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AZ Rev Stat § 48-1519 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1519 - Order granting or denying petition for inclusion or exclusion of land

48-1519.  Order granting or denying petition for inclusion or exclusion of land A. Upon the hearings,  if the board of directors deems it for the best interests of the district to grant the petitions,  it may do so,  or may deny them,  and in either event shall enter an order upon the records of the district recording the action taken. B. If an order is made either for inclusion or exclusion of lands,  a certified copy of the order shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder and filed with the board of supervisors of each of the counties in which portions of the district are located. The recording and filing of the order shall constitute full legal force and effect of the order,  and proof of the facts stated in the order shall be made in the same manner and with like effect as proof is made of the original order establishing the district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1520 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1520 - Rights of guardians, conservators, personal representatives or administrators relating to inclusion or exclusion of lands

48-1520.  Rights of guardians,  conservators,  personal representatives or administrators relating to inclusion or exclusion of lands A guardian,  conservator,  personal representative or administrator of an estate who has qualified under the laws of this state and as such is entitled to possession of the lands belonging to the estate which he represents may sign the petition provided by section 48-1517 and appear and participate at the hearing as other signers of the petitions.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1521 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1521 - Effect of inclusion or exclusion of lands

48-1521.  Effect of inclusion or exclusion of lands The exclusion or inclusion of lands shall not impair the organization of any district organized under this chapter,  nor in any manner impair,  destroy or change its rights and privileges as a district,  nor affect,  impair or discharge any contract,  obligation,  lien or charge thereon. The particular lands of the district affected by any order of exclusion or inclusion shall not be relieved from any district contract,  obligation,  lien or charge for or upon which it was or might become liable or chargeable had the order of exclusion or inclusion not been made,  but lands excluded by any order shall not be liable for district debts,  or obligations thereafter contracted.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1522 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1522 - Procedure to dissolve district; disposition of assets

48-1522.  Procedure to dissolve district;  disposition of assets A. When a majority of the bona fide owners of land in a power district organized under this chapter petition the board of supervisors to call a special meeting for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the power district a proposition to vote on the dissolution of the power district,  setting forth in the petition that all indebtedness of every nature whatever has been fully satisfied and paid,  the board of supervisors,  if it is satisfied that all indebtedness has been fully satisfied,  shall call an election to decide the question of the proposed dissolution. The election shall be called,  held,  conducted and the results determined in the same manner as the election for the organization of the district. B. If the result of the election is in favor of dissolution,  the board of supervisors shall make and record in its minutes an order dissolving the district. The board of supervisors shall certify and record the order in the same places and manner and with like effect as orders made,  entered,  certified and recorded affecting the organization of the district. C. If a power district is dissolved as provided by this section,  the board of directors of the district in office at the time of dissolution shall assume control of all assets of the district,  including all its rights and works,  and shall control and manage them until the electors of the district organize and take over control and management thereof.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1541 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1541 - Organization of board

48-1541.  Organization of board After the directors qualify,  they shall organize as a board by electing a president and appointing a secretary.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1542 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1542 - District office

48-1542.  District office The office of the board of directors shall be located in the county where the organization of the district was perfected at a place determined by the board of directors.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1543 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1543 - Meetings of board; inspection of records

48-1543.  Meetings of board;  inspection of records A. The board of directors shall hold regular quarterly meetings in their office on the first Tuesday in January,  April,  June and October,  and such special meetings as are necessary for the transaction of business. Special meetings may be called by the president of the board,  or any three directors. Meetings of the board shall be public,  and three members constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. On questions requiring a vote,  there shall be a concurrence of at least three members of the board. B. All records of the board shall be open to inspection by any elector during business hours.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1544 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1544 - Compensation and expenses of directors and employees

48-1544.  Compensation and expenses of directors and employees A. The compensation of members of the board of directors shall be determined by the board,  but shall not exceed thirty dollars per day and actual and necessary expenses of attending board meetings,  and a similar per diem and actual and necessary expenses while engaged in official business by order of the board entered on the records of the district. B. The board shall fix the amount of compensation to be paid the secretary. C. The board,  upon the petition of fifteen per cent of the electors of the district,  shall submit at any regular election a proposed schedule of salaries and fees to be paid. The petition shall be presented to the board twenty days prior to the time of giving notice of an election and the result upon the question shall be determined and declared as in elections upon other questions or proposals submitted under this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1545 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1545 - Administrative powers of board; limitations on contracting power

