comply with the local license for as long as it remains in effect for the service area. The local license is not effective for the service area from and after the date the local license expires by its terms.  The county may not unilaterally renew or extend the term of the local license for the service area.  The county and the holdover cable operator shall comply with all of the following, which shall continue to apply to the local license:

1. Title 9, chapter 5, article 1.1.

2. Section 9-584.

3. Title 9, chapter 5, article 8.

4. Chapter 13, article 1 of this title.

B. To operate within a service area from and after the date the local license expires, the holdover cable operator must apply for and obtain a uniform video service license in the same manner as any other video service provider.

C. If a holdover cable operator is issued a uniform video service license with a service area that includes the service area defined under the local license while operating pursuant to the local license under subsection A of this section, the uniform video service license does not become effective until the local license expires.

D. A holdover cable operator that elects to apply for a uniform video service license shall do so at least one month before the local license expires.
A.R.S. § 11-597.02 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 12 / Section 597.02
11-597.02 Autopsy photographs, digital images, x-rays and video recordings; in camera review; exceptions; procedures; immunity
Status: in_force

11-597.02. Autopsy photographs, digital images, x-rays and video recordings; in camera review; exceptions; procedures; immunity

A. Notwithstanding title 39, chapter 1, photographs, digital images, x-rays and video recordings of human remains that are created by a medical examiner, alternate medical examiner or their employees or agents during a death investigation that is conducted pursuant to this chapter may not be disclosed by a medical examiner, alternate medical examiner or their employees or agents unless a judge of the superior court grants disclosure of all or part of the materials after reviewing the materials in camera.  The judge of the superior court shall balance the interests under the public records laws of this state to determine whether to order disclosure of all or part of the materials.  A person that seeks disclosure of the materials described in this section may file a petition in the superior court of the county in which the death investigation occurred for an in camera review of the materials.

B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A of this section, the following persons may examine and obtain the materials described in subsection A of this section:

1. The county attorney, attorney general or other law enforcement agency having jurisdiction, as necessary for the performance of their duties.

2. The surviving spouse, child, parent, legal guardian, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the decedent or their legal representative or designated agent.

3. A personal representative of the decedent's estate or a person designated by the decedent before death.

4. Federal, state or local governmental authorities, including public health officers, as necessary for the performance of their duties.

5. The attending physician or nurse practitioner.

6. A medical or scientific body or university or other educational institution for educational or research purposes, provided that the materials used do not reveal the decedent's identity.

7. An attorney for a defendant or petitioner in any criminal or postconviction proceeding for purposes of assisting representation in that proceeding.

C. Nothing in this section shall affect the conduct of trials or the discovery process as provided by law or court rule.

D. The medical examiner or alternate medical examiner may prescribe procedures for the issuance of materials pursuant to subsection B of this section, including reproduction fees.

E. A cause of action may not arise against the county medical examiner, alternate medical examiner or their employees or agents, or the county for lawfully disclosing a death investigation photograph, digital image, x-ray or video recording pursuant to this section.
A.R.S. § 11-594 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 12 / Section 594
11-594 Powers and duties of county medical examiner
Status: in_force

11-594. Powers and duties of county medical examiner

A. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall direct a death investigation and, on a determination that the circumstances of the death provide jurisdiction pursuant to section 11-593, subsection B, shall:

1. Take charge of the dead body.

2. Determine if an autopsy is required.

3. Certify to the cause and manner of death following completion of the death investigation, reduce the findings to writing and promptly make a full report on forms prescribed for that purpose.

4. Have subpoena authority for all documents, records and papers deemed useful in the death investigation.

5. Execute a death certificate provided by the state registrar of vital statistics indicating the cause and the manner of death for those bodies for which a death investigation has been conducted and jurisdiction is assumed.

6. Give approval for cremation or alkaline hydrolysis of a dead body after a death investigation and record the approval on the death certificate.

7. Notify the county attorney or other law enforcement authority when death is found to be from nonnatural causes.

8. Carry out the duties specified under section 28-668.

9. Carry out the duties specified under title 36, chapter 7, article 3.

10. Provide a blood sample from a deceased person for the purpose of communicable disease testing pursuant to sections 13-1210 and 36-670 if the blood is available and the collection or release will not interfere with a medical examination, autopsy or certification of death.

11. Observe all policies adopted by the board of supervisors regarding conflicts of interest and disclosure of noncounty employment.

B. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner may:

1. Assign to a medical death investigator or other qualified personnel all aspects of a death investigation except performing autopsies.

2. Authorize forensic pathologists to perform examinations and autopsies. The medical examiner or alternate medical examiner may authorize medical students or residents and fellows in pathology training to perform autopsies under the supervision of a licensed physician who is board certified in forensic pathology, pursuant to procedures adopted by the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner. Authorization and the amount to be paid by the county for pathology services are subject to approval of the board of supervisors.

3. Authorize pathologist assistants to assist with performing autopsies under the direct supervision of a licensed physician who is board certified in forensic pathology, pursuant to procedures adopted by the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner.  A pathologist assistant may not certify a cause of death or independently perform an autopsy.

4. Delegate any power, duty or function, whether ministerial or discretionary, vested by this chapter in the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner to a person meeting the qualifications prescribed in this chapter who is employed by or who has contracted with the county to provide death investigation services. The medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall be responsible for the official acts of the person designated pursuant to this section and shall act under the name and authority of the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner.

5. Authorize the taking of organs and tissues as they prove to be usable for transplants, other treatment, therapy, education or research if all of the requirements of title 36, chapter 7, article 3 are met. The medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall give this authorization within a time period that allows a medically viable donation.

6. Authorize licensed physicians, surgeons or trained technicians to remove parts of bodies provided they follow an established protocol approved by the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner.

7. Limit the removal of organs or tissues for transplants or other therapy or treatment if, based on a review of available medical and investigative information within a time that allows a medically viable donation, the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner makes an initial determination that their removal would interfere with a medical examination, autopsy or certification of death. Before making a final decision to limit the removal of organs, the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall consult with the organ procurement organization. After the consultation and when the organ procurement organization provides information that the organ procurement organization reasonably believes could alter the initial decision and at the request of the organ procurement organization, the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall conduct a physical examination of the body. If the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner limits the removal of organs, the medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall maintain documentation of this decision and shall make the documentation available to the organ procurement organization.

C. A county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner shall not be held civilly or criminally liable for any acts performed in good faith pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 10 and subsection B, paragraphs 5, 6 and 7 of this section.

D. If a dispute arises over the findings of the medical examiner's report, the medical examiner, on an order of the superior court, shall make available all evidence and documentation to a court-designated licensed forensic pathologist for review, and the results of the review shall be reported to the superior court in the county issuing the order.

E. For providing external examinations and autopsies pursuant to this section, the medical examiner may charge a fee established by the board of supervisors pursuant to section 11-251.08.

F. The county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner is entitled to all medical records and related records of a person for whom the medical examiner is required to certify cause of death.
A.R.S. § 11-263 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 263
11-263 Authorization to procure insurance for county employees and dependents; expenditure of public funds; employee payments; retired county employees; group health and accident coverage
Status: in_force

11-263. Authorization to procure insurance for county employees and dependents; expenditure of public funds; employee payments; retired county employees; group health and accident coverage

A. The board of supervisors may adopt a system of insurance for the benefit of county elected officials and employees. The board may procure health, life, accident and disability insurance for the benefit of these elected officials and employees from any insurer licensed to do business in this state and pay the whole or any part of the premiums on the insurance from public funds. Public funds shall not be spent for life insurance in excess of fifty thousand dollars or the amount of the salary annually paid to the elected official or employee, whichever is more. The board may procure health and accident coverage for the dependents of the elected officials and employees and pay all or any part of the premium on the insurance from public funds. The board may deduct from the compensation of the employees and elected officials, and apply to the payment of the premiums, that part of the premiums determined by the board to be payable by the employees and elected officials.  The deductions shall be made only from those employees and elected officials who have voluntarily agreed in writing to participate in the program.

B. The board of supervisors may enter into agreements to establish group health and accident coverage for former county employees who are retired and receiving income from a retirement program of this state and their dependents.  The agreements may provide that all or any portion of the former employees or their dependents may be grouped with officers and employees of the county or their dependents as necessary to obtain health and accident coverage at favorable rates.

C. The Arizona state retirement system board may enter into agreements with retired county employees who elect to obtain the coverage provided in subsection B.  The agreements may include provision for the deduction from the retirement benefits of participants of a retirement program of this state who elect to obtain the coverage of amounts sufficient to pay for the premium and administrative expense of providing the coverage.

D.  Public funds of this state shall not be expended to pay all or any part of the premium of insurance pursuant to subsection B, except that a county may expend its public funds to pay all or any part of the premium of insurance pursuant to subsection B.
A.R.S. § 11-965 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 965
11-965 Expenses incidental to transfer of property
Status: in_force

11-965. Expenses incidental to transfer of property

A. In addition to the payments authorized by sections 11-963 and 11-964, the acquiring agency as a part of the cost of the project, after the date of payment of the purchase price or the date of deposit in court of funds to satisfy the award or compensation in a condemnation proceeding to acquire real property, whichever is the earlier, shall reimburse the owner to the extent it deems fair and reasonable for expenses he necessarily incurred for:

1. Recording fees, transfer taxes and similar expenses incidental to conveying such real property.

2. Penalty costs for prepayment of any preexisting recorded mortgage entered into in good faith encumbering such real property.

B. In addition to the reimbursements authorized by subsection A of this section, the acquiring agency shall reimburse the owner for paid real property taxes in excess of the owner's pro rata portion allocable to a period subsequent to the date of vesting of title in the acquiring agency or the effective date of the possession of such real property by the acquiring agency, whichever is earlier.
A.R.S. § 11-587 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 11 / Section 587
11-587 Withdrawal of public defender
Status: in_force

11-587. Withdrawal of public defender

The public defender shall petition the court to withdraw as attorney of record, and the court may grant such petition, whenever private counsel is employed either by the defendant or by any other person to represent such defendant and such private counsel is accepted by the defendant.
A.R.S. § 11-624 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 2 / Section 624
11-624 Audit of nonprofit corporations receiving county monies; definition
Status: in_force

11-624. Audit of nonprofit corporations receiving county monies; definition

A. All county contracts with nonprofit corporations for assistance shall include requirements concerning financial and compliance audits.

B. Each nonprofit corporation that receives in excess of one hundred thousand dollars in county assistance in any fiscal year shall file for each such fiscal year at the corporation's expense with the board of supervisors either audited financial statements prepared in accordance with federal single audit regulations or financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and audited by an independent certified public accountant.

C. Each nonprofit corporation receiving fifty thousand dollars to one hundred thousand dollars in county assistance in any fiscal year shall file biennially at the corporation's expense with the board of supervisors either an audited annual financial statement for the most recently completed even-numbered year prepared in accordance with federal single audit regulations or a financial statement for the most recently completed even-numbered year prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles audited by an independent certified public accountant.

D. Each nonprofit corporation receiving less than fifty thousand dollars in county assistance in any fiscal year shall comply with contract requirements concerning financial and compliance audits contained in contract agreements governing such programs.

