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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2981 - Powers of district serving municipal and industrial waters on June 12, 1980

48-2981.
Powers of district serving municipal and industrial waters on June 12,  1980
A. If a district was providing not less than ninety per cent of its total deliveries of water for municipal and industrial uses on June 12,  1980,  the district may deliver municipal and industrial service to all lands within the boundaries of the district as constituted on June 12,  1980,  as a part of its charter as an irrigation district. The acquisition,  operation and maintenance of systems related to such municipal and industrial service are within the district's authority and specifically include the right to obtain bonding under article 10 of this chapter.
B. A district that meets the qualifications under subsection A of this section and has an allocation of central Arizona project water for municipal and industrial purposes may obtain bonding for such purposes under article 10 of this chapter.
C. A district that meets the qualifications under subsection A of this section has the same authority and responsibility as an incorporated city or town pursuant to title 45 and chapters 22 and 28 of this title.
D. This section does not affect the ability of a district to provide for the incidental delivery of water for municipal and industrial purposes as provided under section 48-2978,  paragraph 15.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2982 - Powers of board in legal proceedings; judicial notice of district; exception

48-2982.
Powers of board in legal proceedings;  judicial notice of district;  exception
A. The board of directors may,  in the name of the district,  institute,  maintain,  prosecute and defend any proceedings and any actions,  civil or criminal,  necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter or enforce,  maintain,  protect or preserve any right,  privilege or immunity of the district created by this chapter or acquired in pursuance thereof. In all courts,  actions or proceedings the district may sue,  appear and defend by agents or attorneys.
B. Judicial notice shall be taken in all actions and proceedings in any court of this state of the organization and existence of any irrigation district of the state from the time of recording in the office of the county recorder the certified copy of the order of the board of supervisors declaring the election and organization of such district. A copy of the order certified by the county recorder shall be conclusive evidence in all actions and proceedings in any court of this state of the regularity and legal sufficiency of all acts,  matters and proceedings therein recited and set forth,  except in a proceeding in quo warranto instituted within one year from the date of such recording. If the proceeding in quo warranto is not commenced within one year after such recording,  the legality or regularity of the formation or organization of the district shall not thereafter be questioned in any action or proceeding.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2983 - Acquisition of existing irrigation or drainage works by district; approval by state certification board

48-2983.
Acquisition of existing irrigation or drainage works by district;  approval by state certification board
The board of directors may acquire by purchase or condemnation the irrigation system,  canals and works through which lands in the district have been or may be supplied with water for irrigation or drainage works or equipment by which lands in the district have been or are being drained,  and may exchange bonds of the irrigation district for such system or canals or works or for any portion thereof,  or any interest therein,  or for the capital stock of any corporation owning such system or any portion thereof,  upon such terms and conditions as the board deems advisable,  but such exchange shall be first approved by the state certification board.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2984 - Contract for purchase, enlargement and completion of existing irrigation system; approval of state certification board

48-2984.
Contract for purchase,  enlargement and completion of existing irrigation system;  approval of state certification board
If the board proposes to purchase a system of irrigation already constructed or partially constructed,  and to enlarge and complete such system so that it is adequate to the needs of the district,  the board may include in one contract the purchase,  enlargement and completion of such irrigation system without advertising for separate bids therefor,  if such contract is approved by the state certification board.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2985 - Plans and specifications for construction; advertisement for bids

48-2985.
Plans and specifications for construction;  advertisement for bids
A. When plans and specifications for any construction,  repair,  alteration,  extension,  improvement or other district purpose,  have been adopted by the board of directors as provided by this chapter,  the board of directors shall give notice of the proposed work by publication of an advertisement for bids for at least two weeks in a weekly or daily newspaper published in each county in which portions of the district are located,  and in such additional newspapers as the board deems advisable.
B. The advertisement for bids shall set forth:
1. A general description of the proposed work.
2. That the plans and specifications may be seen at the office of the district.
3. The date and hour up to which the board will receive sealed bids.
4. That the contract may be let to the lowest responsible bidder.
5. That the right will be reserved to reject any and all bids.
6. The time and place for opening bids.
7. That each bid shall be accompanied by a deposit or certified check equal to ten per cent of the total bid.
8. That the bids will be opened in public.
9. That as soon as convenient thereafter the board may let the contract for the work either in part or as a whole to the lowest responsible bidder.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2986 - Award of contract; bond; letting of work without advertising for bids

