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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-202 - Approval of plans and specifications by the director of water resources

48-202.
Approval of plans and specifications by the director of water resources
A. When any construction,  repair,  alteration,  extension or improvement work for district purposes is to be performed according to plans and specifications prepared by or for a district,  the governing body of the district may,  if it so desires,  make application to the director of water resources for his approval in writing of the plans and specifications.
B. All applications shall contain such information and data as the director may require and shall have attached to the application the plans and specifications to be approved.
C. If application is made to the director for approval of plans and specifications for any such work,  no person shall commence any such work until the director has approved the plans and specifications in writing,  and when approved all work shall be performed strictly in accordance with the plans and specifications as approved.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-203 - Estimated cost of work; application fees; exemption

48-203.
Estimated cost of work;  application fees;  exemption
A. The estimated cost of any such work shall include the cost of all labor and materials to be utilized in completing such work.
B. Application shall be accompanied by a filing fee of fifty dollars. There shall be a further fee paid at the time of filing the application,  or upon receipt of the proceeds of bonds and prior to beginning actual work if the work is to be paid for from the proceeds of bonds,  based upon the estimated cost of the work,  as follows:
1. For the first two hundred fifty thousand dollars,  one per cent of the estimated cost.
2. For the next seven hundred fifty thousand dollars,  one-half of one per cent.
3. For the next four million dollars,  one-fourth of one per cent.
4. For all costs in excess of five million dollars,  one-tenth of one per cent.
C. The provisions of subsection B of this section shall not apply to a district formed by a county,  city or town.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-204 - Liability in actions for damages

48-204.
Liability in actions for damages
A. No action shall be brought or maintained against the state,  the director of water resources or his employees or agents for damages sustained as a result of the approval by the director of the plans and specifications for any such work.
B. No action shall be brought or maintained against any person for damages resulting directly or indirectly from any such construction,  repair,  alteration,  extension or improvement work performed by such person in accordance with plans and specifications as approved by the director.
C. The provisions of subsection B shall not be deemed to limit the liability of any person for negligence or wilful wrongdoing during the performance of such work.
D. Nothing in this section shall relieve a district from the legal duties,  obligations and liabilities it may have arising from any work performed in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the director,  nor to relieve any district or person from the legal duties,  obligations and liabilities provided under title 23.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-221 - Definitions

48-221.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Compensation"  means money paid to an employee of a district for services in the form of a fixed salary or wages at the end of established pay periods,  which,  in the case of employees with fluctuating rates of pay,  shall be considered as being the guaranteed rate of pay,  and which,  in the case of employees with dual rates,  shall be for the primary occupation. Such fixed salary or wage rates for any regularly established pay period shall be that which is in effect on the first day of each such period. " Compensation"  does not include payments for overtime and bonuses over and above fixed salaries or wages for normal hours of service.
2. " District"  means an irrigation district,  drainage district,  flood control district,  agricultural improvement district,  electrical district,  or power district organized pursuant to the laws of this state.
3. " District contributions"  means sums of money paid by a district to finance a retirement plan.
4. " Employee"  means a person in the service of a district whose customary employment is for an average of not less than thirty hours a week and for twelve months a year.
5. " Employee contributions"  means sums of money paid by the employees of a district for participation in a retirement plan.
6. " Governing body"  of a district means the body,  board,  commission,  officer or officers,  or other authority having charge of the finances of the district.
7. " Participant"  means an employee of a district who is eligible under the provisions of section 48-224 for participation in the retirement plan adopted by a district.
8. " Plan"  means a retirement plan authorized by section 48-222.
9. " Prior service"  means service for a district by any employee for any period not exceeding twenty-five years immediately prior to the adoption of a retirement plan.
10. " Termination of service"  means the cessation of employment of an employee by a district,  but service shall not be deemed terminated by reason of any military absence,  or any leave of absence or furlough granted by the district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-222 - District retirement plans authorized; benefits provided