E. For the purposes of this section, "nonprofit corporation" means a corporation as defined in section 10-3140.
A.R.S. § 11-811 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 811
11-811 Zoning ordinance; zoning districts; definitions
Status: in_force

11-811. Zoning ordinance; zoning districts; definitions

A. Pursuant to this article, the board of supervisors may adopt a zoning ordinance in order to conserve and promote the public health, safety, convenience and general welfare. The zoning ordinance and all rezonings and zoning regulations amendments adopted under this article shall be consistent with and conform to the adopted comprehensive plan.  In addition to the other matters that are required or authorized under this section and article 1 of this chapter, the zoning ordinance:

1. Shall show the zoning districts designated as appropriate for various classes of residential, business and industrial uses and shall provide for the establishment of setback lines and other plans providing for adequate light, air and parking facilities and for expediting traffic within the districts.

2. May establish the percentage of a lot or parcel that may be covered by buildings and the size of yards, courts and other open spaces.

3. Shall consider access to incident solar energy.

4. May provide for retirement community zoning districts.

5. May provide for the regulation and use of business licenses, adult oriented business manager permits and adult service provider permits in conjunction with the establishment or operation of adult oriented businesses and facilities, including adult arcades, adult bookstores or video stores, cabarets, adult live entertainment establishments, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters, massage establishments and nude model studios.  With respect to cabarets, the ordinance shall not conflict with specific statutory or valid regulatory requirements applicable to persons licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages, but the ordinance may include regulation of the age and conduct of erotic entertainers in a manner at least as restrictive as rules adopted under title 4.  Notwithstanding section 11-812, a county in regulating or licensing businesses and facilities pursuant to this paragraph may impose reasonable operating requirements that affect the existing uses of businesses and facilities.

6. Shall designate and zone appropriate areas of reasonable size in which there may be established with reasonable permanency canneries, fertilizer plants, refineries, commercial feedlots, meat packing plants, tallow works and other like businesses. A dairy operation, including areas designated for the raising of replacement heifers or bulls owned by the same dairy operation, is not subject to this paragraph, and is a general agricultural purpose under subsection D, paragraph 2 of this section and section 11-812, subsection A, paragraph 2. A replacement heifer or bull raising operation of a dairy that is not on contiguous property of the dairy is subject to this paragraph unless the operation begins within one-quarter mile of the dairy.

B. To carry out the purposes of this article, the board may adopt overlay zoning districts and regulations applicable to particular buildings, structures and land within individual zones. For the purposes of this subsection, "overlay zoning district" means a special zoning district that includes regulations that modify regulations in another zoning district with which the overlay zoning district is combined.  Overlay zoning districts and regulations shall be adopted pursuant to section 11-813. The provisions of overlay zoning shall apply retroactively to authorize overlay zoning districts and regulations adopted before April 20, 1993.

C. In accordance with article II, sections 1 and 2, Constitution of Arizona, the board shall consider the individual property rights and personal liberties of the residents of the county before adopting any zoning ordinance.

D. This section does not authorize:

1. The imposition of dedications, exactions, fees or other requirements that are not otherwise authorized by law.

2. The regulation or restriction of the use or occupation of land or improvements for railroad, mining, metallurgical, grazing or general agricultural purposes, if the tract concerned is five or more contiguous commercial acres. For the purposes of this paragraph, general agricultural purposes do not include the cultivation of cannabis as defined in section 13-3401 or marijuana as defined in section 13-3401 or 36-2801.

E. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Adult arcade" means any place to which the public is allowed or invited and in which coin-operated or slug-operated or electronically, electrically or mechanically controlled still or motion picture machines, projectors or other image-producing devices are maintained to show images involving specific sexual activities or specific anatomical areas to persons in booths or viewing rooms.

2. "Adult bookstore or video store" means a commercial establishment that offers for sale or rent any of the following as one of its principal business purposes:

(a) Books, magazines, periodicals or other printed matter, photographs, films, motion pictures, videocassettes or reproductions or slides or other visual representations that depict or describe specific sexual activities or specific anatomical areas.

(b) Instruments, devices or paraphernalia that are designed for use in connection with specific sexual activities.

3. "Adult live entertainment establishment" means an establishment that features either:

(a) Persons who appear in a state of nudity.

(b) Live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specific anatomical areas or specific sexual activities.

4. "Adult motion picture theater" means a commercial establishment in which for any form of consideration films, motion pictures, videocassettes, slides or other similar photographic reproductions that are characterized by the depiction or description of specific sexual activities or specific anatomical areas are predominantly shown.

5. "Adult oriented business" means adult arcades, adult bookstores or video stores, cabarets, adult live entertainment establishments, adult motion picture theaters, adult theaters, massage establishments that offer adult service or nude model studios.

6. "Adult oriented business manager" means a person on the premises of an adult oriented business who is authorized to exercise overall operational control of the business.

7. "Adult service" means dancing, serving food or beverages, modeling, posing, wrestling, singing, reading, talking, listening or other performances or activities conducted for any consideration in an adult oriented business by a person who is nude or seminude during all or part of the time that the person is providing the service.

8. "Adult service provider" or "erotic entertainer" means any natural person who provides an adult service.

9. "Adult theater" means a theater, concert hall, auditorium or similar commercial establishment that predominantly features persons who appear in a state of nudity or who engage in live performances that are characterized by the exposure of specific anatomical areas or specific sexual activities.

10. "Cabaret" means an adult oriented business licensed to provide alcoholic beverages pursuant to title 4, chapter 2, article 1.

11. "Discernibly turgid state" means the state of being visibly swollen, bloated, inflated or distended.

12. "Massage establishment" means an establishment in which a person, firm, association or corporation engages in or permits massage activities, including any method of pressure on, friction against, stroking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating of external soft parts of the body with the hands or with the aid of any mechanical apparatus or electrical apparatus or appliance.  This paragraph does not apply to:

(a) Persons who are licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 7, 8, 13, 14 or 17.

(b) Registered nurses, licensed practical nurses or technicians who are acting under the supervision of a physician who is licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 13 or 17.

(c) Registered nurse practitioners who are licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 15.

(d) Persons who are employed or acting as trainers for a bona fide amateur, semiprofessional or professional athlete or athletic team.

(e) Persons who are licensed pursuant to title 32, chapter 5 if the activity is limited to the head, face or neck.

13. "Nude model studio" means a place in which a person who appears in a state of nudity or who displays specific anatomical areas is observed, sketched, drawn, painted, sculptured, photographed or otherwise depicted by other persons who pay money or other consideration. Nude model studio does not include a proprietary school that is licensed by this state, a college, community college or university that is supported entirely or in part by taxation, a private college or university that maintains and operates educational programs in which credits are transferable to a college, community college or university that is supported entirely or in part by taxation or a structure to which the following apply:

(a) A sign is not visible from the exterior of the structure and no other advertising appears indicating that a nude person is available for viewing.

(b) A student must enroll at least three days in advance of a class in order to participate.

(c) No more than one nude or seminude model is on the premises at any time.

14. "Nude", "nudity" or "state of nudity" means any of the following:

(a) The appearance of a human anus, genitals or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola.

(b) A state of dress that fails to opaquely cover a human anus, genitals or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola.

15. "Principal business purposes" means that a commercial establishment derives fifty percent or more of its gross income from the sale or rental of items listed in paragraph 2 of this subsection.

16. "Seminude" means a state of dress in which clothing covers no more than the genitals, pubic region and female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola, as well as portions of the body that are covered by supporting straps or devices.

17. "Specific anatomical areas" means any of the following:

(a) A human anus, genitals, the pubic region or a female breast below a point immediately above the top of the areola that is less than completely and opaquely covered.

(b) Male genitals in a discernibly turgid state even if completely and opaquely covered.

18. "Specific sexual activities" means any of the following:

(a) Human genitals in a state of sexual stimulation or arousal.

(b) Sex acts, normal or perverted, actual or simulated, including acts of human masturbation, sexual intercourse, oral copulation or sodomy.

(c) Fondling or other erotic touching of the human genitals, pubic region, buttocks, anus or female breast.

(d) Excretory functions as part of or in connection with any of the activities under subdivision (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.
A.R.S. § 11-951 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 951
11-951 Definition of public agency
Status: in_force

11-951. Definition of public agency

For the purposes of this article, "public agency" includes:

1. The federal government or any federal department or agency.

2. Indian tribes.

3. This state or any other state.

4. All departments, agencies, boards and commissions of this state or any other state.

5. Counties.

6. School districts.

7. Fire districts.

8. Cities.

9. Towns.

10. All municipal corporations.

11. Political subdivision entities as defined in section 38-711.

12. Any other political subdivisions of this state or any other state.
A.R.S. § 11-873 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 6 / Section 873
11-873 Rules; industry sectors; enhanced enforcement
Status: in_force

11-873. Rules; industry sectors; enhanced enforcement

A county with a population of more than one million two hundred thousand persons as determined by the most recent United States decennial census that contains a nonattainment area as defined in section 49-401.01 shall develop, implement and enforce rules regulating the emissions from the graphic arts industry sector, the architectural and industrial coatings industry sector, the highway markings industry sector, bulk plants and terminal and tank truck unloading operations. The enforcement shall be enhanced through programs that may include increased frequency or targeting of inspections, increased sampling frequency, use of portable analyzers or any other technique.
A.R.S. § 11-1014 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 6 / Section 1014
11-1014 Biting animals; reporting; handling and euthanasia; exception
Status: in_force

11-1014. Biting animals; reporting; handling and euthanasia; exception

A. An unvaccinated dog or cat that bites any person shall be confined and quarantined in a county pound or, on request of and at the expense of the owner, at a veterinary hospital for a period of at least ten days. The quarantine period shall start on the day of the bite incident. If the day of the bite is not known, the quarantine period shall start on the first day of impoundment. A dog properly vaccinated pursuant to this article that bites any person may be confined and quarantined at the home of the owner or wherever the dog is harbored and maintained with the consent of and in a manner prescribed by the county enforcement agent.

B. A dog or cat that is impounded as the result of biting any person shall not be released from the pound to its owner unless one of the following applies:

1. The dog has a current dog license pursuant to section 11-1008 at the time the dog entered the pound.

2. The dog or cat has been previously spayed or neutered before impound or has been spayed or neutered and implanted with a microchip before release from the pound.

3. There is no veterinary facility capable of performing surgical sterilization within a twenty mile radius of the pound.

4. A veterinarian determines that a medical contraindication for surgery exists that reasonably requires postponement of the surgery until the surgery can be performed in a safe and humane manner.

5. The bite occurred in the premises of the owner and the victim is a member of the same household.

6. The owner pays a $50 recovery fee, in addition to any fees or costs otherwise required pursuant to this article.

C. Any domestic animal, other than a dog, a cat or a caged or pet rodent or rabbit, that bites any person shall be confined and quarantined in a county pound or, on the request and at the expense of the owner, at a veterinary hospital for a period of at least fourteen days. Livestock shall be confined and quarantined for the fourteen-day period in a manner regulated by the Arizona department of agriculture.  Caged or pet rodents or rabbits shall not be quarantined or laboratory tested.

D. With the exception of a wild rodent or rabbit, any wild animal that bites any person or directly exposes any person to its saliva may be killed and submitted to the county enforcement agent or the agent's deputies for transport to an appropriate diagnostic laboratory.  A wild rodent or rabbit may be submitted for laboratory testing if the animal has bitten a person and either the animal's health or behavior indicates that the animal may have rabies or the bite occurred in an area that contains a rabies epizootic, as determined by the department of health services.