48-2986.
Award of contract;  bond;  letting of work without advertising for bids
A. At the time and place specified in the advertisement the board shall meet and consider the bids and shall within a reasonable time thereafter accept or reject all or any portion of any bid,  or may reject all bids,  and shall return deposits of unsuccessful bidders. The board may thereafter proceed to readvertise for such portions of the proposed project as to which no bid was accepted,  or the board may proceed to perform the work so advertised under its own direction and supervision.
B. The board shall enter into contracts according to the bids as accepted and shall require from each person with whom a contract is made such bond or bonds as required under title 34,  chapter 2,  article 2. Upon the bond being given and approved,  prior deposits of the principal shall be returned.
C. The work performed under any contract authorized and executed pursuant to this chapter shall be performed under the direction and to the satisfaction of the district engineer and by the terms of the contract shall be paid for in cash.
D. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the district from letting any work required by it without first advertising for bids when the estimated cost of the work does not exceed thirty thousand dollars for construction,  thirty thousand dollars for materials or thirty thousand dollars for services and the total amount of the contract does not exceed thirty thousand dollars or when an emergency exists as determined by the board of directors of the district.
E. The dollar amounts prescribed in subsection D shall be deemed adjusted on July 1 each year based on the annual percentage change in the consumer price index for all urban consumers,  United States city average,  that is published by the United States department of labor,  bureau of labor statistics,  with July 1,  2010 as the base year for making that determination.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2987 - Supervisory powers of director of water resources over district projects

48-2987.
Supervisory powers of director of water resources over district projects
A. All engineering determinations and supervision provided for and directed by any law relating to irrigation districts shall be made under the direction of the director of water resources,  and when so made shall be binding upon the state land department and the state certification board.
B. Upon the certification of an irrigation project,  the plans,  specifications and contracts for and any modification of the project shall be filed with the director. The works approved and authorized thereby shall be performed strictly in accordance with the plans,  specifications and contracts and any modifications thereof. The director in enforcing the provisions of this section shall have the same powers and duties as conferred upon him by chapter 3,  article 1 of this title.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2988 - Entry upon lands for district purposes

48-2988.
Entry upon lands for district purposes
The directors,  officers,  agents and employees of the district may enter upon any land in the district for any district purpose to make surveys and locate sites for construction of a reservoir,  canal or canals,  and necessary laterals or create,  extend or maintain the irrigation or drainage system of the district thereon.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2989 - Construction of works across public or private property

48-2989.
Construction of works across public or private property
The board of directors may construct district works across any stream of water,  water-course,  street,  avenue,  highway,  railway,  canal,  ditch,  flume or private property which the route of the canal or canals,  ditches,  conduits or other irrigation or drainage works or appurtenances intersect or cross. If the board and the persons owning or controlling any property,  installation or franchise to be used or crossed cannot agree on the amount to be paid for the taking,  use or privilege thereof,  such amount shall be ascertained and determined in the manner provided by law for taking land for public uses. The district may locate,  construct and maintain the works or reservoirs over,  through or upon any lands which are the property of the state under the direction and supervision of the state land department.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2990 - Pro rata distribution of water subject to priorities; payment of water tax

48-2990.
Pro rata distribution of water subject to priorities;  payment of water tax
A. Subject to the law of priority,  all water of the district available for distribution shall be apportioned to the lands thereof pro rata but when water costs are,  under the practice of the district,  defrayed by a water tax,  the board may withhold water service from any parcel of land under such rules and regulations as it promulgates,  pending payment of the water tax assessed against such parcel of land.
B. The board may provide that charges for water service shall become a lien upon the land served until paid in full.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2991 - Distribution of water when supply insufficient