48-222.
District retirement plans authorized;  benefits provided
A. A district which is not participating in the Arizona state retirement system provided by title 38,  chapter 5,  article 2,  or the employees of which are not members of the Arizona state retirement system may,  by appropriate action of a majority of its governing body,  adopt a retirement plan for its employees.
B. Any such retirement plan may provide for such of the following benefits in such amounts and at such times as the governing body of a district may determine:
1. Retirement income or pensions for eligible district employees upon attaining age not less than sixty years payable in installments not more frequently than monthly,  either from a trust fund and the income therefrom created by employees' and district contributions or by the purchase of single premium annuity contracts with legal reserve life insurance companies authorized to transact business in Arizona in such amounts as the balance in the employees' accounts on the books of the trust fund will provide.
2. The purchase by the district of a group annuity contract with a reserve life insurance company providing for retirement income upon attaining age not less than sixty years,  for death benefits of a participant prior to the participant's retirement,  and for any of the other benefits mentioned in this section.
3. Payment of retirement pension or income upon an employee having a permanent and total disability to the extent to which the employee is prevented from engaging in the employee's normal occupation with the district. The disability retirement income shall commence at such time as the plan adopted by the governing body of a district shall provide.
4. Termination of service withdrawal benefits after both the attainment of age fifty and five years of participation in the plan.
5. The establishment of nonforfeitable interests of various types in any trust fund or annuity contract upon termination of service after not less than five years of continuous participation in the plan,  depending upon the period of continuous participation.
6. Prior service retirement income and benefits.
C. The governing body is authorized to adopt such other provisions in a plan as it may deem to be for the best interests of the participants and the district and which are actuarially sound and not in conflict with the provisions of this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-223 - Types of retirement plans; trust fund; insured plan

48-223.
Types of retirement plans;  trust fund;  insured plan
The plan adopted may provide for either:
1. The creation of a retirement trust fund to consist of all contributions made by the district and the participants and the net income produced by the investment of the trust fund. The trust fund shall be held,  managed and administered by a trustee pursuant to an agreement between the district and the trustee. The governing body of the district is authorized to enter into an agreement with a bank or corporation empowered to exercise trust powers providing for the holding,  management,  administration,  and disposition of the trust fund upon such terms and under such conditions as the governing body may determine to be in the best interest of the participants and the district and to afford the greatest actuarially sound benefits to the participants. Such trustee shall be a corporation or association organized under the laws of this state or of the United States and shall have been engaged in business not less than ten years. The trust funds may be invested in any of the securities or obligations prescribed by section 38-719,  or as hereafter amended,  for the investment of funds of the Arizona state retirement system.
2. A group annuity contract with a legal reserve insurance company for the purpose of providing for the purchase of annuities,  the payment of death and termination benefits,  and such other benefits as shall be provided by the plan. The insurance company shall be authorized to transact business in the state for the purposes of issuing such group annuity contracts.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-224 - Eligibility and participation

48-224.
Eligibility and participation
Each employee of a district shall be eligible to participate in the plan adopted if he has been continuously employed by the district for a period of not less than twenty-four months prior to the effective date of the plan adopted by a district,  or for such longer period as may be provided in the plan. The plan may provide that an employee who shall have attained a specified age or who has been continuously employed by the district a specified number of years will not be eligible. Each other employee shall become eligible to participate on the first day of the month coinciding with or immediately following the completion of not less than twenty-four months continuous service with the district or such longer period as may be provided in the plan adopted. Each eligible employee shall become a participant as of his first eligibility date provided he makes a written application to the district on forms furnished by it within one month after his first date of eligibility. Each other eligible employee may become a participant on the first day of the month following the month in which he makes written application therefor,  in which case he will be ineligible for prior service retirement benefits which may be provided by the plan.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-225 - Employee and district contributions; administration expenses