48-1545.  Administrative powers of board;  limitations on contracting power A. The board shall: 1. Adopt a seal. 2. Manage and conduct the affairs and business of the district. 3. Make and execute necessary contracts. 4. Employ such agents,  attorneys,  officers and employees as are required and prescribe their duties and compensation. 5. Establish equitable rules and regulations for distribution and use of power among the owners of the land. 6. Perform all acts necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. B. The board may,  in addition to supplying power to the district proposed by the petition for formation of the district,  construct,  acquire,  purchase,  lease or condemn any and all power plants,  power lines,  generators,  motors,  transformers,  poles,  wires,  pipe lines,  engines,  boilers,  distributing systems,  meters and any and all means for generating,  distributing and measuring power,  and rights of way or other property necessary for the use of the district,  or acquire by condemnation or otherwise,  the right to enlarge any power plant,  power line or distributing system,  already constructed or partly constructed. C. In case of the purchase of any property by the district,  when it is proposed by the board of directors to purchase a system of power already constructed or partially constructed,  to enlarge and complete the system to make it adequate to the needs of the district,  the board may embody in one contract the details of the purchase and the enlargement and completion of the power system without inviting bids. D. In case of the purchase of such property by the district,  the bonds of the district issued as provided by this chapter may be used at their par value in payment without previous offer of such bonds for sale. No contract involving a consideration exceeding ten thousand dollars,  and not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars,  is binding unless the contract is authorized and ratified in writing by not less than one third of the qualified voters of the district according to the number of votes cast at the last district election. Any contract in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars is not binding until the contract has been authorized and ratified at an election in the manner provided for the issuance of bonds. E. The board of directors may lease or rent the use of power on contract for the delivery thereof to the occupants of other land not included within the district at such prices and on such terms as the board deems best,  but the rental shall not be less than one and one-half times the amount of the district tax for which the land would be liable if within the district. No vested or prescriptive right to the use of such power shall attach to the land by virtue of the lease or rental.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1546 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1546 - Other board powers; judicial proceedings; validity of organization

48-1546.  Other board powers;  judicial proceedings;  validity of organization A. The board may take conveyances for all property acquired by it under the provisions of this chapter in the name of the district for the purposes expressed in this chapter,  and institute and maintain all actions and proceedings necessary or proper in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter,  or enforce,  maintain,  protect or preserve all rights,  privileges and immunities created by this chapter,  or acquired in pursuance thereof. B. In all courts,  actions,  or proceedings the board may sue,  appear and defend in person or by attorney in the name of the district. C. Judicial notice shall be taken by the courts of the state of the organization and existence of any power district of this state from and after the filing of record in the office of the county recorder of the certified copy of the order of the board of supervisors,  as provided by section 48-1511. A certified copy of the order shall be prima facie evidence in all proceedings in any court in this state of the regularity and legal sufficiency of all acts,  matters and proceedings therein recited. D. Any power district in respect to which any such order has been recorded in the office of the county recorder which has exercised the rights and powers of a power district,  which has in office a board of directors exercising the duties of their office,  and the legality and regularity of the formation or organization whereof has not been questioned by proceedings in quo warranto instituted in the superior court in the county in which the district or the greater portion thereof is located within one year from the date of recording such order,  shall be conclusively deemed to be a regularly and legally organized,  established and existing power district within the meaning of this chapter,  and its due and lawful formation and organization shall not thereafter be questioned in any action or proceeding whether brought under the provisions of this chapter or otherwise.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1547 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1547 - Exemption from antitrust statutes

48-1547.  Exemption from antitrust statutes The provisions of title 44,  chapter 10,  article 1,  shall not apply to any conduct or activity of a power district organized pursuant to this chapter,  which conduct or activity is approved by a statute of this state or of the United States or by the corporation commission or an administrative agency of this state or of the United States having jurisdiction of the subject matter.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1548 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1548 - Rules for distribution of power; ratio of distribution; diversion

48-1548.  Rules for distribution of power;  ratio of distribution;  diversion A. Rules and regulations for distribution of power among owners of the lands shall be printed upon adoption in convenient form for distribution in the district. B. All power distributed for irrigation,  drainage,  agricultural,  domestic or manufacturing purposes shall be apportioned ratably to each land owner upon the basis which the ratio of the last assessment of the owner for district purposes within the district bears to the whole amount assessed upon the district. C. In case the power available in any district is insufficient at any time to supply all the lands of the district entitled thereto,  the board of directors shall provide for the distribution of all available power upon certain or alternate days to different localities as the board deems for the best interest of all parties concerned and so that such available power shall be distributed in as nearly equal proportions as possible to all such lands of the district,  subject to the laws of priority. D. This chapter shall not be construed as authority to any district or district officer to divert power of the district to the injury or damage of any person having a prior right to such power,  prior to such time as the injury or damage has been ascertained and paid to the party who may be injured thereby,  in proceedings under the laws of this state relative to taking private property for public use.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1549 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1549 - Contract of district obligating owner of incompleted title to land to pay bonds and taxes