48-2991.
Distribution of water when supply insufficient
If the water available in a district is insufficient at any time to supply all lands of the district susceptible of irrigation therefrom and otherwise entitled to water,  the board of directors shall provide for the distribution of all available water upon certain or alternate days to different localities as the board deems for the best interests of all persons affected,  and so that the available water is distributed in as nearly equal proportions as possible to all lands of the district subject to the laws of priorities.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2992 - Construction and maintenance of levees to control overflow

48-2992.
Construction and maintenance of levees to control overflow
Irrigation districts organized under this chapter may construct,  maintain and keep in repair levees for the protection of lands included therein from overflow. The provisions of this chapter relating to construction,  maintenance and repair of irrigation works,  issuance of bonds and levying of assessments therefor shall be applicable to the construction,  maintenance and repair of such levees.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2993 - Power of district to hold and use property; tax exemption of property

48-2993.
Power of district to hold and use property;  tax exemption of property
A. The title to all property acquired by the district under this chapter shall immediately vest in the district in its name,  and shall be held by the district for the uses and purposes set forth in this chapter.
B. The district may hold,  use or acquire,  manage,  occupy and possess property as provided by this chapter.
C. The rights of way,  ditches,  flumes,  pipelines,  dams,  water rights,  reservoirs,  pumping plants,  power plants and other property of like character belonging to an irrigation district shall not be taxed for state,  county or municipal purposes.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2994 - Conveyance or transfer to United States of irrigable lands within district included within federal reclamation project; election; terms of transfer

48-2994.
Conveyance or transfer to United States of irrigable lands within district included within federal reclamation project;  election;  terms of transfer
A. When irrigable lands within an irrigation district have been included within any federal reclamation project,  or subdivision thereof,  authorized for construction under the federal reclamation laws,  and the appropriate authority of the United States government certifies that funds are available for commencing the construction of works in connection with the reclamation project,  or subdivision thereof,  the board of directors of the irrigation district may convey,  transfer and assign to the United States,  such lands,  interests in lands and other property of the district,  including electric power lines and other facilities,  as the secretary of the interior deems appropriate for the protection,  development or improvement of the reclamation project.
B. The power of conveyance accorded by this section shall not be exercised unless the conveyance has first been approved by a majority of the votes cast at a special election held in the district for the purpose of submitting the question of conveyance to the qualified electors of the district. The election shall be called by the board of directors of the district,  and notice thereof shall be given by posting notices in three public places in each division of the district for at least twenty days prior to the date of the election and by publication of notice in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which the office of the board of directors is located,  once a week for at least two successive weeks prior to the election. The notice shall specify the time and place of holding the election,  and shall contain a general description of the character of the proposed property to be conveyed,  transferred and assigned and a general statement of the reasons therefor. At the election the ballot shall contain the words " Shall the proposed conveyance,  transfer and assignment of the district property to the United States be made?"  " yes" ,  " no" ,  or other words equivalent thereto. The election shall be conducted and canvassed in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions of law covering the election of the governing body of the district. No informalities in conducting the election shall invalidate it if the election has been otherwise fairly conducted.
C. If at the election the proposed conveyance,  transfer and assignment is approved by a majority of the electors voting,  the board of directors may convey,  transfer and assign all or any part of the property referred to in the notice of election upon such terms and conditions as the board of directors in their discretion deem for the best interests of the district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2995 - Limitation on power of board to incur district indebtedness

48-2995.
Limitation on power of board to incur district indebtedness
The board of directors or other officers of the district shall not incur any debt or liability,  either by issuing bonds or otherwise,  in excess of the express provisions of this chapter. Any debt or liability incurred in excess of such limitation shall be absolutely void.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2996 - Violation or neglect of duty by district officer; classification

48-2996.
Violation or neglect of duty by district officer;  classification
An officer of a district who knowingly violates or fails to perform any duty imposed upon him by law is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. Any officer convicted under this section shall forfeit his office.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-2997 - Eradicating noxious plants

