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AZ Rev Stat § 48-1902 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1902 - Publication of notices

48-1902.  Publication of notices A. When a notice is required by this article to be published in a newspaper,  such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within the district concerned. If none is published within the district,  then the notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within the county in which the district is located. B. When a district is located in more than one county,  notices shall be published in newspapers published within each county in which part of the district is located,  as provided by subsection A.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1903 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1903 - Establishment of a hospital district; approval

48-1903.  Establishment of a hospital district;  approval In addition to the requirements for the establishment of a hospital district as set forth in section 48-261,  no petition for the formation of a district shall be acted upon unless the area encompassed within the proposed district is first approved by the department of health services as an area needing additional hospital facilities. Notwithstanding section 48-261,  subsection E,  a hospital district may exclude natural geographic features such as watercourses.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1908 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1908 - Board of directors; members; qualifications; terms; organization

48-1908.  Board of directors;  members;  qualifications;  terms;  organization A. The board of directors of the district shall be composed of five citizens who are resident real property owners within the district,  none of whom is an elective or appointive state,  county or city official. B. Directors shall serve four year terms beginning on the first day of the month immediately following declaration of election to office. Elections shall be held on either the fourth Tuesday in February,  the second Tuesday in June or the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of every even numbered year. C. Candidates for a district board office shall file nominating petitions with the board of supervisors as prescribed by title 16,  chapter 3. If only one person files or no person files a nominating petition for an election to fill a position on the board for which the term of office is to expire,  then the board may cancel the election for that position and appoint the person who filed a nominating petition to fill the position. If no person files a nominating petition for an election to fill a district office,  the board of supervisors may cancel the election for that office and that office is deemed vacant and shall be filled as otherwise provided by law. Vacancies occurring other than by expiration of term may be filled by the remaining directors,  except that if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum,  the county board of supervisors shall make the appointment to fill the vacancy. D. The board shall be a body corporate,  under the name " board of directors for ______ hospital, "  or " board of directors for ______ urgent care center"  with the name of the hospital or urgent care center inserted. E. Not later than sixty days after an election the board shall meet and reorganize by electing from its membership a chairman and a vice-chairman. In addition thereto,  the board may appoint a secretary who shall not be a member of the board and who may be paid a salary fixed by the board.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1909 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1909 - Compensation of directors

48-1909.  Compensation of directors Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation,  but each shall be allowed necessary travel and incidental expenses actually incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board,  and statutory per diem when away from the district on business of the district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1911 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1911 - Leases of hospital or urgent care center and equipment; provisions; cancellation for failure to pay rent; re-lease; auction; notice

48-1911.  Leases of hospital or urgent care center and equipment;  provisions;  cancellation for failure to pay rent;  re-lease;  auction;  notice A. A lease of the hospital or urgent care center and its equipment,  as required under section 48-1910 for districts with bonded indebtedness,  executed by the board of directors of the district,  shall: 1. Contain terms and provisions necessary to assure compliance by the district with the provisions of the federal act and any amendments thereto. 2. Extend for a term to be determined by the board,  but not less than five nor more than ten years. 3. Be executed to a corporation not for pecuniary profit,  duly organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of conducting a hospital,  urgent care center,  combined hospital and ambulance service or combined urgent care center and ambulance service. 4. Provide for a rental upon terms and in an amount which will provide a fair return to the district on its investment,  be sufficient to meet the payments of principal and interest of bonds issued under this article,  and provide amounts necessary to meet the expenses of the district. B. If a lessee of the hospital or urgent care center and its equipment fails to make the payment of rental required by the lease,  the board of directors of the district,  at its option,  may cancel the lease for such failure. If the lease is cancelled and if the board is then unable to re-lease the hospital or urgent care center and its equipment to a lessee qualified under the provisions of this article at a rental sufficient to meet the payments of principal and interest on any bonds issued by the district and to provide the amounts necessary to meet expenses of the district,  the board shall,  at public auction,  offer to lease the hospital or urgent care center and its equipment to the highest responsible and qualified bidder for such term as the board prescribes,  and shall lease the hospital and its equipment to the bidder who bids the highest rental for the prescribed period. C. Notice of the auction shall be given in a newspaper as provided by section 48-1902 at least once each week for four weeks immediately preceding the auction.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1912 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1912 - Bonds