E. If an animal bites any person, the incident shall be reported to the county enforcement agent immediately by any person having direct knowledge.

F. The county enforcement agent may euthanize any animal confined and quarantined pursuant to this section before the termination of the minimum confinement period for laboratory examination for rabies if:

1. The animal shows clear clinical signs of rabies.

2. The animal's owner consents to the euthanasia.

G. Any animal subject to licensing under this article found without a tag identifying its owner shall be deemed unowned.

H. The county enforcement agent shall euthanize a vicious animal by order of a justice of the peace or a city magistrate.  A justice of the peace or city magistrate may issue an order to euthanize a vicious animal after notice to the owner, if any, and the person who was bitten, and a hearing. The justice of the peace or city magistrate may impose additional procedures and processes to protect all parties in the interest of justice, and any decision by the justice of the peace or magistrate may be appealed to the superior court.

I. The owner of a vicious animal shall be responsible for any fees incurred by the enforcement agent for the impounding, sheltering and disposing of the vicious animal.

J. This section does not apply to a dog that is used by any federal, state, county, city or town law enforcement agency and that bites any person if the bite occurs while the dog is under proper law enforcement supervision and the care of a licensed veterinarian, except that the law enforcement agency shall notify the county enforcement agent if the dog exhibits any abnormal behavior and make the dog available for examination at any reasonable time.
A.R.S. § 11-808 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 1 / Section 808
11-808 Infrastructure service area boundaries; notice; hearing; adoption
Status: in_force

11-808. Infrastructure service area boundaries; notice; hearing; adoption

A. The county planning and zoning commission may prepare a plan and provide regulations determining the location of infrastructure service area boundaries consistent with the growth area element of the comprehensive plan beyond which the county may limit or prescribe conditions on publicly financed extensions of water, sewer and street improvements.  The plan and regulations shall consider all elements of the comprehensive plan, including the circulation and public facilities elements.  For the purposes of this subsection, publicly financed does not include special taxing district financing other than municipal or county improvement district revenues or bonds.  The regulations shall also include components that:

1. Assign or delegate administrative functions, powers and duties to county officers and employees.

2. Identify the procedure for determining the initial infrastructure service area boundaries.

3. Identify the methodology and procedures for adjusting the infrastructure service area boundaries.

B. Before recommending the plan and regulations, or any part, amendment, extension or addition, to the board of supervisors, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing on the service area boundaries, after giving at least fifteen days' notice by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county seat and in a newspaper of general circulation in the area to be affected, if that area is other than the county seat.

C. The board of supervisors shall adopt any such plan and regulations and amendments by resolution.
A.R.S. § 11-935 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 2 / Section 935
11-935 Powers and duties
Status: in_force

11-935. Powers and duties

A. The commission shall supervise and control all county parks and all county recreational programs and establish and supervise law enforcement training programs for park rangers empowered to apprehend rule violators under section 11-938.

B. The commission may:

1. Direct the appointment of a full or part-time supervisor of county parks and recreational programs at a salary to be fixed by the governing body.

2. Make reasonable rules for the proper use, management, government and protection of, and maintenance of good order in, all public parks under its supervision and control, but the rules shall be related to preservation of public property, natural features and curiosities, or preservation of public health and safety in the parks and recreational areas.

3. Prescribe fees to be paid for the use of public parks facilities, which shall not be in excess of the amount required to improve and maintain the parks.  These fees shall be approved by the governing body.

4. Establish broad policies and long-range programs for the acquisition, planning, development, maintenance and operation of the county parks.

5. Provide for the assembling and distribution of information to the public relating to programs and activities of the department.

6. Appoint any of its officers or employees as park ranger law enforcement officers. An appointee must meet the minimum qualifications prescribed pursuant to section 41-1822 for law enforcement officers. Park ranger law enforcement officers have the authority of peace officers and their duties shall include:

(a) Enforcing this article and the rules adopted pursuant to this article.

(b) Protecting the parks and recreational areas and other public areas under the commission's supervision and control against damage.

(c) Preserving the peace and public health and safety.
A.R.S. § 11-113 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 113
11-113 Pinal county
Status: in_force

11-113. Pinal county

Pinal county, the county seat of which is Florence, is bounded as follows:

Commencing at the point where the eastern line of range one east intersects the second standard parallel south, being the southeast corner of Maricopa county; thence east on such parallel to the point where such parallel intersects the eastern line of range eighteen east; thence north on the eastern line of range eighteen east to the point where such line intersects the Gila river; thence down the Gila river to the junction of the Gila river with the San Pedro river; thence in a direct line to a point two hundred fifty yards west of the place where the "Mineral Creek Mill" stood on February 8, 1881; thence in a direct line to a mountain known as the "Water Shed," which lies about a half mile east of Pinal ranch; thence to a point where the northern line of township one north intersects a direct line between the Water Shed mountain and the mouth of Tonto creek; thence west on the north line of township one north and along the southern boundary of Maricopa county to the point where such line intersects the eastern line of range seven east; thence south on the eastern line of range seven east to the point where such line intersects the southern line of township two south; thence west on such line to the point where such line intersects the Gila river; thence down the Gila river to the point where such river intersects the eastern line of range one east; thence south on such line to the point where such line intersects the second standard parallel south, the place of beginning.
A.R.S. § 11-269.09 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 269.09
11-269.09 Federal and state regulations; local coordination; standing; definitions
Status: in_force

11-269.09. Federal and state regulations; local coordination; standing; definitions

A. If a county has laws, regulations, plans or policies that are less restrictive than a federal or state regulation, rule, plan or policy, the county shall demand by any lawful means that the federal or state government coordinate with the county before the federal or state government implements, enforces, expands or extends the federal regulation, rule, plan or policy within the county's jurisdictional boundaries.  This subsection is mandatory unless the county specifically votes to not demand coordination.

B. If the federal or state government fails to coordinate in good faith with the county, the county shall hold public hearings, consider the evidence and vote on whether to authorize litigation to enforce the county's coordination rights.

C. If a person who resides or does business in this state serves each member of the board of supervisors with a written demand that the county comply with this section and, within sixty days after service of the written demand, the board of supervisors fails to comply with this section in a manner that causes injury to the person, the person may submit a written demand for a response. The written demand must specify the county law, regulation, plan or policy with which the federal or state government failed to coordinate.  Within thirty days after receiving the written demand for a response, the county shall hold a public hearing to present information on the decision not to demand coordination.

D. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Coordinate" means the action necessary to achieve coordination.

2. "Coordination" means the process by which the federal or state government seeks in good faith to reach consistency between a federal or state regulation, rule, plan or policy and a county law, regulation, plan or policy that is less restrictive than the federal or state regulation, rule, plan or policy.

3. "Less restrictive" means a county law, regulation, plan or policy imposes or would impose less of a burden on the exercise of rights, privileges or immunities enjoyed by individuals, organizations and businesses within the county's jurisdictional boundaries.
A.R.S. § 11-264.01 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 264.01
11-264.01 Additional bonding authority; security for payment; definition
Status: in_force

11-264.01. Additional bonding authority; security for payment; definition

A. In addition to other bonding authority of the board of supervisors the board of any county authorized to operate a sewerage system pursuant to provisions of section 11-264 may issue bonds for the construction, acquisition or improvement of such system. All principal and interest of bonds issued by a county are payable solely out of the revenues, proceeds and receipts derived from the operation of the county sewerage system or out of the proceeds of bonds issued under this section or of any revenues, proceeds and receipts of such bonds as are specified in the proceedings of the board of supervisors in which the bonds are authorized to be issued.

B. No bonds shall be issued without the assent of a majority of the qualified electors voting at an election held within the county in the manner prescribed for the authorization of municipal bonds for financing utilities pursuant to sections 9-523 through 9-528 inclusive.

C. The bonds prescribed by subsection A of this section may:

1. Be executed and delivered by the county at any time.

2. Be in such form and denominations and of such tenor and maturities.

3. Be in registered or bearer form either as to principal or interest or both.

4. Be payable in such installments and at such time or times not exceeding forty years from the date of issuance.

5. Be payable at such place or places within or without this state.

6. Bear interest at such rate or rates, but not exceeding the maximum rate set forth in the ballot, payable at such time or times and at such place or places and evidenced in such manner.

7. Be executed by the chairman of the board of supervisors and in such manner, and contain provisions not inconsistent with this section, as provided in the proceedings of the board of supervisors in which the bonds are authorized to be issued.

D. If deemed advisable by the board of supervisors, there may be retained in the proceedings in which any bonds of the county are authorized to be issued an option to redeem all or any part of the bonds as may be specified in the proceedings, at such price or prices and after such notice or notices and on such terms and conditions as are provided in the proceedings and as may be briefly recited on the face of the bonds, but nothing in this article shall be construed to confer on the county any right or option to redeem any bonds except as may be provided in the proceedings under which they are issued.

E. Any bonds of the county may be sold by calling for bids at public sale, through an on-line bidding process, through an accelerated bidding process or by negotiated sale as follows:

1.  If sold under an accelerated bidding process, the bonds shall be sold at the lowest cost the board of supervisors considers to be available after receiving at least three pricing quotations from recognized purchasers of bonds of the type being sold.

2.  If sold at public sale or through an on-line bidding process, the bonds shall be sold to the person offering the best bid.

3. If bonds are sold at public sale, the board of supervisors shall call for bids by giving notice at least once a week for two successive weeks by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the county.  The notice shall be in such form as the board of supervisors prescribes.

4.  If bonds are sold through an on-line bidding process, bids for the bonds that are entered into the system may be concealed until a specified time or disclosed in the on-line bidding process, may be subject to improvement in favor of the county before a specified time and may be for an entire issue or specified maturities according to the manner, terms and notice provisions ordered by the board of supervisors.

5.  The bonds may be sold below, at or above par.  If the bonds are sold below par, the aggregate amount of the discount plus interest to be paid on the bonds may not exceed the amount of interest that would be payable on the bonds over the maturity schedule prescribed by the board of supervisors at the maximum rate stated in the resolution calling the election at which the bonds were approved.

6. The bids shall be for the entire bond issue unless the board of supervisors allows bidding in parcels for less than the entire issue.

7. The county may pay all expenses, premiums and commissions that its board of supervisors deems necessary or advantageous in connection with such issuance.

8. Issuance by the county of one or more series of bonds does not preclude it from issuing other bonds in connection with the same project or any other project, but proceedings in which any subsequent bonds may be issued shall recognize and protect any prior pledge made for any prior issue of bonds.

F. Bonds may be sold to natural persons residing in this state by negotiated sale on terms the board of supervisors considers to be the best available.  The bonds may bear interest payable at times determined by the board of supervisors. The bonds may be sold below, at or above par.  If the bonds are sold below par, the aggregate amount of discount plus interest to be paid on the bonds may not exceed the amount of interest that would be payable on the bonds over the maturity schedule prescribed by the board of supervisors at the maximum rate set out in the resolution calling the election at which the bonds were approved.

G.  Pending preparation of the actual bonds, the board of supervisors may issue interim receipts or certificates to the purchasers of the bonds in the form and with the provisions the board determines.