48-2997.
Eradicating noxious plants
A. The board may adopt rules for eradicating and controlling noxious weeds,  shrubs,  grasses and vines in the district. The rules shall describe the character and objectionable features of the noxious plant. The board shall adopt the rules at a regular or special meeting and provide notice of the proposed rules as provided in section 48-2976,  subsection B before the meeting at which the rules will be considered.
B. The rules shall provide for an inspector to be appointed by the board to periodically examine and inspect all lands and irrigation canals,  ditches,  rights-of-way and laterals within the exterior boundaries of the district and all roads,  highways,  streets,  alleys and other thoroughfares and premises in the district. The inspector shall report to the board any noxious plants which he finds of the kind or character listed in the rule. On receiving the report the board may either proceed under section 48-2998 or proceed under this section to remove the noxious plants from the district.
C. The board shall serve on the owner,  lessee or tenant,  or on any person in charge of the infested lands or premises,  a notice of the presence of the noxious plants. The notice shall be served in the same manner as a summons issued by the superior court.
D. The board may declare and enforce a quarantine against any premises within the boundaries of the district on which noxious plants are found to exist and order that no article or product of any kind capable of carrying or transmitting the seed of the noxious plant growing on the land may be removed during the period of the quarantine. Notice of the quarantine shall be served on the owner,  lessee,  tenant or person in charge of the premises in the same manner as a summons issued by the superior court.
E. If,  within five days after service of the notice,  the owner,  lessee,  tenant or person in charge of any infested land fails to take adequate steps to eradicate the noxious plants complained of,  or having begun work,  neglects,  fails or refuses to diligently prosecute the work to successful termination as provided in this section,  the board of directors may order the inspector to enter on the premises and remove and eradicate the noxious plants. The inspector shall enter without further notice to the owner,  lessee,  tenant or person in charge. The cost and expense of removing and eradicating noxious plants from such premises is a lien on the premises with priority over other liens or obligations except liens for taxes. The board shall foreclose on the lien by appropriate action in superior court in the county in which the district is located.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3011 - Election of directors; term; qualifications; vacancies

48-3011.
Election of directors;  term;  qualifications;  vacancies
A. An election shall be held in the district each year in which the term of office of a director at large expires and in each division of the district in which the term of office of a director from a division expires. The election shall be held on the second Tuesday after the first Monday of November. Not less than ten days before the election ten or more electors in the district may file with the board of directors a petition requesting that the name of the person specified in the petition be placed on the ballot as candidate for the office of director and indicating whether the candidate would represent a division or serve at large. Only the names proposed by the various petitions filed shall be printed on the ballots,  but a blank space shall be left in which electors may write other names if they desire. The one director to be elected from a division shall be elected by the general electors of the division of the district in which the election is held. The candidate for director from a division receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected,  and,  for appropriate districts,  the two candidates for director at large receiving the highest numbers of votes shall be elected. A tie vote between two or more persons shall be decided by lot between them under the direction of the chairman of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is organized.
B. The directors elected or chosen,  upon qualifying as provided in this article,  shall hold office for three years beginning on January 1 following. Directors representing a division shall be qualified electors of the division of the district from which they are elected,  and directors at large must be qualified electors of the district.
C. If a vacancy occurs in the board of directors by death,  removal from the district,  resignation or inability from any cause to properly discharge the duties of director,  the vacancy shall be filled by appointment made by the remaining members of the board of directors or,  upon their failure or inability to appoint within thirty days after the vacancy occurs,  upon petition of five electors of the district the board of supervisors of the county in which the office of the district is located shall by appointment fill the vacancy or vacancies. A director appointed as provided by this subsection shall hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term and until his successor is elected at a regular election and qualified.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3012 - Division of district into divisions; representation of district; redivision

