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AZ Rev Stat § 11-602 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-602 - Expense fund; estimate of expenses; transfer of funds; retransfer of excess

11-602.  Expense fund;  estimate of expenses;  transfer of funds;  retransfer of excess A. The board of supervisors shall create a fund known as the expense fund,  and shall order,  when necessary,  the transfer of money into such fund from the general fund of the county sufficient to pay the expenses of maintaining the government of the county until additional revenues may be collected to defray such expenses. B. Before making the order the board shall make an estimate of the amount required,  for what purpose,  and the amount available for the purposes of such fund from taxes or otherwise,  and when the estimate is made,  shall enter the whole of the itemized estimate in the minutes of the board. C. The county treasurer shall make the transfer when ordered by the board,  and pay from the expense fund orders drawn thereon by the board for the maintenance of the county government. The orders shall be drawn and signed as county warrants. The board shall not issue an order on the fund until there is sufficient money therein to pay and redeem the order. Orders shall be issued on the fund in the order of their allowance by the board. D. If at any time the board believes there is more money in the expense fund than necessary to pay the expenses of maintaining the government of the county,  it shall make an order directing the treasurer to transfer such excess to the general fund of the county,  and the treasurer shall make the transfer so ordered. The money so retransferred shall be available for redemption of outstanding warrants against the county.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-603 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-603 - Expense of maintaining government defined

11-603.  Expense of maintaining government defined The expense of maintaining the government consists of official salaries,  fees and mileage,  fees and mileage of jurors and witnesses,  county printing and advertising,  books and stationery,  feeding county prisoners,  the care of the indigent sick,  water,  wood,  lights and like supplies for county institutions and insurance and repairs of county buildings.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-604 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-604 - Salary fund; sick pay fund; other funds

11-604.  Salary fund;  sick pay fund;  other funds A. The board may create a salary fund and pay therefrom the salaries of officials and employees,  and fees and mileage of jurors. After the transfer of funds to the expense fund,  the board may transfer from the expense fund to the salary fund,  as provided for transfer of funds from the general fund to the expense fund,  an amount sufficient to pay the salaries of officials and employees,  and fees and mileage of jurors,  and may authorize and order payments from the salary fund in like manner as on the expense fund. B. The board may establish a county sick pay fund and pay compensation from the fund to an official or employee who is absent from work due to illness. The board shall transfer from the expense fund to the sick fund an amount sufficient to pay the sick leave of officials and employees. Budget units as part of the payroll reporting procedure shall report hours of sick leave earned by the county officials and employees and of absences due to illness. Compensation paid to employees due to illness shall be separately identified in the accounting records of the county. C. The board may,  in like manner,  create and make payments from such other county funds as necessary for the proper transaction of the business of the county.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-605 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-605 - Warrants, substitute checks or electronic funds transfers drawn on fund

11-605.  Warrants,  substitute checks or electronic funds transfers drawn on fund Warrants,  substitute checks or electronic funds transfers drawn by a political subdivision on the county treasurer shall be paid in the order of presentation to the treasurer. If the fund is insufficient to pay a warrant,  substitute check or electronic funds transfer,  it shall be paid from monies obtained by the treasurer on behalf of each political subdivision pursuant to this article. If no agreement has been entered into under this article,  the fiscal provisions prescribed in section 11-635 are applicable.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-606 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-606 - Collection and disposition of groundwater transportation fees; economic development fund

11-606.  Collection and disposition of groundwater transportation fees;  economic development fund A. The board of supervisors may collect groundwater transportation fees paid to the county pursuant to section 45-556. B. The board of supervisors shall transmit all monies collected under this section to the county treasurer for deposit in a groundwater basin economic development fund. The board shall use monies in the fund to enhance economic development in the groundwater basin or sub-basin with respect to which the monies were collected,  including water acquisition or other mitigation activities for remaining water users in the groundwater basin or sub-basin,  economic planning,  business and industrial recruitment and retention and other necessary and appropriate economic development activities. If the groundwater basin or sub-basin is completely dedicated for purposes of transporting groundwater away from the basin or sub-basin,  the monies collected under this section may be used for such economic development activities anywhere in the county.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-621 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-621 - Payments from treasury on demand; exception; duty of auditor general; payment of loss; alternative procedure

11-621.  Payments from treasury on demand;  exception;  duty of auditor general;  payment of loss;  alternative procedure A. A payment exceeding five hundred dollars may be made from the treasury of the county upon demand duly presented and allowed,  but compensation due to jurors and witnesses and official salaries shall be paid without presentation of a claim. B. A demand is not required to authorize payment if all other required documentation as prescribed in the uniform system of bookkeeping for counties is maintained to support the payment. C. No demand shall be necessary for the board of supervisors to draw warrants upon the county treasury in amounts not exceeding five hundred dollars for the purpose of paying for goods and services costing five hundred dollars or less. The auditor general shall prescribe the manner in which the warrants described in this subsection shall be drawn and issued. Any loss arising out of the issuance of a warrant drawn and issued in the manner prescribed by the auditor general shall be a county charge.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-622 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-622 - Demand; time limit for presentation of claim