48-1912.  Bonds A. Bonds may be issued by the hospital district for the purpose of carrying out any of the provisions of this article. If the board of directors determines that bonds should be issued,  application shall be made to the board of supervisors by the board,  and the board of supervisors shall submit to a vote of the real property taxpaying electors residing in the district the question in the manner provided by title 35,  chapter 3,  article 3,  and if the majority of the electors voting on the issue approve,  the bonds shall be issued as provided by law. Elections under this subsection must be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as prescribed by section 16-204,  subsection B,  paragraph 1,  subdivision (d). B. Any bonds issued under this article may contain a provision requiring the establishment of a reserve or reserves in an amount equal to the requirements of principal and interest payments for the two years during the life of the bonds requiring the largest amount of principal and interest payments,  and the district shall maintain the reserve during the life of the bond issue for the purpose of protecting against any deficiency in rental payments or tax collections. If it becomes necessary to withdraw funds from the reserve to protect against any deficiency,  the board of directors of the district shall levy a tax on all the taxable property in the district sufficient to maintain the reserve fund in an amount equal to the original amount thereof. In making the levy for the payment of principal and interest for the last year when the bonds mature,  the board of directors shall take into consideration the amount of money then in the reserve fund and shall levy an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest on the bonds,  less the amount then in the reserve fund.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1913 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1913 - Limit of bonded indebtedness

48-1913.  Limit of bonded indebtedness No hospital district shall incur a bonded indebtedness exceeding ten per cent of the assessed value of all taxable property in the district as shown by the last assessment roll of the county.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1914 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1914 - Budget

48-1914.  Budget A. Annually,  not later than July 15,  the board of directors shall furnish to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district or any part thereof is located a report of the operation of the district for the past year together with an estimate in writing of the amount of money needed to be raised by taxation for all purposes required or authorized by this article during the next fiscal year. B. The board of supervisors of each county where a district or part thereof is located shall thereupon levy upon the taxable property of the district a tax which will,  together with other funds on hand or which will accrue during the ensuing fiscal year,  exclusive of reserves,  provide sufficient funds to meet the financial needs of the district as provided under subsection A. The tax shall be computed,  entered upon the tax rolls and collected in the same manner as other secondary property taxes in the respective county or counties in which the district or part thereof is located. Monies collected on behalf of the district shall be remitted promptly to and shall be handled by the county treasurer of the organizing county as other special district funds are handled. The district shall be governed by the budget limitation laws of the state. C. If a district lies in more than one county,  the total budget estimate shall be divided by the board of directors in proportion to the value of the real property included within the district in each county,  such value to be determined from the equalized values of the last assessment rolls of the counties. When such division of the estimate has been made the directors shall furnish the boards of supervisors of the respective counties a written statement of that part of the estimates apportioned to each county.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1916 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1916 - Disposition and use of rental from hospital or urgent care center or medical clinic and equipment

48-1916.  Disposition and use of rental from hospital or urgent care center or medical clinic and equipment Rentals received from the lease of the hospital or urgent care center and its equipment shall be applied first against expenses of the district other than for principal and interest on bonds of the district,  and secondly to the payment of principal and interest on issued and outstanding bonds.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1917 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1917 - Capital outlays