48-3012.
Division of district into divisions;  representation of district;  redivision
If the district has been divided into divisions by the board of supervisors,  the board of directors by an order entered in its proceedings not less than thirty days prior to the first district election shall establish,  define and divide the district into three divisions as nearly equal in acreage as practicable to be known and designated as division no. one,  division no. two and division no. three. In addition to any directors elected at large,  and except as provided by section 48-2914,  each division shall be represented by one director on the board,  and unless the acreage of the division is substantially changed by the inclusion or exclusion of district lands,  the divisions shall remain as so established. If a substantial change is made by such inclusion or exclusion,  the board of directors shall redivide the district and define new divisions thereof,  maintaining in the redivision as nearly as practicable the boundaries of each division as formerly established. Notice of such redivision shall be included in the notice of the next regular election.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3013 - Election of directors in a district not divided into divisions

48-3013.
Election of directors in a district not divided into divisions
If the district has not been divided into divisions by the board of supervisors as provided by section 48-2915,  the board of directors shall not divide the district into divisions,  and three directors of the district shall be elected at large from the qualified electors of the district. Such election shall be held and conducted and all questions to be voted upon shall be submitted as nearly in conformity with the provisions of this article as practicable.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3014 - Election in district having nine-member board

48-3014.
Election in district having nine-member board
Irrigation districts having a board of directors of nine members shall elect one director in each division each year in accordance with section 48-2914. In all other respects the election shall be held and conducted as provided in this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3015 - Registration of voters

48-3015.
Registration of voters
A. The board of directors of an irrigation district using the personal and individual system of voting shall provide for and require a registration of the voters of the irrigation district. The registration books shall be opened for a period beginning on the thirtieth day after an election and closing on the fiftieth day before the date of the next election,  and the place of registration shall be the business office of the district. The registration books shall include the full name and sex of the registrant,  and the certificate of the registrant that he is a qualified elector of the district as provided by section 48-2917.
B. A person not registered as provided in this section shall not be entitled to vote,  but a qualified and registered elector who voted at the last preceding district election and who continues to possess the qualifications of a qualified elector in the district shall not be required to reregister. Following the close of registration,  the board of directors shall prepare lists of the qualified electors of the several divisions,  and shall deliver the list to the judges of election in each division.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3016 - Notice of election; polling places; election judges

48-3016.
Notice of election;  polling places;  election judges
A. Fifteen days before a district election,  the district secretary shall:
1. Cause a notice or notices to be posted in each division:
(a) Giving the time and place of holding the election.
(b) Specifying the polling places of each division or a central polling place for the district,  which may be the district's business office.
2. Post a general notice of the election in the office of the district.
B. Prior to the time for posting notices,  the board of directors shall appoint three registered voters of this state to be election judges at each polling place and shall designate one judge at each polling place to act as clerk and one to act as inspector. If the board fails to appoint the election judges or the persons appointed do not attend the opening of the polls on the morning of the election,  the electors who are present at the opening hour stated in the notice may appoint the judges or appoint another person in place of an absent judge.
C. At the election the board of directors shall provide the judges with necessary election supplies,  including ballots.
D. In all elections,  each election judge,  before opening the polls,  shall take and subscribe an oath to perform faithfully the duties imposed by law. Any general elector of the district may administer and certify the oath.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3017 - Time of election; duties of election judges

48-3017.
Time of election;  duties of election judges
The polls shall be opened at eight o'clock in the morning and kept open until six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. The election judges shall choose one of their number to be chairman. The chairman may appoint judges and clerks to fill vacancies occurring during the progress of the election. Any election judge may administer or certify any oath required to be administered during the progress of the election. The election judges may decide upon the qualifications of electors and shall make certificates respecting any matter concerning the election.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3018 - Number of votes to which elector entitled

48-3018.
Number of votes to which elector entitled
Each qualified elector voting at an election shall be entitled to one vote on each question submitted and one vote for each office to be filled at all elections,  but when the holder of record title is a married person,  only the spouse in whose name the title stands shall be entitled to vote at the election.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3019 - Counting votes; election returns

48-3019.
Counting votes;  election returns
After closing the polls,  the judges of the election shall ascertain the result of the vote and within two days thereafter certify the result in writing to the board of directors of the district and deliver to it all ballots used in the election and all records made thereof.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3020 - Canvass of returns; declaration of results; failure to make returns