H. Any outstanding bonds of the county may at any time be refunded by the county by the issuance of its refunding bonds in such amount as the board of supervisors may deem necessary but not exceeding an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the bonds to be refunded, together with any unpaid interest on the bonds and any necessary premiums and commissions. Any such refunding may be effected whether the bonds to be refunded have matured or shall thereafter mature, either by sale of the refunding bonds and the application of the proceeds for the payment of the bonds to be refunded or by the exchange of the refunding bonds for the bonds to be refunded with the consent of the holders of the bonds to be refunded, and regardless of whether the bonds to be refunded were issued in connection with the same projects or separate projects and regardless of whether the bonds proposed to be refunded are payable at the same date or different dates or are due serially or otherwise.

I. All such bonds and interest coupons applicable to the bonds are negotiable instruments.

J. Bonds issued under this section may bear interest at any rate or rates not in excess of the maximum rate of interest stated in the resolution calling the election.  Interest is payable at the times determined by the board of supervisors, except that each such bond may be evidenced by one instrument or, if commercial paper, by a succession of instruments each bearing interest payable only at maturity. Bonds or commercial paper issued under this section are subject to the following:

1. The bonds may bear interest at a fixed, variable or combination rate, none of which exceeds the maximum rate of interest stated in the resolution calling the election.

2. A variable rate shall be based on any objective measure of the current value of money borrowed such as the announced prime rate of a bank, the rates borne by obligations of the United States or an index or other formula provided for by the board of supervisors. The board of supervisors shall employ a recognized agent in municipal bonds to market and remarket the bonds or commercial paper issued and to establish an interest rate pursuant to the approved index or formula.

3. The board of supervisors may grant to the owner of any bond a right to tender or may require the tender of the bond for payment or purchase at one or more times before maturity and may enter into appropriate agreements with any financial institution, insurance company or indemnity company for the purchase of bonds so tendered. The agreement may provide that while the bonds are held by the financial institution, insurance company or indemnity company the bonds may bear interest at a rate higher than when the bonds are held by other owners, but not exceeding the maximum rate of interest stated in the resolution calling the election.

4. If bonds are tendered before maturity under an agreement to pay for or purchase bonds when tendered, the county may provide for the purchase and resale of the bonds pursuant to the tenders without extinguishing the obligation they represent or incurring a new obligation on the resale, whether or not those bonds are represented by the same instruments when purchased as when resold.

5. Compensation for the resale of the bonds shall not be based on or measured by the difference between the price at which the bonds are purchased and the price at which they are resold.

6. The board of supervisors may:

(a)  Contract with a financial institution, insurance company or indemnity company to provide additional security for the bonds in the form of a line of credit, letter of credit, insurance policy or other security.

(b)  Pay the costs of the additional security from amounts provided in the bond issue or from other available sources and may enter into reimbursement obligations in connection with the cost of the additional security.

7. Any reimbursement obligation entered into with the financial institution, insurance company or indemnity company shall not provide for the payment of interest in excess of the maximum rate of interest stated in the resolution calling the election. The reimbursement obligation does not constitute a general obligation of the county and is payable from the same source as the bonds, or from other available revenues, as determined by the board of supervisors.  The use of such other available revenues does not create indebtedness of the county under article IX, section 8, Constitution of Arizona.

8. Variable rate bonds and commercial paper may be sold at competitive public sale, through an on-line bidding process or at negotiated sale. A competitive public sale may be accomplished pursuant to a notice of sale published at the times and in the manner provided in this section. The notice shall include the terms and conditions determined by the board of supervisors.

9. If bonds are to be issued in the form of commercial paper, the board of supervisors shall first establish the schedule for the maturities of the bonds within the maximum period permitted by the voted proposition. The individual instruments representing the bonds may mature over shorter periods and may be retired before maturity with proceeds of subsequent instruments or with the proceeds of definitive bonds, but they shall be finally paid according to the schedule of bond maturities or earlier.

10. Bonds issued in the form of commercial paper may be sold through an agent in the form of instruments that mature at intervals the agent determines to be most advantageous to the issuer after giving public notice to potential investors as determined by the board of supervisors.

11. Bonds may be issued as compound interest bonds bearing interest payable only at maturity but compounded periodically until that date at a fixed rate no higher than the rate set forth in the resolution calling the election.

K. A county may submit to the attorney general all proceedings for the issuance of bonds to be issued under this article after all proceedings for their issuance have been taken, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the attorney general to pass on the validity of the bonds and the regularity of the proceedings authorizing their issuance. If such proceedings conform to the provisions of this article, and the bonds when delivered and paid for will constitute binding and legal obligations of the county according to the terms thereof, the attorney general shall certify in substance that the bonds are issued in accordance with the constitution and laws of this state.

L. For purposes of this section, "on-line bidding process" means a procurement process in which the governing body receives bids electronically over the internet in a real-time, competitive bidding event.
A.R.S. § 11-1601 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1601
11-1601 Definitions
Status: in_force

11-1601. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Design-build" means a construction project delivery system in which the design and construction aspects are contracted for with a single entity known as the design-builder or design-build contractor, and in which the system is used to minimize the project risk for an owner and to reduce the delivery schedule by overlapping the design phase and construction phase of a project entity.

2. "Fire and life safety inspection" means an inspection of a regulated person or facility conducted to ensure fire safety compliance.

3. "Food and swimming pool inspection" means an inspection of a regulated person conducted to ensure the safety of food services, swimming pools and other bathing places.

4. "License" includes the whole or part of any county permit, certificate, approval, registration, charter or similar form of permission required by law.

5. "Licensing" includes the county process respecting the grant, denial, renewal, revocation, suspension, annulment, withdrawal or amendment of a license.

6. "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision or unit of a governmental subdivision, or a public or private organization of any character.

7. "Request for corrections" means a request for technical or clarifying corrections from an applicant who has submitted an administratively complete application for a license.

8. "Substantive policy statement" means a written expression that is only advisory and that informs the general public of a county's current approach to, or opinion of, the requirements of the ordinances or regulations, including, if appropriate, the county's current practice, procedure or method of action based on that approach or opinion. A substantive policy statement does not include internal procedural documents that only affect the internal procedures of the county and that do not impose additional requirements or penalties on regulated parties or confidential information.

9. "Working day" means a twenty-four hour period excluding weekends and legal holidays.
A.R.S. § 11-454 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 454
11-454 Service on sheriff
Status: in_force

11-454. Service on sheriff

Service of a paper, other than process, upon the sheriff may be made by delivering it to him or to one of his deputies, or to a person in charge of the office during office hours. When the sheriff is a party to an action or proceeding, the process and orders therein, which it would otherwise be the duty of the sheriff to execute, shall be executed by a constable, or a person appointed by the court.
A.R.S. § 11-1051 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 8 / Section 1051
11-1051 Cooperation and assistance in enforcement of immigration laws; indemnification
Status: in_force

11-1051. Cooperation and assistance in enforcement of immigration laws; indemnification

A. No official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state may limit or restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.

B. For any lawful stop, detention or arrest made by a law enforcement official or a law enforcement agency of this state or a law enforcement official or a law enforcement agency of a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state in the enforcement of any other law or ordinance of a county, city or town or this state where reasonable suspicion exists that the person is an alien and is unlawfully present in the United States, a reasonable attempt shall be made, when practicable, to determine the immigration status of the person, except if the determination may hinder or obstruct an investigation.  Any person who is arrested shall have the person's immigration status determined before the person is released.  The person's immigration status shall be verified with the federal government pursuant to 8 United States Code section 1373(c).  A law enforcement official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state may not consider race, color or national origin in implementing the requirements of this subsection except to the extent permitted by the United States or Arizona Constitution.  A person is presumed to not be an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States if the person provides to the law enforcement officer or agency any of the following:

1. A valid Arizona driver license.

2. A valid Arizona nonoperating identification license.

3. A valid tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification.

4. If the entity requires proof of legal presence in the United States before issuance, any valid United States federal, state or local government issued identification.

C. If an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States is convicted of a violation of state or local law, on discharge from imprisonment or on the assessment of any monetary obligation that is imposed, the United States immigration and customs enforcement or the United States customs and border protection shall be immediately notified.

D. Notwithstanding any other law, a law enforcement agency may securely transport an alien who the agency has received verification is unlawfully present in the United States and who is in the agency's custody to a federal facility in this state or to any other point of transfer into federal custody that is outside the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency.  A law enforcement agency shall obtain judicial authorization before securely transporting an alien who is unlawfully present in the United States to a point of transfer that is outside of this state.

E. In the implementation of this section, an alien's immigration status may be determined by:

1. A law enforcement officer who is authorized by the federal government to verify or ascertain an alien's immigration status.

2. The United States immigration and customs enforcement or the United States customs and border protection pursuant to 8 United States Code section 1373(c).

F. Except as provided in federal law, officials or agencies of this state and counties, cities, towns and other political subdivisions of this state may not be prohibited or in any way be restricted from sending, receiving or maintaining information relating to the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual or exchanging that information with any other federal, state or local governmental entity for the following official purposes:

1. Determining eligibility for any public benefit, service or license provided by any federal, state, local or other political subdivision of this state.

2. Verifying any claim of residence or domicile if determination of residence or domicile is required under the laws of this state or a judicial order issued pursuant to a civil or criminal proceeding in this state.

3. If the person is an alien, determining whether the person is in compliance with the federal registration laws prescribed by title II, chapter 7 of the federal immigration and nationality act.

4. Pursuant to 8 United States Code section 1373 and 8 United States Code section 1644.

G. This section does not implement, authorize or establish and shall not be construed to implement, authorize or establish the REAL ID act of 2005 (P.L. 109-13, division B; 119 Stat. 302), including the use of a radio frequency identification chip.

H. A person who is a legal resident of this state may bring an action in superior court to challenge any official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state that adopts or implements a policy that limits or restricts the enforcement of federal immigration laws, including 8 United States Code sections 1373 and 1644, to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.  If there is a judicial finding that an entity has violated this section, the court shall order that the entity pay a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars and not more than five thousand dollars for each day that the policy has remained in effect after the filing of an action pursuant to this subsection.

I. A court shall collect the civil penalty prescribed in subsection H of this section and remit the civil penalty to the state treasurer for deposit in the gang and immigration intelligence team enforcement mission fund established by section 41-1724.

J. The court may award court costs and reasonable attorney fees to any person or any official or agency of this state or a county, city, town or other political subdivision of this state that prevails by an adjudication on the merits in a proceeding brought pursuant to this section.

K. Except in relation to matters in which the officer is adjudged to have acted in bad faith, a law enforcement officer is indemnified by the law enforcement officer's agency against reasonable costs and expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the officer in connection with any action, suit or proceeding brought pursuant to this section in which the officer may be a defendant by reason of the officer being or having been a member of the law enforcement agency.

L. This section shall be implemented in a manner consistent with federal laws regulating immigration, protecting the civil rights of all persons and respecting the privileges and immunities of United States citizens.
A.R.S. § 11-865 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 865
11-865 Exemptions; exception
Status: in_force

11-865. Exemptions; exception

A. This article does not apply to:

1. Construction or operation incidental to construction and repair to irrigation and drainage ditches or appurtenances thereto, of regularly constituted districts or reclamation districts, or to farming, dairying, agriculture, viticulture, horticulture or stock or poultry raising, or clearing or other work on land in rural areas for fire prevention purposes.

2. Devices used in manufacturing, processing or fabricating normally considered as involved in industry and construction, operation and maintenance of electric, gas or other public utility systems operated by public service corporations operating under a franchise or certificate of convenience and necessity.

