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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-254.09 - Water improvements program; grants; requirements; annual report

11-254.09.
Water improvements program;  grants;  requirements;  annual report
A. The board of supervisors may establish a program to allow persons to make gifts,  grants or donations for the purpose of providing financial assistance to qualified owners of residential real property for making improvements to an existing drinking water well or providing for a water delivery system for the residence.
B. The board shall designate an entity to operate the program,  to establish criteria for grants and to award grants as prescribed by this section. The entity may be a county agency,  department or division or may be a private,  nonprofit corporation as determined by the board of supervisors.
C. The program shall do all of the following:
1. Limit grant recipients to persons who are low-income or fixed-income owners of residential property.
2. Develop application criteria and criteria for awarding grants.
3. Restrict a grant recipient's use of grant monies to deepening an existing drinking water well for the recipient's residence or to plumbing or replumbing the recipient's residence for a water delivery system.
D. The board of supervisors may not use general county monies for grants under the program.
E. The entity that operates the program shall make and submit to the county board of supervisors,  the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives on or before July 1 of each year a report containing a description of program operations of the preceding year,  including the amount of gifts,  grants or donations received and the grants awarded.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-255 - Contract for advertising and printing

11-255.
Contract for advertising and printing
A. The board shall contract for all advertising,  publications and printing required to be done or made by all departments of county government.
B. Written notice of letting the contract shall be provided to a representative of each qualified newspaper within the county,  at least ten days before the opening of bids,  calling for written bids for the advertising,  publications and printing required by all county departments and stating on what day the bids received will be opened. The written notice required by this subsection may be provided by electronic means.
C. A contract shall be made with the lowest and best bidder,  in the discretion of the board,  and to a newspaper that for at least one year has been admitted to the United States mail as second-class matter,  if the bid is within the legal rate. During the existence of the contract,  all advertising,  publications and printing ordered by any department of county government shall be provided to the newspaper awarded the contract for printing under the terms and conditions of the contract.
D. The newspaper that is awarded the contract pursuant to subsection C of this section may be referred to as the official newspaper of the county.
E. Notwithstanding subsection C of this section,  the board of supervisors,  for itself and all departments of county government,  may advertise,  publish and print in a publication other than the official newspaper,  if any of the following apply:
1. The advertising,  publishing or printing is in addition to that required to be done in the official newspaper of the county.
2. The advertising,  publishing or printing is authorized but not required by law.
3. The advertising,  publishing or printing is required by statute to be done in a location other than that of the official newspaper of the county.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-256.01 - Lease or sublease of county lands and buildings to governmental entity, county fair association or nonprofit corporation; exception

11-256.01.
Lease or sublease of county lands and buildings to governmental entity,  county fair association or nonprofit corporation;  exception
A. Notwithstanding section 11-256,  the board may lease or sublease any land or building owned by or under the control of the county to this state,  a county fair association that qualifies to conduct a racing meeting under section 5-111,  subsection D or to receive county monies as provided in section 11-258,  a nonprofit corporation,  other than a municipal or public finance corporation,  organized pursuant to title 10,  chapters 24 through 40,  an incorporated city or town,  a school district or any other political subdivision of this state without holding a public auction and for less than the fair rental value. The board may specify the uses to which the land or building must be devoted and any terms and conditions for the use that the board determines are in the best interests of the county.
B. Notice of the proposed lease or sublease shall be given by publication once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The notice shall state all material conditions of the proposed lease,  including,  if appropriate,  the uses to which the land or building must be devoted and any terms and conditions for the use that the board establishes.
C. If a bid is offered by a person other than the state,  a county fair association,  a nonprofit corporation,  other than a municipal or public finance corporation,  or a political subdivision during the notice period,  and the bid equals or exceeds the fair rental value of the land or building,  the board shall not enter the proposed lease with the state,  the county fair association,  the nonprofit corporation or the political subdivision and shall offer the land or building for lease in accordance with section 11-256.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-256.02 - Lease, sublease or sale of county hospital property to hospital district; exception

11-256.02.
Lease,  sublease or sale of county hospital property to hospital district;  exception
Notwithstanding any other statute,  the board of supervisors of a county having a population of less than two hundred fifty thousand persons as determined by the latest United States decennial census may lease,  sublease or sell a hospital facility or hospital real property owned by the county to a hospital district which lies within or includes land within the county without necessity of public auction and on terms approved by the board of supervisors. This section does not apply to real property which is state trust land or to a facility on such property.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-256.04 - Home equity conversion program; authorization; use of proceeds