48-1917.  Capital outlays A. The board of directors may establish a fund for capital outlays. After a capital outlay fund is created,  the board of directors may transfer to the fund any unincumbered surplus funds remaining on hand in the district at the end of a fiscal year. B. When a capital outlay fund is established,  it shall be used only for capital outlay purposes,  but the board of directors may,  by a four - fifths vote of all members,  if it finds that the fund is no longer necessary or that there remain in the fund monies which are no longer required for capital outlay purposes,  discontinue the fund or transfer as much of it as is no longer required for capital outlay purposes to the payment of outstanding bonds,  or if there are none,  to any fund for payment of current expenses of the district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1918 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1918 - Dissolution of district

48-1918.  Dissolution of district A district organized under this article may be dissolved by the majority vote of all real property taxpaying electors voting on the question of dissolution at a special election called to vote on the question. The election shall be called by the board of supervisors upon application of the board of directors of the district or upon filing a petition signed by twenty-five per cent of the electors of the district. If a district is dissolved,  all property,  buildings,  equipment and other items owned by the district shall thereupon become the property of the county.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-1919 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-1919 - Reimbursement for county services

48-1919.  Reimbursement for county services Services provided by a county to a hospital district are subject to reimbursement pursuant to section 11-251.06.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2001 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2001 - Establishment of sanitary district; territory; purposes; change of name

48-2001.  Establishment of sanitary district;  territory;  purposes;  change of name A. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 48-261 or 48-262,  a sanitary district shall not include territory located within an incorporated city or town at the time the district is established and the territory included in a sanitary district is required to be contiguous except as provided in section 48-2002. B. In addition to the requirements set forth in section 48-261,  a sanitary district may be formed only for: 1. The purposes of regulating,  purchasing,  establishing,  constructing and operating a sewerage system or a sewage sludge or by-product processing and disposal system which is owned by the district or any person and which provides for sewage collection,  treatment and disposal in the district. The system may include the collection,  transportation,  pumping,  treatment and disposal of sewage,  processing,  treating and disposing of sewage sludge and other by-products of sewage treatment. 2. Purchasing,  establishing,  constructing and operating a garbage disposal and treatment system. The garbage system shall be limited to the disposal and treatment of garbage,  rubbish,  trash and waste materials and shall not include collection. C. In addition to the requirements set forth in sections 48-261 and 48-262,  no territory which lies within an urbanized area,  as defined in section 9-101.01,  shall be included in or annexed to a sanitary district unless the city or town shall have approved the inclusion or annexation of said territory into the sanitary district,  or,  upon request of the parties seeking annexation or inclusion of territory within the sanitary district,  the city or town has failed to act upon such request and either approve or deny the request within one hundred twenty days of its presentation to the city or town. D. A sanitary district established under this chapter is a body corporate with the powers,  privileges and immunities generally granted to municipal corporations by the constitution and laws of this state for the purposes prescribed by this chapter. E. A sanitary district may change its name by resolution unanimously adopted by its board of directors. Before adopting a resolution to change the name of the district,  the board shall give notice to all residents and property owners within the district by publication of the notice at least twenty days before the date of the hearing of the board at which the name change will be considered. The notice shall be placed in a newspaper of general circulation within the district. The district shall also mail to each customer of the district within the district a notice of name change at least thirty days before the hearing on the change of name. At the hearing the customers and landowners shall be entitled to be heard as to why the name should or should not be changed. Following the hearing the board shall act on the resolution changing the name of the district.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2002 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2002 - Annexation of noncontiguous property