48-225.
Employee and district contributions;  administration expenses
A. A plan shall provide for contributions by each participant of not less than three per cent of his compensation,  and the district shall deduct the amount from each payment of compensation to a participant. All such amounts shall be used and applied by the district for providing the benefits described in section 48-222. No part of the participants' contributions shall be expended for the administration of the plan.
B. A district may contribute from its funds an amount not less than that contributed by participants.
C. A district may also expend from its funds such amount or amounts as shall be required to provide prior service retirement income to employees entitled thereto. Such amount or amounts may be expended by a district at such time or times as in the judgment of the governing board of the district may be necessary under the plan adopted.
D. In addition the district may expend such reasonable amounts as may be necessary to pay the cost of administering the plan,  including,  but not limited to,  the reasonable expenses and compensation of a trustee if the funds contributed by the participants and the district are held and managed by a trustee.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-226 - Retirement or advisory committee; qualifications; terms; powers

48-226.
Retirement or advisory committee;  qualifications;  terms;  powers
A. The governing body may appoint a retirement or advisory committee of either three or five persons,  as shall be determined by the governing body of the district,  and a majority of the members of such committee shall constitute a quorum. Any determination or action of a majority of the members shall be conclusive with respect to all persons affected thereby. The committee shall have the responsibility for the general administration of the plan,  and may adopt rules,  mortality tables,  interest rates and other factors to be used for all actuarial calculations,  any or all of which may from time to time be amended or changed. The committee shall have such other powers as may be embodied in the adopted plan and as shall be necessary properly to carry out its duties.
B. If the committee consists of three members,  it shall be comprised of one member of the governing body of the district,  a participant,  and a qualified elector of the district. If the committee consists of five members,  it shall be comprised of one member of the governing body,  two participants and two qualified electors of the district. Members shall be appointed for such terms,  not exceeding three years,  as the governing body of the district shall determine. The terms of the members need not expire concurrently. Any member may be removed by the governing body for cause,  including,  but not limited to,  neglect of duty. Vacancies may be filled for the unexpired term by the governing body. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but shall be paid by the district for their actual reasonable expenses.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-227 - Exemption from taxation and execution; exceptions; nonassignability of benefits

48-227.
Exemption from taxation and execution;  exceptions;  nonassignability of benefits
A. The benefits,  annuities and pensions,  the employee and district contributions and the securities in which any trust fund provided for in a plan shall be invested shall not be subject to execution or attachment,  garnishment,  bankruptcy proceedings or other legal process. The securities in the plan's trust fund are exempt from state,  county and municipal taxes,  but the benefits,  annuities and pensions received by an officer or employee from such a plan after December 31,  1988 are subject to tax pursuant to title 43.
B. No participant or beneficiary,  or any other person having or claiming to have any interest of any kind or character in or under any plan adopted by a district,  or any part thereof,  or payment therefrom,  shall have any right to sell,  assign,  transfer,  convey,  hypothecate,  anticipate,  or otherwise dispose of such interest.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-241 - Definitions

48-241.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Board of directors"  means the board having charge of the management and affairs of the district.
2. " Contribution related to plant for pumping"  means an amount computed as follows: There shall be determined a ratio per cent which is the total kilowatt hours sold or used for pumping including all pumping for municipal purposes,  but excluding those kilowatt hours not produced by the district or by sources contractually available to the district but which are delivered to the district for transmission and distribution to others,  divided by the total kilowatt hours sold or used,  such totals to be for the latest five calendar years. This ratio per cent,  or ten per cent,  whichever is the lesser,  multiplied by the gross contribution,  shall constitute the deduction for the contribution related to that portion of electric system devoted to pumping,  provided that the ten per cent maximum limit imposed on this deduction by this paragraph shall not apply to any district which has a ratio per cent as defined in this paragraph in excess of seventy per cent.
3. " District"  means any irrigation district,  power district,  electrical district or agricultural improvement district now or hereafter organized under the laws of this state which is directly engaged in the sale of electric power or energy other than for irrigation purposes.
4. " Total water costs"  means one-third of the total sums of the following items for the latest three calendar years:
(a) The operating and maintenance expense attributable to watershed maintenance and protection,  water production and development,  storage,  transmission,  distribution or conservation,  including administrative and general and related costs,  but excluding depreciation.
(b) Repayment to the United States government of debt obligations resulting from prior expenditures on water department construction and the costs of which are not otherwise included in this paragraph 4.
(c) Water and watershed development and construction expenses incurred,  which are not otherwise included in this paragraph 4 or which may become necessary to assure the construction of and to carry out the purposes or functions of any future reclamation or other water project in or for the state of Arizona.
5. " Total water costs devoted to municipal use"  means total water department dollar costs times the percentage devoted to municipal uses. The percentage devoted to municipal uses shall be the ratio that total water for municipal uses for the latest three calendar years bears to total water delivered during such years,  or nineteen per cent,  whichever is the lesser. Municipal use shall be all water use other than for agricultural purposes.
6. " Residential"  and " commercial and industrial"  means " residential"  and " commercial and industrial"  exclusive of electrical power for agricultural pumping as defined in the uniform system of accounts prescribed for public utilities and licensees subject to the provisions of the federal power act,  as amended.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-243 - Distribution of contributions