B. Notwithstanding subsection A of this section, the requirements of this article apply to the use or occupation of land or improvements by a person or entity consisting of or including changing, remanufacturing or treating human sewage or sludge for distribution or resale.

C. If an owner of property that is classified as two(R) agricultural property pursuant to section 42-12002, paragraph 1, subdivision (a), (b) or (d) and that is exempt pursuant to this section desires to change the agricultural use of all or part of the property, the property owner shall not implement a change endangering public health or safety.
A.R.S. § 11-1702 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 12 / Article 1 / Section 1702
11-1702 Individual property inspections
Status: in_force

11-1702. Individual property inspections

A. For individual residential rental properties the county may conduct interior inspections if an exterior inspection of the property reveals or if the property is found to have any of the following:

1. Conditions that materially affect the health and safety of the occupants as prescribed by section 11-1703.

2. A significant level of crime associated with the property.

3. A documented history of building code violations.

4. The owner repeatedly fails to comply with building code enforcement requirements imposed by the county.

5. There is probable cause that the residential rental property is not in compliance with the county's building code.

6. A complaint is received from or consent for inspection is given by the owner of record, agent or property manager, a lawful resident or a lawful tenant of the residential rental unit.

B. If the county determines pursuant to subsection A of this section that an interior inspection is reasonably necessary and the property's tenant has vacated, the county may require an additional inspection and approval by the county before a new occupancy is permitted.

C. Before entry the county shall receive consent of the owner of record or a lawful tenant or on issuance of a warrant.

D. This section does not limit the authority of a county to:

1. Perform an exterior inspection of any property in the county's jurisdiction at any time.

2. On receipt of a complaint or consent from the owner or lawful tenant, perform an interior inspection of any property in the county's jurisdiction.

3. Perform interior, exterior or construction jobsite inspections of new construction before issuance of a certificate of occupancy.

4. Perform interior or exterior inspections of illegal construction that occurred without a required building permit.

5. Perform an interior inspection of any property during an emergency or natural disaster.

E. A county may designate any of its departments to perform all or part of the duties granted to the county pursuant to this chapter.
A.R.S. § 11-258 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 258
11-258 County fair fund; district fairs; operation of fair by corporation; county and state appropriations
Status: in_force

11-258. County fair fund; district fairs; operation of fair by corporation; county and state appropriations

A. The board may appropriate each year from the general fund a sum, which shall be known as a county fair fund, as follows:

1. In counties having a census of two hundred thousand or more as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, not more than one hundred thousand dollars.

2. In counties having a census of more than twenty-five thousand but less than two hundred thousand as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, not more than twenty-five thousand dollars.

3. In counties having a census of less than twenty-five thousand as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census, not more than fifteen thousand dollars.

The board may expend the money in aid of a county or district fair, or to make an exhibit of the county's resources at the state fair. A district fair is one at which the boards of two or more counties shall, by resolution entered upon their minutes, invite the people of their respective counties to exhibit the resources of the county.

B. The money shall not be expended in aid of a fair conducted under the auspices of any corporation, unless the stockholders of the corporation shall, by resolution entered upon its minutes, provide that no dividends shall ever be paid upon its stock, and that in the event of the dissolution of the corporation all money appropriated and expended by any county in aid of the fair shall be repaid before any assets of the corporation shall be distributed to its stockholders.

C. To encourage county and district fairs, there shall be paid from the general fund of the state and from the appropriation for the state fair, a sum of not exceeding one thousand dollars in any one year for any one county having a county or district fair in such year. A county desiring to claim the benefits of this section shall certify to the Arizona exposition and state fair board the fact that a county or district fair is being held in the county during the year together with a statement of the amount appropriated by the county for the current year for such fair, and upon order therefor by the Arizona exposition and state fair board, the director of the department of administration shall draw his warrant in favor of the county in the amount appropriated by the county, not exceeding one thousand dollars.
A.R.S. § 11-814 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 2 / Section 814
11-814 Rezoning; conditional zoning change; notice; hearing; citizen review; definition
Status: in_force

11-814. Rezoning; conditional zoning change; notice; hearing; citizen review; definition

A. All rezonings adopted under this article shall be consistent with and conform to the adopted comprehensive plan. In the case of uncertainty in constructing or applying the conformity of any part of a proposed rezoning to the adopted comprehensive plan, the rezoning shall be construed in a manner that will further the implementation of, and not be contrary to, the goals, policies and applicable elements of the comprehensive plan.  A rezoning conforms with the comprehensive plan if it proposes land uses, densities or intensities within the range of identified uses, densities and intensities of the comprehensive plan.

B. A property owner or authorized agent of a property owner desiring a rezoning shall file an application for the rezoning.

C. The commission, on its own motion, may propose a rezoning and, after holding a public hearing as required by this chapter, may transmit the proposal to the board, which shall proceed as prescribed in this chapter for any other rezoning.

D. On receipt of the application, the board shall submit the application to the commission for a report. Before reporting to the board, the commission shall hold at least one public hearing after giving at least fifteen days' notice of the hearing by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county seat and by posting of the area included in the proposed rezoning.  If the matter to be considered applies to territory in a high noise or accident potential zone as defined in section 28-8461, the notice shall include a general statement that the matter applies to property located in the high noise or accident potential zone.  The posting shall be in not less than two places with at least one notice for each quarter mile of frontage along perimeter public rights-of-way so that the notices are visible from the nearest public right-of-way. The commission shall also send notice by first class mail to each real property owner as shown on the last assessment of the property within three hundred feet of the proposed rezoning and each county and municipality that is contiguous to the area of the proposed rezoning. In proceedings involving rezoning of land that is located within territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461 or an influence area of a military installation or range or Arizona national guard site, the commission shall send copies of the notice of public hearing by first class mail to the military airport or the military installation or range or Arizona national guard site as applicable. The notice sent by mail shall include, at a minimum, the date, time and place of the hearing on the proposed rezoning, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered and a general description of the area of the proposed rezoning.  For those counties with five or more supervisors, the notice must include a general description of how the real property owners within the zoning area may file approvals or protests of the proposed rezoning, and notification that if twenty percent of the property owners by area and number within the zoning area file protests, an affirmative vote of three-fourths of all members of the board will be required to approve the rezoning.  In proceedings that are initiated by the commission involving rezoning, notice by first class mail shall be sent to each real property owner, as shown on the last assessment of the property, of the area to be rezoned and all property owners, as shown on the last assessment of the property, within three hundred feet of the property to be rezoned. For the purposes of this subsection, "influence area" and "military installation or range or Arizona national guard site" have the same meanings prescribed in section 11-818.01.

E. If the commission or hearing officer has held a public hearing, the board may adopt the recommendations of the commission or hearing officer through use of a consent calendar without holding a second public hearing if there is no objection, request for public hearing or other protest. If there is an objection, a request for public hearing or a protest, the board shall hold a public hearing at least fifteen days' notice of which shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county seat and by posting the area included in the proposed rezoning. In counties with territory in the vicinity of a military airport or ancillary military facility as defined in section 28-8461, the board shall hold a public hearing if, after notice is mailed to the military airport pursuant to subsection D of this section and before the public hearing, the military airport provides comments or analysis concerning the compatibility of the proposed rezoning with the high noise or accident potential generated by military airport or ancillary military facility operations that may have an adverse impact on public health and safety, and the board shall consider and analyze the comments or analysis before making a final determination.  After holding the hearing, the board may adopt the rezoning by a majority vote of the board for those counties with fewer than five supervisors, or for those counties with five or more supervisors if a protest has not been filed.  If twenty percent of the owners of property by area and number within the zoning area file a protest to the proposed rezoning, the change shall not be made except by a three-fourths vote of all members of the board for those counties with five or more supervisors.  If any members of the board are unable to vote on the question because of a conflict of interest, the required number of votes for the passage of the question is three-fourths of the remaining membership of the board for those counties with five or more supervisors, except that the required number of votes shall be less than a majority of the full membership of the board.  In calculating the owners by area, only that portion of a lot or parcel of record situated within three hundred feet of the property to be rezoned shall be included.  In calculating the owners by number or area, county property and public rights-of-way shall not be included.

F. The board of supervisors shall adopt by ordinance a citizen review process that applies to all rezoning and specific zoning plan applications that require a public hearing.  The citizen review process shall include at least the following requirements:

1. Adjacent landowners and other potentially affected citizens will be notified of the application.

2. The county will inform adjacent landowners and other potentially affected citizens of the substance of the proposed rezoning.

3. Adjacent landowners and other potentially affected citizens will be provided an opportunity to express any issues or concerns that they may have with the proposed rezoning before the public hearing.

G. The rezoning or subdivision plat of any unincorporated area completely surrounded by a city or town shall use as a guideline the adopted general plan and standards as prescribed in the subdivision and zoning ordinances of the city or town.

H. The board or commission, before taking any action on a rezoning or subdivision plat in an area as prescribed in subsection G of this section, may require the affected city or town to supply information to allow the county to meet the guideline.  If an affected city or town objects to any such proposed action, the board or commission shall prescribe in the minutes of the meeting specific reasons why in its opinion the guideline is actually being followed or why it is not practicable to follow the guideline of the general plan.

I. The board may approve a change of zone conditioned on a schedule for development of the specific use or uses for which rezoning is requested. If at the expiration of this period the property has not been improved for the use for which it was conditionally approved, the board after notification by certified mail to the owner and applicant who requested the rezoning shall schedule a public hearing to grant an extension, determine compliance with the schedule for development or cause the property to revert to its former zoning classification.

J. The legislature finds that a rezoning of land that changes the zoning classification of the land or that restricts the use or reduces the value of the land is a matter of statewide concern.  Such a change in zoning that is initiated by the governing body or zoning body shall not be made without the express written consent of the property owner. In applying an open space element or a growth element of a comprehensive plan, a parcel of land shall not be rezoned for open space, recreation, conservation or agriculture unless the owner of the land consents to the rezoning in writing. For the purposes of this subsection, rezoning does not include the creation or expansion of overlay zones solely for the purpose of implementing airport safety and protection.  Rezoning also does not include the redesignation of areas of the county to which the residential provisions of the county building codes apply or do not apply.  The county shall not adopt any change in a zoning classification to circumvent the purpose of this subsection.

K. Notwithstanding title 19, chapter 1, article 4, a decision by the governing body involving rezoning of land that is not owned by the county and that changes the zoning classification of the land may not be enacted as an emergency measure and such a change shall not be effective for at least thirty days after final approval of the change in classification by the board.  Unless a resident files a written objection with the board of supervisors, the rezoning may be enacted as an emergency measure that becomes effective immediately by a four-fifths majority vote of the board for those counties with five or more supervisors or a two-thirds majority vote of the board for those counties with fewer than five supervisors.

L. For the purposes of this section, "zoning area" means the area within three hundred feet of the proposed amendment or change.
A.R.S. § 11-861 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 6 / Article 5 / Section 861
11-861 Adoption of codes by reference; limitations; method of adoption; fire sprinklers; fire apparatus access roads or approved routes; intent; state preemption; fire watch requirements; pool barrier gates; refrigerants
Status: in_force

11-861. Adoption of codes by reference; limitations; method of adoption; fire sprinklers; fire apparatus access roads or approved routes; intent; state preemption; fire watch requirements; pool barrier gates; refrigerants

A. In any county that has adopted zoning pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors may adopt and enforce, for the unincorporated areas of the county so zoned, a building code and other related codes to regulate the quality, type of material and workmanship of all aspects of construction of buildings or structures, except that the board may authorize that areas zoned rural or unclassified may be exempt from the provisions of the code adopted. The codes may be adopted by reference after notice and hearings before the county planning and zoning commission and board of supervisors as provided in this chapter for amendments to the zoning ordinance of the county.