11-622.  Demand;  time limit for presentation of claim A. A person having a claim against a county shall present to the board of supervisors of the county against which the demand is held an itemized claim executed by the person under penalties of perjury,  stating minutely what the claim is for,  specifying each item,  the date and amount of each item and stating that the claim and each item of the claim is justly due. B. Sellers of goods or services to a county may submit claims in writing or by electronic data interchange if such method is approved by the county board of supervisors. All other claims shall be submitted in writing. C. The board of supervisors shall not pay any claim unless demand for payment is made within six months after the last item of the account accrues.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-623 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-623 - Record of demands and warrants

11-623.  Record of demands and warrants The board shall cause to be entered separately in the minute book of the board: 1. The number of each demand allowed. 2. By whom presented. 3. The amount of the demand. 4. From what fund the demand is payable. 5. The number of each warrant ordered drawn by them and to whom payable. 6. The amount of each warrant. 7. For what service or supplies the warrant is drawn.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-624 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-624 - Audit of nonprofit corporations receiving county monies; definition

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.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-624.01 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-624.01 - Procedure for payment of obligations after close of fiscal year

11-624.01.  Procedure for payment of obligations after close of fiscal year A. Annually on or before June 30,  each county department or agency having outstanding liabilities attributable to the budgetary allotments of the fiscal year just ending shall file with the county board of supervisors for that county,  in the manner and upon a form prescribed by the board and under oath,  an " advice of encumbrance"  for each item of outstanding liability the board of supervisors shall encumber such funds as are necessary and available to pay such properly entered encumbrances. Any encumbrances outstanding at the end of sixty days shall lapse and the remaining fund balance shall revert to the appropriate county fund. B. The county board of supervisors may draw warrants against the available balances of the budgetary items made for a fiscal year for a period of sixty days after the close of such fiscal year. Warrants may be drawn after the close of a fiscal year only for payment of liabilities incurred during the fiscal year for which such budget was approved. C. After expiration of the period of sixty days from the beginning of each fiscal year,  the balance shall lapse and be applied as provided in subsection A of this section and no further payments shall be made on any claim for expenditures of such prior fiscal year.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-625 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-625 - Consideration of claim

11-625.  Consideration of claim A demand shall not be considered by the board unless prepared as prescribed in section 11-622 and filed by the clerk at least one day prior to the session at which it is to be considered. Demands so filed shall be considered and passed upon at the next regular session after they are presented,  unless for good cause the board postpones consideration of them to a future session.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-626 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-626 - Claims by supervisors

11-626.  Claims by supervisors A claim against the county presented by a member of the board of supervisors shall be verified as other claims,  and shall bear the written approval of at least one member of the board other than the claimant,  and of the county treasurer.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-627 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-627 - Effect of personal interest of county officer

11-627.  Effect of personal interest of county officer A demand in which a county officer is personally interested,  or arising out of a contract to which a county officer while in office has been a party or otherwise personally interested,  shall not be approved,  allowed or paid,  and every such contract,  claim or demand is null and void,  except for official compensation of the persons in whose name it is presented.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-628 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-628 - Allowance of demands; limitation; hearing

11-628.  Allowance of demands;  limitation;  hearing A. A demand shall not be allowed by the board in favor of a person indebted to the county without first deducting such indebtedness,  or in favor of an officer whose accounts have not been rendered and approved,  or who has neglected or refused to make his official returns or report in writing,  as required by law,  or in favor of any officer who wilfully neglects or refuses to perform the duties of his office. The board may examine the claimant on oath,  or any other person,  to determine the justness of the demand. B. A citizen or taxpayer of the county may appear before the board and oppose the allowance of any demand.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-629 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-629 - Rejection or partial allowance of demand

11-629.  Rejection or partial allowance of demand When the board finds that a demand is not a proper county charge,  it shall reject the demand. If the demand is a proper county charge,  but larger than is just,  the board may allow the claim in part and draw a warrant for the part allowed.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-630 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-630 - Action upon rejected or partially allowed demand

11-630.  Action upon rejected or partially allowed demand A. A claimant dissatisfied with the rejection of his demand,  or with the amount allowed thereon,  may sue the county therefor at any time within six months after final action of the board,  but not afterward. If in the action judgment is recovered for more than the board allowed,  the board shall allow and pay the judgment,  together with the costs adjudged,  but if no more is recovered than was originally allowed by the board,  the board shall pay the claimant only such amount. B. A claimant may accept the amount allowed and sue for the balance of his demand,  and this action shall not be barred by the acceptance of the amount allowed.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-631 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-631 - Warrants; record

11-631.  Warrants;  record A. Warrants on the county treasury shall be drawn and signed by the chairman and either the clerk of the board or the finance director in favor of the persons entitled to the warrants and shall distinctly specify the liability for which they are drawn. B. The warrants shall,  commencing with the first Monday in July of each year,  be numbered consecutively,  and the number,  date and amount of each,  the name of the person to whom payable,  and the purpose for which drawn shall be stated on the warrant. The clerk or the finance director shall keep a record of each warrant in the warrant book.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-632 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-632 - Issuance of duplicate warrant