48-243.
Distribution of contributions
Until otherwise provided by law,  the county treasurer shall remit to the county,  school districts,  cities,  towns,  other political subdivisions and the state of Arizona all sums received by him as voluntary contributions,  in the same manner as property taxes are now distributed,  and in amounts derived by reducing the gross contribution applicable to each such school district,  county,  city,  town,  other political subdivision and the state of Arizona to a sum equivalent to the proportion which the statewide net contribution bears to the statewide total gross contribution.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-244 - Right of appeal and civil action

48-244.
Right of appeal and civil action
A. Any district,  public official,  person or political subdivision not satisfied with a determination made by the department of revenue pursuant to this article shall be entitled to the same remedies provided for under title 42.
B. Any district,  public official,  person or political subdivision not satisfied with a determination made by a county assessor pursuant to this article may file a civil action to determine the correct amount due;  in such action,  the only issue shall be the correctness of the computation of the amount due,  and when said determination is finally adjudicated it shall be payable as hereinbefore provided. Any such action shall have precedence over all other civil actions,  both in the superior court and in the supreme court. Should the court determine that additional sums are due,  said sums shall bear interest at the legal rate from and after the date upon which the same are due and payable.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-245 - Approval by the secretary of the interior

48-245.
Approval by the secretary of the interior
Districts operating pursuant to a contract with the United States of America shall make any of such voluntary contributions only after having obtained the approval of the secretary of the interior of the United States and subject to the reclamation act of 1902,  as amended and supplemented,  or other applicable statutes enacted by the Congress of the United States.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-247 - Exemption from antitrust statutes

48-247.
Exemption from antitrust statutes
The provisions of title 44,  chapter 10,  article 1,  shall not apply to any conduct or activity of a district organized pursuant to this title,  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.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-248 - Payment of outstanding taxes, penalties and interest on acquiring property

48-248.
Payment of outstanding taxes,  penalties and interest on acquiring property
A. If any special taxing district acquires real or personal property,  whether by purchase,  exchange,  condemnation,  gift or otherwise,  the governing board shall pay to the county treasurer any taxes on the property that were unpaid as of the date of acquisition,  including penalties and interest.
B. The lien for unpaid delinquent taxes,  penalties and interest on property acquired by a district:
1. Is not abated,  extinguished,  discharged or merged in the title to the property.
2. Is enforceable in the same manner as other delinquent tax liens.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-252 - District budgets

48-252.
District budgets
A. Each district organized under this title and not exempted by subsection D shall submit the annual budget most recently adopted by the district to the county board of supervisors and the county treasurer. The district budget shall be prepared consistent with the annual financial statements required by this article. The board of supervisors may supply forms for use by districts in preparing their annual budget.
B. Budgets required to be submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted to the county treasurer and the board of supervisors no later than July 10 of each year. If the district fails to submit a budget as required by this section,  any taxpayer residing in the district,  the board of supervisors or the county treasurer may petition the superior court in a county where the district is organized to show cause why the budget has not been submitted. On a failure to show cause,  the court shall order the district to submit the budget within ten days after judgment is entered.
C. If the court enters judgment against the district under this section,  the court may award the taxpayer,  board of supervisors or county treasurer reasonable attorney fees and costs associated with bringing the action.
D. Districts organized under chapters 4,  5,  6,  17,  22,  27 and 28 of this title are exempt from the requirements of this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-263 - Special taxing district impact statement; district creation; district boundary change; bond requirement