B. The board of supervisors may adopt a fire prevention code in the unincorporated areas of the county in which a fire district has not adopted a nationally recognized fire code pursuant to section 48-805.  Any fire code adopted by a board of supervisors pursuant to this subsection shall remain in effect until a fire district is established and adopts a code applicable within the boundaries of the district.

C. For the purposes of this article, codes authorized by subsections A and B of this section shall be limited to the following:

1. Any building, electrical, plumbing or mechanical code that has been adopted by any national organization or association that is organized and conducted for the purpose of developing codes or that has been adopted by the largest city in that county. If the board of supervisors adopts a city code, it shall adopt, within ninety days after receiving a written notification of a change to the city code, the same change or shall terminate the adopted city code.

2. Any fire prevention code that has been adopted by a national organization or association organized or conducted for the purpose of developing fire prevention codes and that is as stringent as the state fire code adopted pursuant to section 37-1383.

D. The board of supervisors may adopt a current wildland-urban interface code. The code may be adapted from a model code adopted by a national or international organization or association for mitigating the hazard to life and property. The board must follow written public procedures in developing and adopting the code and any revisions to the code to provide effective, early and continuous public participation through:

1. The broad dissemination and publicity of the proposed code and any revisions to the code.

2. The opportunity for submission and consideration of written public comments.

3. Open discussions, communications programs and information services.

4. Consultation with federal agencies and state and local officials.

E. The board of supervisors shall not adopt a code or ordinance or part of a uniform code or ordinance that prohibits a person or entity from choosing to install or equip or not install or equip fire sprinklers in a single-family detached residence or any residential building that contains not more than two dwelling units.  The board of supervisors shall not impose any fine, penalty or other requirement on any person or entity for choosing to install or equip or not install or equip fire sprinklers in such a residence. This subsection does not apply to any code or ordinance that requires fire sprinklers in a residence and that was adopted before December 31, 2009. The provisions of this subsection shall be included on all fire sprinkler permit applications that are for a single-family detached residence or any residential building that contains not more than two dwelling units.

F. A fire sprinkler permit application may be in either print or electronic format.

G. A board of supervisors may not adopt any, or part of any, fire code, ordinance, stipulation or other legal requirement for an approved fire apparatus access road or a fire apparatus access road extension, or both, or an approved route or a route extension, or both, that directly or indirectly requires a one or two family residence or a utility or miscellaneous accessory building or structure to install fire sprinklers. A fire code official may increase or extend an approved fire apparatus access road or a fire apparatus access road extension, or both, or an approved route or a route extension, or both, to comply with this subsection. Compliance with this subsection is not grounds to deny or suspend a license or permit. This subsection may be enforced in a private civil action and relief, including an injunction, may be awarded against a county. The court shall award reasonable attorney fees, damages, lost opportunity costs, interest and the cost of the sprinkler system to a party that prevails in an action against a county for a violation of this subsection.  The legislature finds and determines that property rights are a matter of statewide concern and a fundamental element of freedom. A property owner's right to use the property owner's property must be protected from unreasonable abridgment by county regulation and enforcement. This subsection supersedes and preempts any regulation adopted by a county regarding an approved fire apparatus access road, fire apparatus access road extension, approved route or route extension.  For the purposes of this subsection:

1. "Fire code" includes the international fire code, however denominated.

2. "Utility or miscellaneous accessory building or structure" includes an agricultural building, aircraft hangar, accessory to a residence, barn, carport, fence that is more than six feet high, grain silo, greenhouse, livestock shelter, private garage, retaining wall, shed, stable, tank or tower.

H. If a fire code adopted by a board of supervisors requires the use of a fire watch, an employee who works at the building in which a fire watch is required may serve as the fire watch.  A person who is designated as a fire watch shall be equipped with means to contact the local fire department, and the person's only duty while keeping watch for fires shall be to perform constant patrols of the protected premises. The county shall provide the fire watch with printed instructions from the office of the state fire marshal and may provide a free training session before the person's deployment as the fire watch begins.  For the purposes of this subsection, "fire watch" means a person who is stationed in a building or in a place relative to a building to observe the building and its openings when the fire protection system for the building is temporarily nonoperational or absent.

I. From and after December 31, 2014, a code or ordinance or part of a uniform code or ordinance that is adopted by the board of supervisors applies to locking devices for pool barrier gates used for means of ingress or egress for semipublic swimming pools.  Any new construction or major renovation of a semipublic swimming pool from and after December 31, 2014 must meet the requirements of the code or ordinance or part of the uniform code or ordinance that is adopted by the board of supervisors.  This subsection does not apply to a locking device for a pool barrier gate used for means of ingress or egress for a semipublic swimming pool that was installed before January 1, 2015, if the locking device meets the requirements prescribed in section 36-1681, subsection B, paragraph 3.

J. Any code, ordinance or general or specific plan provision or part of a code, ordinance or general or specific plan provision adopted by a county may not prohibit the use of refrigerants that are listed as acceptable pursuant to the clean air act (69 Stat. 322; 42 United States Code section 7671k) if the equipment used is listed and installed in accordance with the use conditions prescribed in the clean air act.
A.R.S. § 11-903 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 903
11-903 City or town joining or withdrawing from county library district
Status: in_force

11-903. City or town joining or withdrawing from county library district

A. After the establishment of a free county library district as provided in this article and title 48, chapter 24, article 1, the governing body of any incorporated city or town in the county may notify the board of supervisors that the city or town desires to become a part of the county free library district, and thereafter the city or town shall be a part thereof and its inhabitants shall be entitled to the benefits of the county free library.

B. The governing body of an incorporated city or town in the county may at any time notify the board that the city or town no longer desires to be a part of the county free library district, and thereafter the city or town shall cease to participate in the benefits of the county free library.

C. The governing body of an incorporated town or city shall publish once each week for three successive weeks, prior either to giving or to withdrawing such notice, notice of its contemplated action in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town, designated by the governing body, giving therein the date, place and time of the meeting at which such action is proposed to be taken.
A.R.S. § 11-1605 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 1605
11-1605 Licensing time frames; compliance; consequence for failure to comply with time frame; exemptions; definitions
Status: in_force

11-1605. Licensing time frames; compliance; consequence for failure to comply with time frame; exemptions; definitions

A. For any new ordinance or code requiring a license, a county shall have in place an overall time frame during which the county will either grant or deny each type of license that it issues.  The overall time frame for each type of license shall state separately the administrative completeness review time frame and the substantive review time frame and shall be posted on the county's website or the website of an association of counties if the county does not have a website.

B. On or before December 31, 2012, a county that issues licenses required under existing ordinances or codes shall have in place an overall time frame during which the county will either grant or deny each type of license that it issues. The overall time frame for each type of license shall state separately the administrative completeness review time frame and the substantive review time frame and shall be posted on the county's website or the website of an association of counties if the county does not have a website. Counties shall prioritize the establishment of time frames for those licenses that have the greatest impact on the public.

C. In establishing time frames, counties shall consider all of the following:

1. The complexity of the licensing subject matter.

2. The resources of the county.

3. The economic impact of delay on the regulated community.

4. The impact of the licensing decision on public health and safety.

5. The possible use of volunteers with expertise in the subject matter area.

6. The possible increased use of general licenses for similar types of licensed businesses or facilities.

7. The possible increased cooperation between the county and the regulated community.

8. Increased county flexibility in structuring the licensing process and personnel including:

(a) Adult businesses and other licenses that are related to the first amendment.

(b) Master planned communities.

(c) Suspension of the substantive and overall time frames for purposes including delays caused by the need for public hearings, state or federal licenses or approvals from public utilities on residential or commercial development projects.

9. That the substantive review time frames and overall time frames do not include the time required for an applicant to obtain other noncounty licenses or to participate in meetings as required by law.

D. A county shall issue a written or electronic notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies to an applicant for a license within the administrative completeness review time frame. If the permit sought requires approval of more than one department of the county, each department may issue a written or electronic notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies.

E. If a county determines that an application for a license is not administratively complete, the county shall include a comprehensive list of the specific deficiencies in the written or electronic notice provided pursuant to subsection D of this section. If the county issues a written or electronic notice of deficiencies within the administrative completeness time frame, the administrative completeness review time frame and the overall time frame are suspended from the date the notice is issued until the date that the county receives the missing information from the applicant. The county may issue an additional written or electronic notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies based on the applicant's submission of missing information. If the permit sought requires approval of more than one department of the county, each department may issue an additional written or electronic notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies based on the applicant's submission of missing information.

F. If a county does not issue a written or electronic notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies within the administrative completeness review time frame, the application is deemed administratively complete. If a county issues a timely written or electronic notice of deficiencies, an application shall not be complete until all requested information has been received by the county. A county may consider an application withdrawn if, by fifteen days or more after the date of notice, as established by the county, the applicant does not supply the documentation or information requested or an explanation of why the information cannot be provided within the established time period.

G. During the substantive review time frame, a county may make one comprehensive written or electronic request for corrections. If the county identifies legal requirements that were not included in the comprehensive request for corrections, the county may amend the comprehensive request for corrections once to include the legal requirements and the legal authority for the requirements. If the permit sought requires approval of more than one department of the county, each department may issue a comprehensive written or electronic request for corrections.  If the applicant fails to resolve an issue identified in a request for corrections, the county may make supplemental written or electronic requests for corrections that are limited to issues previously identified in a comprehensive request for corrections. If a county issues a comprehensive written or electronic request or a supplemental request for corrections, the substantive review time frame and the overall time frame are suspended from the date the request is issued until the date that the county receives the corrections from the applicant. If an applicant requests significant changes, alterations, additions or amendments to an application that are consistent with the purposes of the original application and that are not in response to a request for corrections and may have no more than an additional fifty per cent of the substantive review time frame as established by the county for that license to grant or deny the license, a county may make one additional comprehensive written or electronic request for corrections. Nothing shall prevent communication between a county and an applicant regarding a comprehensive written or electronic request for corrections or a supplemental request for corrections. A county may consider an application withdrawn if, by thirty days or longer after the date of notice, as established by the county, the applicant does not supply the documentation or information requested or an explanation of why the information cannot be provided within the established time period.

H. Nothing shall prevent the county from continuing to process the application during the suspension of the substantive review time frame and overall time frame.

I. By mutual written or electronic agreement, a county and an applicant for a license may extend the substantive review time frame and the overall time frame. An extension of the substantive review time frame and the overall time frame may not exceed fifty per cent of the overall time frame.

J. Unless a county and an applicant for a license mutually agree to extend the substantive review time frame and the overall time frame pursuant to subsection I of this section, a county shall issue a written or electronic notice granting or denying a license to an applicant.  If a county denies or withdraws an application for a license, the county shall include in the written or electronic notice at least the following information:

1. Justification for the denial or withdrawal with references to the statutes, ordinances, regulations, substantive policy statements or delegation agreements on which the denial or withdrawal is based.