11-256.04.
Home equity conversion program;  authorization;  use of proceeds
A. A county,  by resolution,  may offer a home equity conversion program for persons sixty years of age or older.
B. A county shall use any monies obtained from a home equity conversion program,  after payment of all costs and expenses,  on programs for senior citizens.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-257 - Flood water control works; tax levy

11-257.
Flood water control works;  tax levy
A. When flood waters of a river,  creek,  channel or canyon injure or threaten to injure a public road or highway,  or public property,  or become a menace to human life and habitation,  the board may build dikes,  levees or other structures or aid in the construction of such works to control the flood waters or lessen their destructive effects.
B. For such purpose the board may appropriate and use in any one year from the general fund an amount not to exceed fifteen cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable property in the county. If there is not sufficient money in the general fund to meet the appropriation,  the board may issue certificates of indebtedness against the fund. When the board uses money from the general fund for such purpose,  it may,  at the next general levy of taxes,  levy upon real and personal property within the county subject to taxation,  a tax sufficient to cover the amount so used not exceeding fifteen cents on each one hundred dollars of assessable property,  which shall be levied and collected at the time and in the manner as other taxes. If at the time of such levy there has been no expenditure of money for such purpose,  but the board has made and perfected plans for the construction of dikes,  levees or other works for such purpose,  it may levy a tax for completion thereof not exceeding the amount authorized.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-258 - County fair fund; district fairs; operation of fair by corporation; county and state appropriations

11-258.
County fair fund;  district fairs;  operation of fair by corporation;  county and state appropriations
A. The board may appropriate each year from the general fund a sum,  which shall be known as a county fair fund,  as follows:
1. In counties having a census of two hundred thousand or more as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census,  not more than one hundred thousand dollars.
2. In counties having a census of more than twenty-five thousand but less than two hundred thousand as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census,  not more than twenty-five thousand dollars.
3. In counties having a census of less than twenty-five thousand as determined by the latest preceding federal decennial census,  not more than fifteen thousand dollars.
The board may expend the money in aid of a county or district fair,  or to make an exhibit of the county's resources at the state fair. A district fair is one at which the boards of two or more counties shall,  by resolution entered upon their minutes,  invite the people of their respective counties to exhibit the resources of the county.
B. The money shall not be expended in aid of a fair conducted under the auspices of any corporation,  unless the stockholders of the corporation shall,  by resolution entered upon its minutes,  provide that no dividends shall ever be paid upon its stock,  and that in the event of the dissolution of the corporation all money appropriated and expended by any county in aid of the fair shall be repaid before any assets of the corporation shall be distributed to its stockholders.
C. To encourage county and district fairs,  there shall be paid from the general fund of the state and from the appropriation for the state fair,  a sum of not exceeding one thousand dollars in any one year for any one county having a county or district fair in such year. A county desiring to claim the benefits of this section shall certify to the Arizona exposition and state fair board the fact that a county or district fair is being held in the county during the year together with a statement of the amount appropriated by the county for the current year for such fair,  and upon order therefor by the Arizona exposition and state fair board,  the director of the department of administration shall draw his warrant in favor of the county in the amount appropriated by the county,  not exceeding one thousand dollars.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-259 - County immigration commissioner

11-259.
County immigration commissioner
A. The board may appoint a county commissioner of immigration who shall hold office for two years and shall receive an annual salary not exceeding six hundred dollars. The commissioner shall:
1. Provide information requested by persons desiring to immigrate to the county or make investments therein.
2. Correspond with immigration bureaus,  chambers of commerce,  tourists bureaus or other commercial bodies,  and provide data for the guidance of prospective immigrants or tourists.
3. Furnish reliable information regarding localities in the county where the settler or tourist may choose a home or make investments.
4. Issue maps and pamphlets on the resources of the county.
5. Promote tourist travel or the investment of capital,  and distribute such documents to insure their most useful circulation.
6. Assist nonprofit tourist attractions organized pursuant to title 10,  chapters 24 through 40.
B. The commissioner may hire necessary clerks,  prescribe their duties and fix their compensation. Such expenditures shall be first authorized by the board when approving the annual budget,  and when so authorized shall be included in the amount to be collected by the annual county tax levy.
C. Counties of the first class having a population of one hundred thousand or over,  as determined by the last official census of the United States,  may expend a further sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars annually for the purposes prescribed in this section.
D. Counties of the first class having a population of less than one hundred thousand,  as determined by the last official census of the United States,  may expend a further sum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars annually for the purposes prescribed in this section.
E. Counties of the second class may expend a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars annually for the purposes prescribed in this section.
F. Counties of the third class may expend a sum not exceeding five thousand dollars annually for the purposes prescribed in this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-260 - Payment of outstanding taxes, penalties and interest on acquiring property