48-263.
Special taxing district impact statement;  district creation;  district boundary change;  bond requirement
A. Notwithstanding any other special taxing district organization or boundary change requirements,  a special taxing district impact statement is required for each antinoxious weed district,  pest control district,  recreation center district,  special road district and irrigation water delivery district,  as follows:
1. In the case of a special taxing district formation proposal and before the circulation of organization petitions otherwise required,  the special taxing district impact statement and hearing requirements pursuant to section 48-261,  subsection A,  paragraphs 1 through 5 and subsections C,  D and E shall first be complied with.
2. In the case of a proposed special taxing district boundary change to an existing district and before the circulation of any boundary change petitions otherwise required,  the boundary change impact statement and hearing requirements pursuant to section 48-262,  subsection A,  paragraphs 1 through 5 and subsections E and G shall first be complied with.
B. The board of supervisors may require the person desiring to propose creation of a special taxing district in subsection A of this section to post a reasonable bond to be filed with the board,  in accordance with section 48-261,  subsection C.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-264 - Dissolution of inactive special taxing districts; board of supervisors action; exceptions

48-264.
Dissolution of inactive special taxing districts;  board of supervisors action;  exceptions
A. If a special taxing district is found to have been inactive for at least five consecutive years,  and upon investigation the board of supervisors finds that the district has no future purpose as determined by the district board of directors and no current indebtedness,  the board of supervisors shall dissolve the district by board resolution.
B. Dissolution action pursuant to subsection A does not apply to districts formed under chapters 4,  21,  22,  27 and 28 of this title.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-271 - Board of supervisors authority to approve or deny formation of special district

48-271.
Board of supervisors authority to approve or deny formation of special district
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law for the formation of a special taxing district,  the county board of supervisors has the absolute authority to deny the formation,  other than under chapter 4,  11,  12,  17,  18,  19 or 22 of this title,  of a special district in that county,  if sufficient grounds exist for such formation denial. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to limit in any way judicial review of a decision by the board of supervisors in denying the formation of a special taxing district.
B. For purposes of this section,  a special district is any entity proposed to be established on or after January 1,  1989 with substantially the following characteristics:
1. The status of a political subdivision of this state vested with the rights,  privileges and immunities of a municipality to the extent consistent with its stated purposes.
2. A limited purpose as stated in its authorizing statutes.
3. An independently elected governing body.
4. Exterior boundaries within or coterminous with a single county.
5. The power to impose and collect taxes.
6. Perpetual succession of its governmental existence,  purpose,  powers and governing body,  subject to a prescribed dissolution procedure.
7. Corporate existence separate and apart from any other unit of government.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-272 - Special district boundary requirements; parcel splits prohibited; boundary modifications; consolidation; notice

48-272.
Special district boundary requirements;  parcel splits prohibited;  boundary modifications;  consolidation;  notice
A. A special taxing district that is organized pursuant to this title and that is submitting proposed district boundaries after November 1,  2007 shall include only entire parcels of real property within its proposed boundaries as determined by the county assessor and shall not split parcels.
B. For any special taxing district that is organized pursuant to this title and whose boundaries split parcels as determined by the county assessor on or before November 1,  2007,  a property owner in the district may request in writing that the county assessor modify the special taxing district boundary so that the entire parcel is contained within the special taxing districts that govern the majority of the area of the parcel. For parcels in which two or more special taxing districts of the same type govern an identical percentage of the area of the parcel,  the property owner may designate the special taxing district that will govern the entire parcel. This subsection does not apply to special taxing districts formed pursuant to chapter 2,  3,  9,  11,  12,  15,  17,  18,  19,  20,  22 or 32 of this title.
C. Except as provided in subsection B of this section,  on discovery that a parcel is split by a special taxing district boundary,  the county assessor may initiate the consolidation of the entire parcel into a single tax parcel. The county assessor shall provide the property owner with at least thirty days' notice of the proposed consolidation before the proposed consolidation becomes final,  and the property owner may accept or reject that consolidation. If the property owner rejects the proposed consolidation,  the parcel shall not be consolidated into the special taxing district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-281 - Definitions