48-3020.
Canvass of returns;  declaration of results;  failure to make returns
A. The directors shall meet at the office of the district on the first Monday after the election to canvass the returns. If at the time of the meeting the returns from each polling place have been received the board of directors shall canvass the returns,  or if all the returns have not been received the canvass shall be postponed from day to day until the returns are received or until six postponements have been made.
B. The canvass shall be made in public by checking the returns made by the election judges and by counting the votes of a district for each person or question voted upon. Upon completion of the canvass the board shall declare elected the candidate for director from a division receiving the highest number of votes and the two candidates for director at large,  if any,  receiving the highest numbers of votes and shall declare the result of the vote on any question submitted.
C. If after six adjournments all the returns have not been made,  the board of directors shall declare the result to be no election and shall proceed to call a new election for the same purpose to be conducted in the same manner as provided for such elections.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3021 - Limitation upon rejection of ballots or declaring election void

48-3021.
Limitation upon rejection of ballots or declaring election void
No ballot,  list,  tally or certificate of an election shall be rejected for any irregularity or default if the intent thereof is apparent and it can be understood,  nor shall an election be declared null and void if conducted substantially in conformity with the provisions of this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3022 - Statement of result of election

48-3022.
Statement of result of election
The secretary of the board as soon as the board of directors has declared the result of an election shall enter in the records of the board a statement of the results disclosing:
1. A copy of the notice of the election.
2. The names of the judges of the election.
3. The total number of votes cast in the district and from each division of the district.
4. The names of the persons voted for.
5. The office for which each person was voted for.
6. The number of votes cast in each division for each candidate,  and the number of votes cast for and against each question submitted.
7. The number of votes cast in the district for each candidate.
8. The names of persons declared elected.
9. The result declared on any question submitted.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3023 - Filing certified statement of result; qualification of directors

48-3023.
Filing certified statement of result;  qualification of directors
A. A certified copy of the statement of results as entered on the records of the board of directors shall be made by the secretary and filed in the offices of the board of supervisors of each county in which a part of the district is located.
B. The secretary of the district shall immediately give the persons elected as directors a written notice thereof. Such persons within twenty days after receiving the notice shall take and subscribe an official oath to perform the duties of the office to which they were elected and file it with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district was organized. The persons elected directors shall at such time execute an official bond in the amount of three thousand dollars with sufficient surety to be approved by the judge of the superior court of the same county who shall endorse his approval thereon. The bond shall be recorded in the office of the county recorder and when recorded shall be delivered by the recorder to the board of supervisors for filing.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3024 - Recall of directors

48-3024.
Recall of directors
A director elected or appointed under this chapter shall be subject to recall by the vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the division which he represents or of the entire district in the case of a director at large. The proceedings for recall shall be in all respects as provided by the constitution and laws of the state for the recall of county officers.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3041 - Adoption of acreage system of voting

48-3041.
Adoption of acreage system of voting
A. Instead of the personal and individual system of district voting as provided by article 4 of this chapter,  the bona fide landowners of a district who reside in the state may petition the board of directors of the district to adopt an acreage system of voting within the district. The petition shall be dated and signed personally by bona fide record landowners residing in the state,  representing the acreage in the district for which title or evidence of title of record is held by each,  and shall be filed with the secretary of the board. If the board of directors determines that not less than fifty-one per cent of the total acreage of the district is represented by the signers of the petition,  the board may adopt a resolution changing the manner of voting in the district from an individual and personal ballot system to an acreage system of voting,  and thereafter all elections within the district shall be held and conducted on the acreage system provided by this article.
B. For a district in a county with a population of more than two million persons:
1. If more than fifty per cent of the total acreage of the district is used for other than agricultural purposes,  as determined by the board of directors,  the board may adopt by resolution an acreage system of voting. The resolution shall declare that bona fide owners of land in the district,  including owners of land not used for agricultural purposes who would otherwise qualify as electors pursuant to section 48-3043,  are entitled to vote under the acreage system for each office and on each question as provided by this article.
2. The board of directors of a district that currently operates under the acreage system of voting may provide that bona fide owners of land in the district,  including owners of land not used for agricultural purposes who would otherwise qualify as electors pursuant to section 48-3043,  are entitled to vote under the acreage system for each office and on each question as provided by this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3042 - Forms of election materials; applicability of general election laws