48-1549.  Contract of district obligating owner of incompleted title to land to pay bonds and taxes A. The board of directors shall require all owners of lands within the district for which title to lands is incomplete at the time of the issuance of bonds to enter into a contract to the effect that such land owner shall,  upon receiving title to such lands,  permit the assessment of such lands for their proportionate share of the bonded assessment of the district,  and,  in the meantime,  pay the proportionate share of all taxes levied by the board of directors. B. No vested or prescriptive right to the use of power shall attach to such lands by virtue of such contract until the contract provided by this section is entered into. C. The owner of the land shall,  after executing the contract,  if he is not delinquent in any taxes levied by the district upon such lands,  be entitled to all the rights,  privileges and benefits conferred upon the owners of other lands within the district,  and as soon as such land owner has received title to the land,  the owner shall ipso facto become liable for all existing obligations and indebtedness of the irrigation district as fully as if title had been held by the land owner at the time of the organization of the district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1550 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1550 - Use of public rights of way

48-1550.  Use of public rights of way A. Power districts may use public streets,  thoroughfares,  highways and alleys and all other public ways not within towns,  cities or municipal corporations under direction of the public officers in charge or control thereof. B. The district may: 1. Build pole lines,  lay pipes or conduits and connections therewith necessary to carry out the purpose for which the district is formed. 2. Erect,  maintain and operate over public roads and streets not within corporate limits of cities,  and thoroughfares,  highways and alleys and other public ways,  poles,  wires,  conduits or conductors in connection therewith necessary to complete and effect the purposes of the power district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1551 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1551 - Construction of works across private and public property

48-1551.  Construction of works across private and public property A. The board of directors may construct district works across streams of water,  water courses,  streets,  avenues,  highways,  railways,  canals,  ditches,  flumes,  transmission lines,  telephone or telegraph lines or private property,  which the route of the power line or lines intersect or cross. B. If the board of directors and the persons owning or controlling any property,  franchise right or other use of property so to be used or crossed,  cannot agree on the amount to be paid for the taking,  use or privilege of using such property,  the amount shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided for taking land for public uses. C. The district may locate,  construct and maintain the works over,  through or upon any of the lands which are the property of the state,  under direction and supervision of the state land department.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1552 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1552 - Right of entry to survey; acquisition of property for works

48-1552.  Right of entry to survey;  acquisition of property for works A. The board and its agents and employees may enter upon any land in the district to make surveys and to locate and construct power lines and distributing systems,  poles,  wires,  transformers,  motors and all necessary appliances for generating,  distributing or measuring power. B. The board may acquire lands,  water rights,  franchises and other property necessary to construct,  use,  maintain,  repair and improve power plants,  power lines,  generating or distributing systems. The board may also,  by purchase or condemnation,  acquire rights of way for construction or enlargement of any of its power plants,  power lines,  generating or distributing systems and lands for power plant sites.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1553 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1553 - Title to property held in trust; procuring power from without the state

48-1553.  Title to property held in trust;  procuring power from without the state A. The title to all property acquired under this chapter shall immediately,  and by operation of law,  vest in the power district in its corporate name,  and shall be held by the district in trust for the use and purposes set forth in this chapter. B. The board may hold,  use,  acquire,  manage,  occupy and possess the property as authorized by this chapter,  but when a district organized under this chapter finds it necessary to procure and acquire a supply of electric or other power from without the boundaries of this state,  the district may contract and pay therefor in the same manner as other property acquired by the district is purchased and paid for.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1554 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1554 - Plans and specifications for construction; advertisement for bids; bid deposit; awarding contract; performance bond

48-1554.  Plans and specifications for construction;  advertisement for bids;  bid deposit;  awarding contract;  performance bond A. When plans and specifications for any construction,  repair,  alteration,  extension,  improvement or other district purpose have been adopted by the board of directors and ratified by the electors when the probable amount involved requires ratification,  the directors shall give notice of the proposed work by publication of an advertisement for bids for at least two weeks in a weekly or daily newspaper published in each county in which portions of the district are located,  and in such additional newspapers as the board deems advisable. B. The advertisement for bids shall set forth: 1. A general description of the proposed work. 2. That the plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the district. 3. The date and hour up to which the board will receive sealed proposals. 4. That the contract may be let to the lowest responsible bidder. 5. That the right will be reserved to reject any and all bids. 6. The time and place for opening bids. 7. That each bid shall be accompanied by a bid bond,  deposit or certified check equal to ten per cent of the total bid. 8. That the bids will be opened in public. 9. That as soon as convenient thereafter the board may let the contract for the work,  either in part or as a whole,  to the lowest responsible bidder. C. At the time and place specified in the advertisement the board shall meet and consider the bids and shall within a reasonable time thereafter accept or reject all or any portion of any bid or may reject all bids,  and shall return the deposits of unsuccessful bidders. The board may thereafter proceed to readvertise for the portions of the proposed project as to which no bids are accepted,  or the board may proceed to perform the work so advertised under its direction and supervision. D. The board shall enter into contracts according to the accepted bids,  and shall require from each person with whom such a contract is made to give such bond or bonds as are required under the provisions of title 34,  chapter 2,  article 2. Upon the bond being given and approved,  prior deposits of the principal on the bond shall be returned.