48-281.
Definitions
A. In this article,  " professional services"  includes architect services,  engineer services,  landscape architect services,  assayer services,  geologist services and land surveying services and any combination of those services.
B. If a term is used in this article and is defined in section 34-101 or 34-601,  the term has the same meaning prescribed in section 34-101 or 34-601.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-282 - Alternative methods for procurement of professional services and construction services

48-282.
Alternative methods for procurement of professional services and construction services
A. As an alternative to the methods described in this title for the procurement of design services and construction,  the board of directors or other governing body of a special taxing district established under this title may elect to procure:
1. Construction under the design-bid-build project delivery method by competitive sealed bidding pursuant to title 34,  chapter 2,  articles 1,  2 and 3 or pursuant to rules adopted by the special taxing district pursuant to section 41-2501,  subsection C.
2. Construction services under the construction-manager-at-risk,  design-build and job-order-contracting project delivery methods pursuant to title 34,  chapter 6.
3. Professional services pursuant to title 34,  chapter 1,  article 1 or title 34,  chapter 6.
B. Notwithstanding any other provision of this title,  if professional services or construction services are procured pursuant to subsection A of this section,  all of the provisions and requirements in title 34,  chapter 1,  article 1 and title 34,  chapter 6 apply to the procurement and performance of the professional services or construction services,  including provisions and requirements on payments,  bid security,  payment and performance bonds,  retention,  emergency procurements,  multiterm contracts,  subcontractor selection and horizontal construction.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-291 - Federal and state regulations; local coordination; standing; definitions

48-291.
Federal and state regulations;  local coordination;  standing;  definitions
A. If a district that is formed under this title and that has laws,  regulations,  plans or policies that are less restrictive than a federal or state regulation,  rule,  plan or policy,  the district shall demand by any lawful means that the federal or state government coordinate with the district before the federal or state government implements,  enforces,  expands or extends the federal or state regulation,  rule,  plan or policy within the district's jurisdictional boundaries. This subsection is mandatory unless the district specifically votes to not demand coordination.
B. If the federal or state government fails to coordinate in good faith with the district,  the district shall hold public hearings,  consider the evidence and vote on whether to authorize litigation to enforce the district's coordination rights.
C. If a person who resides or does business in this state serves each member of the district's governing body with a written demand that the district comply with this section and,  within sixty days after service of the written demand,  the district governing body 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 district 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 district 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 district law,  regulation,  plan or policy that is less restrictive than the federal or state regulation,  rule,  plan or policy.
3. " Less restrictive"  means a district 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 district's jurisdictional boundaries.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-301 - Antinoxious weed districts; formation; territorial limits

48-301.
Antinoxious weed districts;  formation;  territorial limits
When a majority of the resident holders of title or evidence of title,  including entrymen of lands of the United States or of this state,  to lands in a district proposed to be organized under this article,  desire to provide for the eradication and control of noxious weeds,  shrubs,  grasses or vines within their district,  they may propose the organization of an antinoxious weed district. The district shall be wholly within one county and shall embrace not more than one hundred thousand acres of irrigable farming land.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-302 - Petition to organize district; filing; contents

48-302.
Petition to organize district;  filing;  contents
A. In order to create an antinoxious weed district,  not less than twenty-five per cent of the holders of title shall file a petition with the board of supervisors of the county to organize an antinoxious weed district. The petition shall contain:
1. A general description of the boundaries.
2. An estimate of the total acreage to be included.
3. The name of the proposed district.
4. The character and objectionable features of the noxious growth within the proposed district to be eradicated or controlled.
5. A request that the board define and establish the boundaries of the proposed district and submit the question of final organization thereof to the vote of the electors.
B. Each signer shall describe the lands to which he holds title or evidence of title.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-303 - Bond for expenses; payment of expenses