11-632.  Issuance of duplicate warrant A. When it appears to the satisfaction of the board or county school superintendent by affidavit or otherwise that a warrant on the county treasurer has been lost or destroyed prior to payment and there is no reasonable probability of its being found or presented,  the board may direct the issuance to the owner of a duplicate of the lost or destroyed warrant. Before issuing the duplicate,  however,  the board or county school superintendent shall send a written stop payment notice to the county treasurer,  giving the number,  amount and date of the warrant,  the payee and the fund on which drawn. Such duplicate warrant issued under authority of this section shall constitute full and sufficient authority to the county treasurer for disbursement of public monies in the amount set forth on the duplicate warrant. The county treasurer shall not pay any warrant on which a stop payment notice has been made unless the board has released the stop payment in writing. B. The board of supervisors shall establish procedures for issuing duplicate warrants that protect the county and provide the owner with a duplicate warrant within a reasonable time.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-633 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-633 - Warrants receivable for debt or taxes due county

11-633.  Warrants receivable for debt or taxes due county Warrants issued by the board shall be receivable in payment of debts to the county,  and taxes assessed against property in the county. Upon tender of a warrant in payment of a debt or tax,  the county treasurer shall,  if the warrant is less than the amount of the debt or tax,  and is accompanied by sufficient money to make up the full amount of the debt or tax,  credit the amount of the warrant upon the debt or tax. If the amount of the warrant is greater than the amount of the debt or tax,  he shall mark the debt or tax paid,  and endorse the amount thereof upon the back of the warrant as a partial payment thereof. Only the person named as payee in the warrant may use it in payment of a debt or tax.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-634 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-634 - Payment of warrants, substitute checks and electronic funds transfers; definitions

11-634.  Payment of warrants,  substitute checks and electronic funds transfers;  definitions  A. If the board of supervisors,  the county superintendent of schools or a special district presents a warrant,  substitute check or electronic funds transfer for payment,  the county treasurer shall pay it and make a charge against the appropriate account. An electronic image of the original warrant or an electronic record of the electronic funds transfer provided by or made available by the servicing bank in a format approved by the county treasurer is deemed properly presented. B. For the purposes of this section:  1. " Substitute check"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-249. 2. " Warrant"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-249 and includes a record from which an electronic funds transfer may be made.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-635 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-635 - Warrants, substitute checks and electronic funds transfers unpaid for lack of monies; interest; definitions

11-635.  Warrants,  substitute checks and electronic funds transfers unpaid for lack of monies;  interest;  definitions  A. If a revolving line of credit has not been obtained for a political subdivision or if the revolving line of credit has been spent and if there are insufficient monies in the issuer's account,  the county treasurer may invest in the warrant,  substitute check or electronic funds transfer prescribed in section 35-323,  subsection A,  paragraph 7. B. The county treasurer shall keep a register of warrants and substitute checks and a record of electronic funds transfers presented for payment. C. If the county treasurer does not invest in the presented warrant,  substitute check or electronic funds transfer,  the county treasurer shall notify the servicing bank that the warrant or substitute check will not be paid for lack of monies and from that time until there are sufficient monies to pay the original warrant,  the original warrant may not bear more than ten percent interest per year.  D. For the purposes of this section:  1. " Substitute check"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-249. 2. " Warrant"  has the same meaning prescribed in section 9-249 and includes a record from which an electronic funds transfer may be made.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-636 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-636 - Effect on interest after notice of readiness to pay unpaid warrants; notice requirements

11-636.  Effect on interest after notice of readiness to pay unpaid warrants;  notice requirements A. If there are sufficient monies in the treasury to pay the warrants that have been returned and are drawing interest,  the county treasurer shall give notice thereof by publication in a newspaper published in the county or by posting written notice at the courthouse door or on the county's website stating that the county treasurer is ready to pay the warrants. From the first publication or posting of the notice the warrants cease to draw interest. B. In the notice published in a newspaper,  the county treasurer shall not publish the warrants in detail,  but shall give notice that only county warrants presented for payment before the date stated in the notice are payable. If only part of the warrants presented on the same day are payable,  the county treasurer shall designate the payable warrants in the notice.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-637 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-637 - Effect of priority of presentment on preference of payment

11-637.  Effect of priority of presentment on preference of payment Warrants are entitled to preference of payment from monies applicable to the warrants according to priority of presentment.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-639 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-639 - Redemption of unpaid warrants

11-639.  Redemption of unpaid warrants As monies become available and are in amounts sufficient to justify redeeming unpaid warrants,  the county treasurer shall redeem these unpaid warrants in the date order in which they were originally registered.
AZ Rev Stat § 11-640 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 11 - Counties|§ 11-640 - Record of interest paid

11-640.  Record of interest paid If the county treasurer pays a warrant on which interest is due,  the treasurer shall record the amount of interest paid. The amount of the interest shall be entered on the account separate from the principal.