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AZ Rev Stat § 48-819 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-819 - Reimbursement for county services

48-819.  Reimbursement for county services The actual costs of services provided by a county to a fire district are subject to reimbursement pursuant to section 11-251.06,  subsection B. The county shall publish the proposed reimbursement assessments for the following fiscal year by June 1 of the preceding year.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-821 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-821 - Disposition of assets on merger of fire districts

48-821.  Disposition of assets on merger of fire districts A. If fire districts established under this article are merged,  all the equipment,  assets and liabilities of the affected districts shall be transferred to the fire district created by the merger. B. All assets and liabilities and all books and records belonging to the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of merged fire districts shall be transferred to and become the property of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of the fire district created by the merger. C. On merger of fire districts pursuant to section 48-820,  the fire districts that were merged are dissolved by operation of law and no longer exist and the newly organized and merged fire district is a separate and new legal entity by operation of law. For purposes of transition,  the districts affected by the merger may continue to operate temporarily under the authority of the appointed governing body of the new merged district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-823 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-823 - Disposition of assets on consolidation of fire districts

48-823.  Disposition of assets on consolidation of fire districts A. If fire districts established under this article are consolidated,  all the equipment,  assets and liabilities of the affected districts that have requested consolidation shall be transferred to and become the property of the consolidated fire district. B. All assets and liabilities and all books and records belonging to the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of the fire districts that requested consolidation shall be transferred to and become the property of the consolidated district. C. On consolidation of fire districts pursuant to section 48-822,  the fire districts that requested consolidation are dissolved by operation of law and no longer exist. The district that requested consolidation may continue to operate temporarily under the authority of the consolidated district for purposes of transition.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-824 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-824 - Firefighter; residency requirement; prohibition; exemption; definition

48-824.  Firefighter;  residency requirement;  prohibition;  exemption;  definition A. A fire district shall not impose any residency requirement on any firefighter as a condition of employment. B. This section does not apply to executive-level firefighters. C. For the purposes of this section,  " firefighter"  means a professional firefighter who is a member of a city,  town,  county or fire district fire department.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-831 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-831 - Exemption of fire fighters from military duty

48-831.  Exemption of fire fighters from military duty Fire fighters employed by fire districts organized in any incorporated city or town of one thousand or more inhabitants,  or in any unincorporated town of not less than five hundred inhabitants shall,  while an employee,  be exempt from performance of military duty in time of peace.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-832 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-832 - Procedure to obtain exemption

48-832.  Procedure to obtain exemption A fire fighter employed by a fire district,  to take advantage of the exemption,  shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located a certificate,  signed by the chief officer and attested by the secretary of the district,  which shall set forth the facts entitling the person named therein to the exemption.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-833 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-833 - Exemption based on length of service

48-833.  Exemption based on length of service A person who has been employed by the district and has faithfully discharged his duties for seven years may be thereafter exempt from the performance of military duty in time of peace by presenting to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which he resides a certificate signed by the chief officer of the district to which he has belonged,  showing that he has served for seven years as an active fire fighter in this state. Thereupon the clerk shall enter his name in a book kept for that purpose containing a list of the fire fighters and endorse upon the certificate the fact that the name of the person mentioned therein has been so entered.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-834 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-834 - Annual filing of exemption list; issuance of illegal certificate; classification

48-834.  Annual filing of exemption list;  issuance of illegal certificate;  classification The chief of the fire district shall annually file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of his county the names of all the fire fighters of his district entitled to these exemptions. If the chief officer of any district knowingly issues an illegal certificate,  he is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-852 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-852 - District board governance; elections

48-852.  District board governance;  elections A. A fire district formed pursuant to this article shall be governed by a five member elected board,  but shall be governed initially by a board appointed by the county board of supervisors from among qualified electors of the proposed county island fire district. The initial appointed board shall schedule an election to be held on the next general election date. The election shall be held as otherwise provided by law. B. If a vacancy occurs on the district board other than from expiration of a term,  the remaining board members shall fill the vacancy by appointment of an interim member. If the entire board resigns or for any reason cannot fulfill its duties,  the board of supervisors shall appoint an administrator to administer the district with the same duties and obligations of the elected board. If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an administrator within thirty days,  a special election shall be held to fill the vacancies on the fire district board. C. Members of the district board shall serve without compensation,  but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performing duties required by law. D. The district board shall elect from its members a chairperson and a clerk. E. Of the members first elected to the district board,  the three people receiving the first,  second and third highest number of votes shall be elected to four year terms,  and the two people receiving the fourth and fifth highest number of votes shall be elected to two year terms. Thereafter,  the term of office of each district board member shall be four years from the first day of the month next following such member's election.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-854 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-854 - Municipality as service provider; indemnity; intergovernmental agreement