48-303.
Bond for expenses;  payment of expenses
A. At the time of filing the petition,  a bond shall be filed with the board in double the amount of the probable cost of organizing the district which shall be fixed by the clerk of the board of supervisors and approved by the chairman. The bond shall be conditioned upon the payment to the county of all expenses incurred by the board in the proceedings if organization of the district is not effected.
B. If organization of the district is effected,  then all expenses incurred by the county in the proceedings shall become county expenses and shall be repaid to the county by the district from monies received from the first collection of taxes by the district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-304 - Hearing; organizing procedure; notice of election; election procedure

48-304.
Hearing;  organizing procedure;  notice of election;  election procedure
A. When the petition and bond have been filed with the board and approved,  the board shall proceed as provided for the organization of an irrigation and improvement district.
B. The board shall determine and fix the boundaries and the lands to be included from which an appeal may be taken. The board shall call an election and give notice thereof for the purpose of determining whether the district shall be organized and to elect directors for the district.
C. The election,  and elections thereafter held,  shall be conducted and the results canvassed as provided for irrigation and improvement districts relating to water,  irrigation and drainage,  unless otherwise provided in this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-305 - Qualifications of electors

48-305.
Qualifications of electors
A. A qualified elector is a person of the age of eighteen years or over who possesses the property qualifications provided in this article for ninety days immediately preceding the date of the election at which he votes,  and who has resided continuously for six months immediately preceding the election within the boundaries of the proposed district.
B. When the holder of the recorded title to property is a married person,  then the spouse of the holder shall also be entitled to vote.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-306 - Change of types of weeds controlled; election

48-306.
Change of types of weeds controlled;  election
If it appears that a noxious growth not named and described in the petition for organization of the district should be added to or eliminated from the petition,  the board of directors may by resolution,  and shall,  on the filing of a petition signed by twenty-five of the qualified electors of the district,  submit the proposition to a vote of the qualified electors of the district at the next general election.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-307 - District officers; term of directors; recall; powers and duties

48-307.
District officers;  term of directors;  recall;  powers and duties
A. The officers of the district shall consist of three directors,  a secretary and an inspector appointed by the board of directors. The treasurer of the county in which the district is located shall be ex officio treasurer of the district.
B. The directors shall be elected at large from the district and shall hold office for a term of two years from the first day of April following their election. After the election of the first board of directors,  the directors shall be elected biennially. The directors may be recalled by the qualified electors of the district in the manner public officers are recalled.
C. The board shall manage and conduct the affairs of the district,  employ inspectors,  agents,  attorneys and other employees,  fix their compensation,  establish necessary rules and regulations for the government of the district and perform all acts necessary to carry out the purposes of this article.
D. The board shall,  by resolution,  fix the date for holding the general election biennially in the district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-308 - District inspector; appointment; report of presence of weeds; notice to landowner; classification

48-308.
District inspector;  appointment;  report of presence of weeds;  notice to landowner;  classification
A. An inspector shall be appointed by the board of directors to examine and inspect periodically all lands,  irrigation canals,  ditches,  rights of way or laterals lying within the boundaries of the district,  and all roads,  highways,  streets,  alleys or other thoroughfares or premises within the district.
B. If the inspector finds noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses of the kind and character named and described in the petition for the formation of the district,  he shall report the fact to the board of directors.
C. Upon receipt of the report,  the board shall serve upon the owner,  lessee or tenant,  or upon any person in charge of the infected lands or premises,  a notice of the presence of the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses. The notice shall be served in the same manner as a summons issued from the superior court.
D. If within five days after service of the notice the person notified has not taken adequate steps to eradicate the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses complained of,  or having commenced work recklessly fails or refuses diligently to prosecute the work,  or if,  in any event,  allows and permits any of the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses to go to seed,  he is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-309 - Quarantine; eradication of weeds; lien; enforcement