2. An explanation of the applicant's right to appeal the denial or withdrawal. The explanation shall include the number of working days in which the applicant must file a protest challenging the denial or withdrawal and the name and telephone number of a county contact person who can answer questions regarding the appeals process.

3. An explanation of the applicant's right to resubmit the application, the total amount of fees that will be assessed if the applicant resubmits the application and the method in which those fees were calculated.

K. If a county does not issue to the applicant the written or electronic notice granting or denying a license within the overall time frame or within the mutually agreed on time frame extension, the county shall refund to the applicant all fees charged for reviewing and acting on the application for the license and shall excuse payment of any fees that have not yet been paid.  The county shall not require an applicant to submit an application for a refund pursuant to this subsection.  The refund shall be made within thirty working days after the expiration of the overall time frame or the time frame extension. The county shall continue to process the application.  Notwithstanding any other statute, the county shall make the refund from the fund in which the application fees were originally deposited. The right to receive a refund of fees charged for reviewing and acting on the application for the license may not be waived by the applicant.

L. If an application for a license is denied because revisions or corrections were not submitted or considered within the allowed time frame, or withdrawn, and the applicant resubmits the application for the same purposes with only revisions or corrections to the original application, the county shall not assess any additional fees that exceed fifty per cent of the original application fees that have not been refunded to the applicant provided that the application is submitted before the time of destruction of the original application file pursuant to section 41-151.15. This subsection does not apply to license applications that were denied for disqualifying criminal convictions or that were submitted fraudulently.

M. This section does not apply to a license that is either:

1. Issued within seven working days after receipt of the initial application or a permit that expires within twenty-one working days after issuance.

2. Necessary for the construction or development of a residential lot, including swimming pools, hardscape and property walls, subdivisions or master planned community.

N. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Master planned community" means development by one or more developers of real estate that consists of residential, commercial, education, health care, open space and recreational components and that is developed pursuant to a long-range, multiphase master plan providing comprehensive land use planning and staged implementation and development.

2. "Subdivision" means improved or unimproved land or lands divided for the purposes of financing, sale or lease, whether immediate or future, into four or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, or, if a new street is involved, any such property that is divided into two or more lots, tracts or parcels of land, or, any such property, the boundaries of which have been fixed by a recorded plat, which is divided into more than two parts.  Subdivision includes any condominium, cooperative, community apartment, townhouse or similar project containing four or more parcels, in which an undivided interest in the land is coupled with the right of exclusive occupancy of any unit located thereon, but plats of such projects need not show the buildings or the manner in which the buildings or airspace above the property shown on the plat are to be divided.
A.R.S. § 11-536 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 6 / Section 536
11-536 Witness protection
Status: in_force

11-536. Witness protection

A. A county attorney may provide for the security of government witnesses, potential government witnesses and their immediate families in pending official criminal or civil proceedings or investigations, if testimony by such witnesses may subject the witnesses or members of their immediate families to danger or bodily injury. Witness protection may include providing for the health, safety, welfare and housing facilities of witnesses and their immediate families. Witness protection may continue for as long as such danger exists.

B. The county attorney may authorize the purchase, rental or modification of housing facilities provided pursuant to this section. The county attorney may also contract with any government or department of government to provide facilities or services for the purposes of this section.

C. Monies deposited in the county anti-racketeering revolving fund established pursuant to section 13-2314.03 may be used for witness protection.
A.R.S. § 11-968 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 968
11-968 Relocation assistance rules
Status: in_force

11-968. Relocation assistance rules

A. The state and its departments, agencies, boards and commissions as acquiring agencies shall adopt rules implementing this article by compliance with title 41, chapter 6.

B. Counties, school districts, cities and towns, municipal corporations and other political subdivisions of the state as acquiring agencies shall implement this article by adoption of ordinances or resolutions of the legislative body thereof.

C. The acquiring agency shall adopt relocation assistance rules and regulations that are not in conflict with the laws of this state and that provide, at a minimum, the level of relocation assistance prescribed in 49 Code of Federal Regulations sections 24.201 through 24.503.
A.R.S. § 11-462 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 3 / Section 462
11-462 Enumeration of indices
Status: in_force

11-462. Enumeration of indices

A. Every recorder shall keep indices to the instruments that have been recorded. There shall be at least one entry in the indices for each instrument recorded and this entry shall show at least the date of recording, the docket and page number where recorded, the grantor or the equivalent, if any, and the grantee or the equivalent, if any.

B. The recorder may elect to keep some or all of the indices by categories according to the type of instrument. In this case, he must establish at least the following categories in which each instrument shall be indexed both by the grantor or the equivalent and by the grantee or the equivalent: conveyances of real property, mortgages, releases of mortgages, miscellaneous, leases, secured transactions, assignments of mortgages and leases, governmental liens, nongovernmental liens, attachments, judgments, and agreements. In addition the recorder, under this option, shall maintain at least the following additional categories: powers of attorney, official bonds, executions, lis pendens, mine location notices and partnerships.

C. The recorder may elect to keep some or all of the indices by grantor and by grantee. In this case, the entry in the indices for each instrument shall also include a description or code indicating the type of instrument recorded.

D. No other provisions of law shall prevent a recorder from indexing as specified in this section.
A.R.S. § 11-598 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 12 / Section 598
11-598 Exhumation; court order
Status: in_force

11-598. Exhumation; court order

If in any case of sudden, violent or suspicious death a body is buried without any inquiries by the county medical examiner or alternate medical examiner, the county attorney of the county in which the body is buried may petition the superior court for an order directing that the body be exhumed and an autopsy be performed. The court after a hearing may order that the body be exhumed and that an autopsy or such other investigation as the court deems appropriate be performed.
A.R.S. § 11-908 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 908
11-908 County librarian; certificate
Status: in_force

11-908. County librarian; certificate

A. Upon establishment of a county free library, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county librarian to serve at the pleasure of the board.

B. No person shall be eligible for appointment to the office of county librarian unless prior to appointment he has received from the board of library examiners a certificate of qualification for the office.
A.R.S. § 11-111 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 1 / Section 111
11-111 Navajo county
Status: in_force

11-111. Navajo county

Navajo county, the county seat of which is Holbrook, is bounded as follows:

Commencing at the northeast corner of Coconino county; thence east following the Utah and Arizona boundary to the one hundred tenth degree of west longitude; thence south to the former southwest corner of the Navajo Indian reservation, as established by presidential executive order dated January 6, 1880; thence east to the point intersecting the line between ranges twenty-three and twenty-four east of the Gila and Salt River Guide meridian; thence south along such range line to its intersection with the north boundary line of Graham county; thence west along the northern boundary line of Graham county to its intersection with the east boundary line of Gila county, which is the one hundred tenth degree of west longitude; thence north to intersect with the thirty-fourth degree of north latitude; thence west to intersect with the meridian of one hundred ten degrees forty-five minutes west longitude; thence north to the place of beginning.
A.R.S. § 11-378 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 12 / Section 378
11-378 Issuance of bonds for public improvements; limitations of amount; successive borrowings; annual interest
Status: in_force

11-378. Issuance of bonds for public improvements; limitations of amount; successive borrowings; annual interest

A. No county may issue bonds under this article unless the aggregate amount of the revenues received by it from highway user taxes, including motor vehicle fuel taxes, and all other taxes, fees, charges or other monies returned to the county pursuant to title 28, chapter 18, article 2 and section 42-6107, in the year preceding the borrowing of money under this article is equal to at least one and one-half times the highest annual principal and interest requirements thereafter to come due on all such bonds to be outstanding after the borrowing occurs, provided that for bonds that are issued under this article where the aggregate amount of monies returned to the county pursuant to title 28, chapter 18, article 2 and section 42-6107, in the year preceding the borrowing of money under this article, is not equal to at least two times the highest annual principal and interest requirements thereafter to become due on all such bonds to be outstanding after the borrowing occurs, shall bear a rating at the time of issuance of "A" or better by at least one nationally recognized credit rating service taking into account any credit enhancement facility in effect with respect to those bonds. Subject to such limitation, successive borrowings may be made under this article.

B. In computing the annual interest requirements of bonds described in section 11-377, subsection F the board of supervisors shall determine a rate that is not more than the maximum rate permitted under the terms of their issuance. In making the determination, the board of supervisors shall set a rate that is not less than one hundred twenty-five per cent of the rate in effect on the date of determination or, if the bonds are not then issued, one hundred twenty-five per cent of the initial rate on the bonds, except that if this determination exceeds the maximum rate permitted under the terms of issuance, the rate shall be the maximum rate. Notwithstanding the provisions of any reimbursement obligation, the bonds remain outstanding until the stated maturity of the bonds.
A.R.S. § 11-1931 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 14 / Article 3 / Section 1931
11-1931 Video service; revocation for nonuse
Status: in_force

11-1931. Video service; revocation for nonuse

A. Not later than twenty-four months after the date that a county issues a uniform video service license pursuant to sections 11-1914 and 11-1915 or an amended uniform video service license pursuant to section 11-1916, the holder of the uniform video service license shall offer and provide video service to at least one subscriber within each service area authorized by the uniform video service license or amended uniform video service license unless the holder cannot meet the requirement for reasons beyond the holder's control.

B. If a holder fails to comply with subsection A of this section, a county may revoke the holder's uniform video service license for affected service areas.
A.R.S. § 11-131 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 3 / Section 131
11-131 Definitions
Status: in_force

11-131. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Affected county" means each existing county affected by a proposed formation of new counties.

2. "Assessed valuation" means the net assessed valuation used for purposes of levying primary property taxes for the tax year immediately preceding the filing of the petition for the formation of counties.

3. "Commission" means the county formation commission established pursuant to section 11-136.

4. "New county" means a county which has been approved by the voters at an election on formation held pursuant to section 11-137.

5. "Privately owned land" includes all lands other than federal, Indian, state, county, municipal and other governmental lands which are exempt from taxation under article IX, section 2, Constitution of Arizona.

6. "Proposed county" means a county proposed by petition pursuant to section 11-133 to be formed from an affected county or counties but before an election on formation is held pursuant to section 11-137. The term applies to each territory proposed as a county including the county in which an existing county seat is proposed to be located.
A.R.S. § 11-177 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 1 / Article 4 / Section 177
11-177 Special election to determine new location
Status: in_force

11-177. Special election to determine new location

If the votes cast favored the change, but no city or town received a majority vote, the board shall thereupon enter an order directing a special election to be held for the purpose of determining the location of the county seat, which shall be held not less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of the order. The election shall be for the purpose of determining which of the two places receiving the highest number of votes at the preceding election shall be the county seat, and only the names of such two places shall be placed upon the ballot. On the second Monday after the election the board shall meet and canvass the votes and thereupon enter an order directing that the county seat be moved to the city or town receiving the highest number of votes.
A.R.S. § 11-962 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 7 / Article 4 / Section 962
11-962 Relocation assistance advisory services
Status: in_force

11-962. Relocation assistance advisory services

A. Programs or projects undertaken by an acquiring agency shall be planned in a manner that both:

1. Recognizes, at an early stage in the planning of the programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which will cause displacements, the problems associated with the displacement of individuals, families, businesses and farm operations.

2. Provides for the resolution of problems in order to minimize adverse impacts on displaced persons and to expedite program or project advancement and completion.