48-2002.  Annexation of noncontiguous property A. If the statement described in section 48-262,  subsection A requests the annexation of property located within an incorporated city or town but not encompassing all the territory within the boundaries of the city or town,  in addition to the other requirements of section 48-262,  subsection A,  the governing body shall approve the district boundary change impact statement and authorize the circulation of petitions only if the governing body of the city or town has by ordinance or resolution endorsed the annexation and the annexation is authorized pursuant to this title. B. The area within the proposed change does not have to be contiguous to any boundary of the sanitary district to which it is annexed provided that the property between the sanitary district and the proposed area to be annexed belongs to the United States,  the state of Arizona or the county wherein the district lies,  or is a parcel or parcels of undeveloped land which is not susceptible of feasibly being provided sewer service by any other public or private entity presently providing such sewer service within five miles from the location of the property. The sanitary district may pay the costs of the extension of its sewer lines across the intervening public land not within the sanitary district. The extension shall occur at the discretion of the board. C. In addition to the provisions of subsection A of this section,  if the noncontiguous property to be annexed is within an urbanized area,  the governing body shall obtain the approval,  by resolution,  from each city or town adjacent to or near by the urbanized area prior to the urbanized area's annexation. For the purposes of this subsection,  " urbanized area"  means the area within three miles of a city or town with a population of less than five thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census or within six miles of a city or town with a population of five thousand persons or more according to the most recent United States decennial census.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2003 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2003 - Annexation of all the territory within a city or town

48-2003.  Annexation of all the territory within a city or town A. Notwithstanding section 48-2002,  if a city or town desires to have annexed all the territory located within such city or town,  or if a portion of the city or town lies within the sanitary district,  the remaining territory within such city or town,  to a sanitary district,  and the sanitary district,  by resolution duly adopted by the board of directors,  desires to annex such territory,  the annexation shall be as set forth in this section. B. The sanitary district shall first adopt a resolution setting forth its intention to annex all or the remaining portion of the territory within the corporate boundaries of a city or town. Thereafter,  the city or town council may call an election of the qualified electors within the city or town not residing within the area presently within the sanitary district to vote on the question of whether the territory contained in such city or town shall be annexed to the sanitary district. The election shall be conducted and held in substantially the same manner as an election held pursuant to section 9-514. C. If a majority of the qualified electors voting at the election votes in favor of the annexation,  as evidenced by the official canvass,  the board of directors of the sanitary district by resolution may declare and order the territory included within the boundaries of the city or town annexed to the sanitary district. D. On annexation of all of the territory included within a city or town to a sanitary district,  the sanitary district has all of the powers and authority over such territory as it has over any other territory within a sanitary district and the city or town shall not authorize,  institute,  establish,  make or carry on a competing sewer service nor engage in the collection or treatment of sewage within the city or town.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2011.02 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2011.02 - Wastewater treatment facility revenues; use

48-2011.02.  Wastewater treatment facility revenues;  use A. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,  the board of directors of a sanitary district may obligate by resolution or by contract the revenues generated by any wastewater treatment facility or system of the district and take any and all other actions incidental as are necessary to do any of the following: 1. Pay all maintenance and operating costs of the district. 2. Provide such reserves as deemed necessary by the board of directors. 3. Pay all billing costs,  office expenses and the costs of collection. 4. Plan and design the purchase of or an improvement to the system or pay contractual obligations incurred for that purpose. B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,  at the option of the board of directors,  revenues in excess of the requirements of subsection A of this section may be used for either or both of the following: 1. Applied to assessments due. 2. Refunded to the property owner. C. An obligation of revenues by the district that is made pursuant to this section is binding on all successors or assigns until the obligation is fully satisfied.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2011.03 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2011.03 - Issuance of bonds; notice; hearing

48-2011.03.  Issuance of bonds;  notice;  hearing Notwithstanding any other law,  a sanitary district may issue bonds that refinance existing debt and that mature over a period of forty-one years only if the sanitary district complies with both of the following before issuance of the bonds: 1. The new bonds do not cause an increase in the sanitary district's bonding capacity. 2. The sanitary district's board of directors holds a public hearing regarding the issuance of the bonds. The sanitary district's board of directors shall provide public notice of the hearing as otherwise prescribed by law.
AZ Rev Stat § 48-2012 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts|§ 48-2012 - Rights of way

48-2012.  Rights of way A right of way in or across public property,  highways or streets within a sanitary district is granted to the district whenever found by the board of directors to be necessary or convenient for performing any work authorized by this article.