48-309.
Quarantine;  eradication of weeds;  lien;  enforcement
A. The board of directors may declare and enforce a quarantine against any premises within the boundaries of the district upon which noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses are found to exist,  and to order that no article or product of any kind capable of carrying or transmitting the seed of the weed,  shrub,  vine or grass growing on the land be removed therefrom during the period of the quarantine.
B. Notice of the quarantine shall be served upon the owner,  lessee,  tenant or person in charge of the premises in the same manner as a summons issued from the superior court.
C. If the owner,  lessee,  tenant or person in charge of any infected land fails to take adequate steps to eradicate the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses complained of,  or having commenced work,  neglects,  fails or refuses diligently to prosecute the work to successful termination as provided in this article,  the board of directors may order and direct the inspector to enter upon the premises and remove and eradicate therefrom the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses. The entry shall be made by the inspector without further notice to the owner,  lessee,  tenant or person in charge.
D. The cost and expense of removing and eradicating noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses from such premises is declared a lien upon the premises prior to other liens or obligations except liens for taxes. The board of directors shall foreclose the lien by appropriate action in the superior court of the county wherein the district is situated.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-310 - Alternative plan for eradication

48-310.
Alternative plan for eradication
Noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses found within the boundaries of an antinoxious weed district may be removed and eradicated under the alternative plan provided in sections 48-311 through 48-318.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-311 - Alternative plan; resolution; contents; limitation as to lands included

48-311.
Alternative plan;  resolution;  contents;  limitation as to lands included
A. If the board of directors of a district elects to avail itself of the alternative plan,  it shall adopt a resolution which shall be spread in full upon the record of the board's proceedings and shall contain:
1. A legal description,  by tracts,  parcels or lots,  of the lands to be included in the proceeding.
2. A declaration that noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses,  specified by name,  have been found on the lands.
3. A declaration that the existence of the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses thereon constitutes a nuisance and menace to other lands within the district.
4. A declaration that the noxious weeds,  vines,  shrubs or grasses shall be immediately eradicated,  and if not,  the district will proceed with the eradication.
5. The time and place when the board will hear objections of any owner of the lands and reasons why the district should not proceed with the eradication of the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses and with the assessment of the cost of the removal or eradication against the several tracts,  parcels or lots of land affected.
B. The resolution may embrace any number of contiguous tracts,  parcels or lots of land,  but each shall be separately described.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-312 - Alternative plan; notice of hearing; form and contents; posting

48-312.
Alternative plan;  notice of hearing;  form and contents;  posting
A. Not less than five nor more than fifteen days before the date set for the hearing,  the board shall cause a notice to be conspicuously posted in at least three places not more than five hundred feet apart upon the property described. The notice shall briefly set forth the adoption of the resolution and the date thereof,  together with a statement of every material matter embodied therein,  including notice of the time,  place and purpose of the meeting of protest,  and that unless the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses are immediately removed and eradicated the district will proceed with their removal.
B. The notice shall be headed in capital letters not less than one inch in height,  " Notice to destroy noxious weeds."  The inspector or other person posting the notices shall make return to the board giving the date the notices were posted.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-313 - Alternative plan; hearing; jurisdiction; decision conclusive

48-313.
Alternative plan;  hearing;  jurisdiction;  decision conclusive
At the time and place stated in the notice,  the board of directors shall hear protests against the proposed action,  and may continue the hearing from time to time. Upon conclusion of the hearing the board,  by motion or resolution,  shall allow or overrule any or all objections whereupon it shall be deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed with the work of eradication,  and the decision of the board shall then be final and conclusive.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-314 - Alternative plan; order for eradication; costs as claim against district

48-314.
Alternative plan;  order for eradication;  costs as claim against district
A. After final action,  or in case no objections are received,  the board may order its inspector to enter upon the premises described and eradicate the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses thereon. The inspector and his assistants are authorized to enter upon private property for that purpose.
B. The costs of eradication shall constitute a valid claim against the antinoxious weed district and shall be paid as other claims against the district are paid.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-315 - Alternative plan; right of owner to eradicate weeds

48-315.
Alternative plan;  right of owner to eradicate weeds
A property owner shall have the right to eradicate noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses at his own expense if done prior to the commencement of work by the inspector,  and if done to the satisfaction of the inspector and the board of directors,  no costs or assessments shall accrue against the particular tracts,  parcels or lots of land upon which the noxious weeds,  shrubs,  vines or grasses have been eradicated.