48-3042.
Forms of election materials;  applicability of general election laws
A. The board of directors shall prescribe the form of registration lists,  ballots,  poll lists,  election returns and all other papers and documents used in connection with the holding of elections,  and shall provide for preserving the secrecy of the ballot. The provisions and forms shall be prescribed at least twenty days prior to holding an election.
B. The general laws of the state relating to elections shall apply to elections held under the provisions of this article so far as applicable and not in conflict herewith.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3043 - Qualifications of electors

48-3043.
Qualifications of electors
A. In the acreage system of voting every bona fide owner of land within the district holding title or evidence of title of record,  including entrymen upon public lands under the public land laws of the United States or a certificate of purchase from the state,  who has held such title for ninety days and who is a resident of the state,  shall be an elector of the district and,  unless otherwise provided by subsection E,  is entitled to one vote on each question submitted and to one vote for each office to be filled for each acre of land owned in the district,  but not more than one thousand two hundred eighty votes. When the holder of record title is a married person,  only the spouse in whose name the title stands may vote at such election. If record title is held in more than one name,  each owner otherwise possessing the qualifications of an elector may vote the number or fractions of acres represented by the legal interest or proportionate share of and in the lands.
B. The administrator or executor of a deceased person,  and the guardian of a minor or an incompetent person,  appointed and qualified under the laws of the state,  may represent and cast the vote of the person or estate. An officer of a corporation designated and authorized by a resolution of the board of directors of the corporation may represent and cast the vote of the corporation.
C. The general partner of a partnership in whose name title to property within the district is vested as a holder of title or evidence of title,  who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the general partners,  may register and cast the vote of the partnership.
D. The trustee of a trust,  and the trustee who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the trustees of a trust in which there are more than one trustee,  in whose name title to property within the district is vested as a holder of title or evidence of title,  may register and cast the vote of the trust.
E. For a district in a county with a population of more than two million persons,  under an acreage system of voting the board of directors may determine by resolution that each qualified elector of the district is entitled to the number of votes or fractional votes equal to the number of acres or fractional acres,  rounded to the next one-tenth acre,  owned by that owner,  but not more than one thousand two hundred eighty votes.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3044 - Election register

48-3044.
Election register
When voting is conducted under the acreage system,  at least five days before holding a regular or special election the secretary of the district shall make up an election register. The election register shall denote the names of the holders of lands within the district,  the number of acres held by each and the number of votes which they are entitled to cast. The lists shall be arranged by divisions,  if the district is divided into divisions,  with the name of the holder and the number of votes he is entitled to cast as shown by the records of the county recorder,  the state land department,  and the United States land office for the district in which the irrigation district is located as of the twentieth day before the time fixed for holding the election. No person shall be allowed to vote unless his name appears as a holder upon such public records,  nor shall he cast more votes than the number of votes to which he is entitled as shown by the district register.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3045 - Handling and distribution of ballots

48-3045.
Handling and distribution of ballots
Ballots shall at all times be under the supervision and direction of the election judges who shall:
1. Keep the ballots not voted within the polling place and within plain view of the election judges and of the public.
2. Deliver them only to qualified voters within the place where the election is held.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3046 - Marking and checking of ballots