48-854.  Municipality as service provider;  indemnity;  intergovernmental agreement A. If a municipality or any other bidder intends to submit a response to the request for proposals under section 48-853,  the municipality or other bidder may do any of the following before submitting its response: 1. Inspect the county island property in its municipal planning area,  including inspections for hazardous materials. 2. Obtain reports from the United States environmental protection agency and the Arizona department of environmental quality. 3. Obtain reports from any other industry that identifies any hazardous materials or conditions in the areas of the fire district in the municipality's planning area. B. This section does not prohibit a municipality from entering into an intergovernmental agreement with another municipality or a private provider to provide fire and emergency medical services to a fire district formed pursuant to this article. C. A municipality that provides fire or emergency medical services pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement with a fire district formed pursuant to section 48-851 shall provide the service particular to each county island consistent with the geography of the county island,  location of fire stations,  current infrastructure,  water access,  streets and building codes of the county island property for which service is provided. D. If a municipality or any other provider contracts with a fire district formed pursuant to this article,  the municipality or other provider is liable only if the municipality or other provider is grossly negligent in providing fire or emergency medical services to the fire district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-904 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-904 - Bond of petitioners; additional bond

48-904.  Bond of petitioners;  additional bond A. At the time of filing a petition for the establishment of an improvement district,  or at any time thereafter but before publication of the notice of the hearing on the petition,  a bond shall be filed by the petitioners,  with security approved by the board of supervisors,  sufficient to pay the expenses connected with the proceedings in case the board refuses to establish the district. B. If at any time during the proceedings the board determines the bond to be insufficient,  it may order the filing of an additional bond within a time fixed,  not less than ten days from the date of its order. Upon failure of the petitioners to file the additional bond,  the petition shall be dismissed by the board.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-907 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-907 - Review of action of supervisors

48-907.  Review of action of supervisors Any party aggrieved by any act of the board of supervisors in the establishment of an improvement district may bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the district is located to set aside the action of the board,  not later than twenty days after final determination by the board.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-908 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-908 - Board of directors; expenses

48-908.  Board of directors;  expenses Unless established pursuant to section 48-903,  subsection F,  districts organized under this article shall be governed by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated and the board of supervisors shall be deemed to be the board of directors of the district. The directors shall receive no compensation for their services as such except as provided pursuant to section 48-1013 but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses in attending district meetings.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-909.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-909.02 - Multijurisdictional entities; limitation of district liability and responsibility

48-909.02.  Multijurisdictional entities;  limitation of district liability and responsibility A. Any county improvement district may join with any other person or entity in the creation of a multijurisdictional entity to further the acquisition,  construction,  operation or maintenance of any of the improvements that are authorized by this article and shall establish the duties and responsibilities of each party in a written operating agreement. The agreement shall state the share of the costs to be borne by the district and by each other party to the agreement. The district's share may be based on any objective criteria that are established in the agreement. The district shall not become liable without its written consent for more than its agreed on share of the cost of construction,  operation or maintenance of the improvement or for claims for tortious action,  environmental responsibility or any damage proximately caused by the construction,  operation or maintenance of the improvement. Any share of liability agreed on in the written operating agreement is the limit of the district's liability without regard to the insolvency or bankruptcy or other inability or unwillingness of any other party to perform its obligations or to pay its proportionate share of those obligations. B. Costs that are incurred by a person in forming an improvement district that becomes a member of a multijurisdictional entity,  including reasonable costs incurred in circulating petitions to form a district,  shall be reimbursed by the district and shall be included as incidental expenses of the district. C. Any county improvement district that is located in a county with a population of less than two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census may purchase an interest in any improvement that is authorized by section 48-909. The district may acquire joint,  several or joint and several interests in the improvement. D. Any multijurisdictional entity that is formed pursuant to this section may enter into a loan repayment agreement with the water infrastructure finance authority of Arizona in the same manner as a county improvement district that is acting pursuant to section 48-909.01. Any loan repayment agreement that is executed between the water infrastructure finance authority of Arizona and a multijurisdictional entity shall also limit the district's repayment obligation to its share as stated in the written operating agreement. This limitation may be evidenced by written acceptance of the district's liabilities and obligations under the loan repayment agreement between the authority and the multijurisdictional entity or by a separate loan repayment agreement or by the delivery of the county improvement district's bonds to the authority to secure the district's obligations under the multijurisdictional entity's loan repayment agreement.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-911 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-911 - Rights of way within district; improvements and maintenance