B. An acquiring agency may provide that the relocation assistance advisory services described in subsection C are made available to all persons displaced by the agency. If the agency determines that a person occupying property which is immediately adjacent to the property where the displacing activity occurs is caused substantial economic injury as a result of the activity, the agency may make advisory services available to the person.

C. The relocation assistance advisory services provided by subsection B shall include such measures, facilities or services necessary or appropriate to:

1. Determine and make timely recommendations on the needs and preferences of displaced persons for relocation assistance.

2. Provide current and continuing information on the availability, sales prices and rental charges of comparable replacement dwellings for displaced homeowners and tenants and suitable locations for businesses and farm operations.

3. Assist a person who is displaced from a business or farm operation in obtaining and becoming established in a suitable replacement location.

4. Supply information concerning federal, state and local programs which may be of assistance to displaced persons and technical assistance to those persons in applying for assistance through the programs.

5. Provide other advisory services to displaced persons to minimize hardships to those persons in adjusting to relocation.

D. The acquiring agency shall coordinate relocation activities performed by the agency with other federal, state or local governmental actions in the community which could affect the efficient and effective delivery of relocation assistance and related services.

E. If an acquiring agency acquires property for a program or project, a person who occupies the property on a rental basis for a short term or a period subject to termination when the property is needed for the program or project is eligible for advisory services to the extent determined by the displacing agency.
A.R.S. § 11-269.03 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 269.03
11-269.03 Acceleration agreements; loan repayment agreements
Status: in_force

11-269.03. Acceleration agreements; loan repayment agreements

A. A county may enter into agreements with the department of transportation for the acceleration of right-of-way acquisition, design or construction of an eligible highway project or an eligible transit capital project as defined in section 28-7671 and may advance monies to the department of transportation pursuant to those agreements.  Any political subdivision may pledge excise taxes to the repayment of all or any part of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any borrowing to fund the advance.

B. A county may assign the right to receive payment under the agreement entered into pursuant to subsection A of this section to a trustee.

C. A county may pledge its excise taxes to the repayment of all or any part of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any borrowing to fund the advance and make such other covenants and agreements as may be appropriate.

D. A loan repayment agreement as defined in section 28-7671 entered into by a county may be paid from and may be secured by a pledge of highway user revenues received by the county from this state pursuant to title 28, chapter 18, article 2 and section 42-6107. The pledge may be on a parity with any pledge previously or hereafter made by the county pursuant to section 11-379. If a county pledges those highway user revenues to a loan repayment agreement, the principal and interest requirements on the loan repayment agreement may be treated as if they were principal and interest on bonds issued under article 12 of this chapter for all purposes of sections 11-378 and 11-380.

E. Pursuant to title 28, chapter 21, article 7, a county may do all of the following:

1. Enter into agreements with the department of transportation, a regional planning agency, metropolitan planning organization or council of governments, a regional public transportation authority established pursuant to section 48-5102 or a designated grant recipient for the acceleration of a transportation project, as defined in section 28-7671.

2. Advance monies to the department of transportation, a regional planning agency, metropolitan planning organization or council of governments, a regional public transportation authority or a designated grant recipient pursuant to the agreements described in paragraph 1 of this subsection.

3. Pledge excise taxes to the repayment of all or any part of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on any borrowing to fund the advance described in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
A.R.S. § 11-502 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 4 / Section 502
11-502 Transmittal of money to state treasurer
Status: in_force

11-502. Transmittal of money to state treasurer

Upon receipt of an order from the state treasurer requiring the money in the county treasury belonging to the state or collected for it to be transmitted to the state treasury in the manner prescribed by law, the county treasurer shall within ten days thereafter transmit the money in the manner directed by the state treasurer, and as provided by law. The transmittal shall be at the risk of the state, if sent as the state treasurer directs.
A.R.S. § 11-681.12 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 4 / Article 5 / Section 681.12
11-681.12 Validity of bonds; legal opinion
Status: in_force

11-681.12. Validity of bonds; legal opinion

A. This article constitutes full authority for authorizing and issuing county judgment bonds without reference to any other law of this state.  No other statute with regard to authorizing or issuing obligations or that in any way impedes or restricts performing the acts authorized by this article may be construed to apply to any proceedings taken or acts done pursuant to this article.

B. The board may submit bonds to be issued under this article to the county attorney or other legal counsel after all proceedings for authorizing the bonds have been completed.  Within fifteen days after submission, the county attorney or counsel shall examine and pass on the validity of the bonds and the regularity of the proceedings.  If counsel determines that the bonds and proceedings comply with this article, and if the bonds when delivered and paid for will constitute binding and legal obligations of the county, the county attorney or counsel shall render a legal opinion in substance that the bonds are issued according to the constitution and laws of this state.

C. The bonds shall recite that they are regularly issued pursuant to this article.  That recital, together with the legal opinion under subsection B, constitutes prima facie evidence of the legality and validity of the bonds.  From and after the sale and delivery of the bonds, they are incontestable by any party.
A.R.S. § 11-283 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 6 / Section 283
11-283 Industrial plant employees; salaries
Status: in_force

11-283. Industrial plant employees; salaries

A. The board may employ engineers and other employees to assist the board and to draft the plans and specifications. The board shall employ a manager to have charge of the operation and maintenance of the plant who shall be skilled in the line of his duties and required to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in such amount as the board requires.

B. The manager and engineers and other employees necessary for the establishment and operation of the plant shall be paid salaries fixed by the board.
A.R.S. § 11-1801 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 1801
11-1801 Definitions
Status: in_force

11-1801. Definitions

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. "Antenna" means communications equipment that transmits or receives electromagnetic radio frequency signals and that is used in providing wireless services.

2. "Applicable codes" means uniform building, fire, electrical, plumbing or mechanical codes that are adopted by a recognized national code organization or local amendments to those codes that are enacted to address threats of destruction of property or injury to persons and to an extent that is not inconsistent with this article.

3. "Applicant" means any person that submits an application and that is a wireless provider.

4. "Application" means a request that is submitted by an applicant to a county on a form provided by the county for a permit to collocate small wireless facilities or to approve the installation, modification or replacement of a utility pole.

5. "Cable operator" has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-505 and includes a video service provider. Cable operator does not include a special taxing district.

6. "Collocate" or "collocation" means to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate or replace wireless facilities on, within or adjacent to a wireless support structure or utility pole.

7. "Communications service" means cable service as defined in 47 United States Code section 522(6), information service as defined in 47 United States Code section 153(24), telecommunications service as defined in 47 United States Code section 153(53) or wireless service.

8. "Communications service provider" means a cable operator, a provider of information service as defined in 47 United States Code section 153(24), a telecommunications carrier as defined in 47 United States Code section 153(51) or a wireless services provider.

9. "County utility pole" means a utility pole that is owned or operated by a county and that is in a right-of-way.

10. "Fee" means a onetime charge to process an application and inspect any work performed by an applicant pursuant to a permit issued by the county.

11. "Law" means any federal, state or local law, statute, common law, code, rule, regulation, order or ordinance.

12. "Permit" means written permission issued by a county to install, mount, maintain, modify, operate or replace a utility pole or to collocate a small wireless facility on a utility pole or wireless support structure.

13. "Person" means an individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a county.

14. "Private easement" means an easement or other real property right that is only for the benefit of the grantor and grantee and the grantor's or grantee's successors and assigns.

15. "Rate" means a onetime charge for the granting of a right to use a portion of a right-of-way as specified in a permit or to collocate a small wireless facility on or adjacent to a utility pole or to install, modify or replace a utility pole as specified in a permit.

16. "Right-of-way" means the area on, below or above a county roadway, highway, street, sidewalk, alley or utility easement.  Right-of-way does not include a federal interstate highway, a state highway or state route under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, a private easement, property that is owned by a special taxing district, or a utility easement that does not authorize the deployment sought by the wireless provider.

17. "Small wireless facility" means a wireless facility that meets both of the following qualifications:

(a) All antennas are located inside an enclosure of not more than six cubic feet in volume or, in the case of an antenna that has exposed elements, the antenna and all of the antenna's exposed elements could fit within an imaginary enclosure of not more than six cubic feet in volume.

(b) All other wireless equipment associated with the facility is cumulatively not more than twenty-eight cubic feet in volume, or fifty cubic feet in volume if the equipment was ground mounted before August 9, 2017. The following types of associated ancillary equipment are not included in the calculation of equipment volume pursuant to this subdivision:

(i) An electric meter.

(ii) Concealment elements.

(iii) A telecommunications demarcation box.

(iv) Grounding equipment.

(v) A power transfer switch.

(vi) A cutoff switch.

(vii) Vertical cable runs for the connection of power and other services.

18. "Special taxing district" means a special district formed pursuant to title 48, chapter 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20 or 22.

19. "Utility pole" means a pole or similar structure that is used in whole or in part for communications services, electric distribution, lighting or traffic signals or a similar function.

20. "Wireless facility":

(a) Means equipment at a fixed location that enables wireless communications between user equipment and a communications network, including both of the following:

(i) Equipment associated with wireless communications.

(ii) Radio transceivers, antennas, coaxial or fiber-optic cables, regular and backup power supplies and comparable equipment, regardless of technological configuration.

(b) Includes small wireless facilities.

(c) Does not include the structure or improvements on, under or within which the equipment is collocated, wireline backhaul facilities, coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is between wireless support structures or utility poles or coaxial or fiber-optic cable that is otherwise not immediately adjacent to, or directly associated with, an antenna.

(d) Does not include Wi-Fi radio equipment described in section 9-506, subsection I or microcell equipment described in section 9-584, subsection E.

21. "Wireless infrastructure provider" means any person that is authorized to provide telecommunications service in this state and that builds or installs wireless communications transmission equipment, wireless facilities or utility poles but that is not a wireless services provider. Wireless infrastructure provider does not include a special taxing district.

22. "Wireless provider" means a cable operator, wireless infrastructure provider or wireless services provider.

23. "Wireless services" means any services that are provided to the public and that use licensed or unlicensed spectrum, whether at a fixed location or mobile, using wireless facilities.

24. "Wireless services provider" means a person that provides wireless services. Wireless services provider does not include a special taxing district.

25. "Wireless support structure":

(a) Means:

(i) A freestanding structure.

(ii) A tower, either guyed or self-supporting.

(iii) Any other existing or proposed structure designed to support or capable of supporting small wireless facilities.

(b) Does not include a utility pole.
A.R.S. § 11-256.02 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 2 / Article 4 / Section 256.02
11-256.02 Lease, sublease or sale of county hospital property to hospital district; exception
Status: in_force

11-256.02. Lease, sublease or sale of county hospital property to hospital district; exception

Notwithstanding any other statute, the board of supervisors of a county having a population of less than two hundred fifty thousand persons as determined by the latest United States decennial census may lease, sublease or sell a hospital facility or hospital real property owned by the county to a hospital district which lies within or includes land within the county without necessity of public auction and on terms approved by the board of supervisors. This section does not apply to real property which is state trust land or to a facility on such property.
A.R.S. § 11-457 — Arizona Code / Title 11 / Chapter 3 / Article 2 / Section 457
11-457 Refusal to deliver property or papers to successor
Status: in_force

11-457. Refusal to deliver property or papers to successor

If a former sheriff neglects or refuses to deliver to his successor the jail, process, documents and prisoners in his charge, as required by section 11-456, the successor may take possession of the jail, take custody of the prisoners therein confined, and may compel the delivery of the process and documents in the manner provided by law.