48-3046.
Marking and checking of ballots
A. Every qualified voter before receiving an official ballot shall call out his name to the election clerk. If his name is found on the election register the clerk shall hand him a blank official ballot,  first inserting in a space provided for that purpose the number of votes which the voter is entitled to cast as ascertained from the election register. The clerk shall also,  before delivering the ballot to the applicant therefor,  write his name on the stub thereto and shall call out audibly the name of the applicant and the number of votes to which he is entitled,  which shall be entered in the poll list in the order of the application for ballots.
B. After the voter has received his ballot he may retire to a booth to mark it. Having marked his ballot,  he shall hand it to the inspector,  folded in such manner that the inspector may see the number of votes to which the voter is entitled as marked on his ballot by the clerk. The inspector shall call the name of the voter and the number of votes he is entitled to cast,  and the clerk shall compare the number so called with that indicated on the election register,  and if they agree he shall so inform the inspector. The inspector shall then remove the stub at the perforated line,  leaving the number of votes the voter is entitled to cast on the ballot,  and deliver the ballot to the judge who shall deposit it in the ballot box and announce that it is voted. Such fact shall be noted by the clerk and by the inspector opposite the voter's name on the proper list. The inspector shall then file the stub on a string to be used by him for that purpose.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3047 - Mistake in marking ballot

48-3047.
Mistake in marking ballot
A. If when the inspector announces the name of the voter tendering him a ballot and the number of votes to which he is entitled as indicated on the ballot,  it is found that the number of votes does not correspond with the number of votes to which the voter is entitled as shown by the election register,  the ballot shall not be deposited in the ballot box but shall be handed to the clerk who shall destroy it without noting or making known the contents thereof. The clerk shall thereupon on demand deliver to the voter a new ballot,  properly indicating the number of votes to which he is entitled.
B. If the voter in marking his ballot accidentally or by mistake wrongly marks it,  he may surrender it to the clerk who shall give him a new ballot properly marked with the number of votes to which he is entitled,  and destroy the old one without noting or making its contents known.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3048 - Manner of marking ballot; determining right to vote

48-3048.
Manner of marking ballot;  determining right to vote
A. The voter shall indicate the candidate for whom he votes or the question or proposal for or against which he votes by writing in the space to the right of the name of the candidate,  question or proposal the number of votes he casts.
B. The right of a person to vote may be challenged. On being challenged,  the voter shall be sworn and examined as to his qualifications. If the election judges are satisfied as to the qualifications of the person to vote,  he shall be permitted to vote. A voter whose name does not appear upon the election register may be sworn as to his qualifications as an elector and his right to have his name placed on the register,  and if the election judges are satisfied as to the qualifications of the elector and as to his right to have his name placed upon the election register it shall be so ordered.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3049 - Absent voters or voters with disabilities

48-3049.
Absent voters or voters with disabilities
An elector absent from the county in which the district is located,  or who expects to be absent therefrom at the time of holding an election in the district,  or who furnishes the secretary of the board with a doctor's certificate of physical inability to attend the polls,  may vote at an election held in the district substantially in the manner as provided by title 16,  chapter 4,  article 8. The duties therein required of the county recorder shall be performed by the secretary of the board.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3051 - Conveyance of property for voting purposes; voting by corporation

48-3051.
Conveyance of property for voting purposes;  voting by corporation
A. Acreage shall be voted only by the owner of the recorded title thereto,  and a conveyance of acreage made within thirty days previous to any election for the primary purpose of enabling the grantee to vote the acreage shall be of no force or effect as qualifying such nominal grantee to vote the acreage.
B. Under the acreage system of voting,  acreage standing in the name of a corporation,  not exceeding one thousand two hundred eighty acres in all,  may be voted by an officer of the corporation designated by resolution of the board of directors of the corporation,  adopted and filed with the secretary of the board at least thirty days previous to an election at which the acreage is to be voted.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-3071 - State lands subject to irrigation district laws

48-3071.
State lands subject to irrigation district laws
All lands located within the boundaries of and susceptible of irrigation from irrigation works of an irrigation district,  the legal titles to which are vested in the state,  are subject to the laws of the state relating to the organization,  government and regulation of irrigation districts for the reclamation and irrigation of arid lands for agricultural purposes to the same extent and in the same manner in which lands of a like character held under private ownership are subject to such laws. All such lands shall be accorded all the rights,  privileges,  benefits and exemptions given by the laws of the state to persons holding lands of like character under private ownership,  except as otherwise provided in this article.