48-911.  Rights of way within district;  improvements and maintenance A. All streets,  lanes,  alleys,  places,  courts,  avenues,  boulevards,  highways,  crossings,  intersections,  public ways and grounds in an improvement district organized under this article,  which are open to the public use or dedicated to public use by a plat of record or otherwise,  shall be deemed to be public and subject to improvement and maintenance under this article. The board of directors of the district may order to be done thereon any work or improvement mentioned in this article,  but no provision of this article or any proceeding or improvement had or made under this article shall be held to impose on the county the duty of maintaining the same as county roads or highways unless and until the county takes them over as county roads or highways by appropriate resolution to that effect. B. If there are in any such district public roads or highways which are maintained by the county,  the county roads or highways may be improved by the district under the provisions of this article and in that case the resolution of intention for the improvement shall state what portion,  if any,  of the cost of the improvement will be paid by the county and to what extent the county will maintain the public road or highway after the improvement is made,  but the portion,  if any,  of the cost of the improvement to be paid for by the county shall be included in the assessment and may be paid for in cash,  or the amount thereof may be included in any bonds issued for the improvement,  and,  if so included,  the assessment shall bear the same interest and be payable by the district in installments,  as assessments against property of private persons. The district,  however,  may contract with the county for the payment to the district of such assessment and interest as may become due and payable,  and the county shall perform the contract.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-912 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-912 - Resolution of intention to order improvement

48-912.  Resolution of intention to order improvement A. Before ordering an improvement authorized by this article that will result in an assessment against one or more lots within the district,  the board of directors of the district shall pass a resolution of intention briefly describing the improvement. By the resolution of intention and the subsequent proceedings,  one or more of the improvements may be made on one or more streets or any portion of any street and shall constitute one improvement and be constructed under one contract. If any such work is already done for any lot,  the lot shall be excepted from that assessment to the extent of the work done. B. When the proposed improvement in the opinion of the board of directors is of more than local or ordinary public benefit,  it may order the expense of the improvement chargeable upon an assessment district,  and shall describe the extent of such assessment district in general terms in its resolution of intention,  either by reference to street lines or block numbers,  or by designating its exterior boundaries by their courses and distances from the street or streets the improvement of which is contemplated,  and may refer for a more particular description of the district to a map on file with the district engineer,  showing the exterior boundary lines of the assessment district,  and delineating block and lot numbers or containing such details as will show the location of the lines. C. The board of directors in the resolution of intention may provide that the improvement described in the resolution may be made according to any of several alternative plans and specifications,  methods,  classes or kinds of construction or classes or kinds of material to be determined by the board of directors.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-913 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-913 - District engineer; appointment; compensation

48-913.  District engineer;  appointment;  compensation A qualified engineer shall be appointed or employed as district engineer and his compensation fixed by the board of directors. Claims of the engineer for compensation or expenses,  approved by the board of directors,  may be paid out of the county general fund,  and the general fund shall be reimbursed out of the funds of the district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-914 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-914 - Preliminary plans; estimate of cost; limitation on assessment

48-914.  Preliminary plans;  estimate of cost;  limitation on assessment Before passing the resolution of intention,  the engineer shall prepare preliminary plans that show the location and the type and character of the proposed improvements and estimates of the cost and expenses of the proposed improvements and shall file the preliminary plans with the clerk. The assessment for any lot shall not exceed its proportion of the estimate.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-915 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-915 - Petition to incur expense; sufficiency

48-915.  Petition to incur expense;  sufficiency A. Before incurring any expenses for which the district may become liable and that will result in an assessment against one or more lots within the district,  the board of directors shall require that there be filed with the clerk a petition signed by property owners as provided by this section. B. The petition may consist of one or more like or similar instruments filed with the clerk. The sufficiency of the signatures shall be determined by the rules prescribed for determining the sufficiency of protests against the improvement. C. The petition may be accepted as sufficient by the board of directors if it or its several parts have attached the affidavit of a property owner whose property is subject to assessment for the improvement,  stating on oath that the property owner has examined the petition and that the signatures are the genuine signatures of the owners of a majority of the frontage of the property fronting on the proposed improvement or,  if the cost of the improvement is proposed to be made chargeable upon an assessment district,  the owners of a majority of the frontage of property contained within the limit of the assessment district. D. Notwithstanding subsection C,  if the board of supervisors of a county finds that a proposed assessment by the district is a matter of public health,  welfare and safety and on a showing that a reasonable effort has been made by first class mail to contact absentee owners,  the board of directors may accept the petition as sufficient if it is signed by the majority of resident and responding absentee owners,  as determined by the board of directors,  of a majority of the frontage of the property fronting on the proposed improvement or contained within the district,  as the case may be. Mailed petitions shall provide for either acceptance or rejection by the owner and shall include a notice stating that only returned petitions will be counted. The absentee owners who are contacted by first class mail have thirty days from the date the mail is postmarked to return the petition. The maximum amount of the proposed assessment under petitions authorized by this subsection shall be no more than one dollar fifty cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-916 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-916 - Notice of resolution

48-916.  Notice of resolution A. The district shall mail to the owners of all real property within the area to be assessed a notice that contains the following: 1. A notice of the passage of the resolution of intention with the date of the resolution of intention. 2. A description of the work to be performed and the property to be assessed. 3. The total amount of the engineer's estimate of costs and expenses of the work. 4. A description of the board's intention to levy assessments and issue bonds,  as applicable. B. The notice shall be mailed to owners based on the names and addresses that appear on the most recent property tax assessment roll.