11-260.
Payment of outstanding taxes,  penalties and interest on acquiring property
A. If a county acquires real or personal property,  whether by purchase,  exchange,  condemnation,  gift or otherwise,  the board of supervisors 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 county:
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 11 - Counties › § 11-261 - Authority to procure liability and errors and omissions insurance covering officers, agents and employees

11-261.
Authority to procure liability and errors and omissions insurance covering officers,  agents and employees
A. Counties may expend public funds to procure liability insurance covering their officers,  agents,  and employees while engaged in governmental or proprietary capacities.
B. Counties may expend public funds to procure errors and omissions insurance covering those county officers,  agents and employees subject to the provisions of sections 11-449,  11-477 or 11-543.
C. A county may elect to self insure and may as a part of a plan of self insurance,  bind itself to its officers,  agents and employees,  to defend them and hold them harmless against the claims of third persons arising out of acts and omissions committed while acting in the capacity of an officer,  agent or employee of the county.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-262 - Contribution to arts organizations

11-262.
Contribution to arts organizations
The board of supervisors of a county may appropriate monies each year from the general fund to support an arts support fund. The board may expend the monies in aid of the following:
1. Any arts organizations operated and maintained within the boundaries of the county for the benefit of the public by any nonprofit corporation in the county as long as the nonprofit corporation has and maintains its federal tax-exempt status and its status as a corporation to which donations are deductible for the purpose of computing federal income tax.
2. Any arts organizations operated and maintained by any incorporated city or town in the county.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-263 - Authorization to procure insurance for county employees and dependents; expenditure of public funds; employee payments; retired county employees; group health and accident coverage

11-263.
Authorization to procure insurance for county employees and dependents;  expenditure of public funds;  employee payments;  retired county employees;  group health and accident coverage
A. The board of supervisors may adopt a system of insurance for the benefit of county elected officials and employees. The board may procure health,  life,  accident and disability insurance for the benefit of these elected officials and employees from any insurer licensed to do business in this state and pay the whole or any part of the premiums on the insurance from public funds. Public funds shall not be spent for life insurance in excess of fifty thousand dollars or the amount of the salary annually paid to the elected official or employee,  whichever is more. The board may procure health and accident coverage for the dependents of the elected officials and employees and pay all or any part of the premium on the insurance from public funds. The board may deduct from the compensation of the employees and elected officials,  and apply to the payment of the premiums,  that part of the premiums determined by the board to be payable by the employees and elected officials. The deductions shall be made only from those employees and elected officials who have voluntarily agreed in writing to participate in the program.
B. The board of supervisors may enter into agreements to establish group health and accident coverage for former county employees who are retired and receiving income from a retirement program of this state and their dependents. The agreements may provide that all or any portion of the former employees or their dependents may be grouped with officers and employees of the county or their dependents as necessary to obtain health and accident coverage at favorable rates.
C. The Arizona state retirement system board may enter into agreements with retired county employees who elect to obtain the coverage provided in subsection B. The agreements may include provision for the deduction from the retirement benefits of participants of a retirement program of this state who elect to obtain the coverage of amounts sufficient to pay for the premium and administrative expense of providing the coverage.
D. Public funds of this state shall not be expended to pay all or any part of the premium of insurance pursuant to subsection B,  except that a county may expend its public funds to pay all or any part of the premium of insurance pursuant to subsection B.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-264.03 - Exemptions

11-264.03.
Exemptions
A. Bonds issued pursuant to this article are exempt from any and all statutory debt limitations and budget requirements applicable to a county.
B. Until payment of all bonds issued for sewer construction,  acquisition or improvement and the expiration of the fiscal year in which the bonds are paid in full,  neither the receipts from operation of the sewerage system nor expenditures from sources other than taxes,  in connection with the operation of such sewerage system including debt service on bonds shall be subject to the provisions of title 42.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-264.05 - Issuance of bonds

11-264.05.
Issuance of bonds
Except as otherwise expressly provided,  the bonds authorized pursuant to section 11-264.01 shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of sections 9-530,  9-531,  9-532,  9-533 and 9-535.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-264.06 - Acquisition of sewerage system from municipality; retirement of related bonds of municipality

11-264.06.
Acquisition of sewerage system from municipality;  retirement of related bonds of municipality
If a county authorized to operate a sewerage system pursuant to section 11-264 acquires all or any portion of a sewerage system from any incorporated city or town,  which sewerage system or portion thereof has been constructed,  acquired or improved with proceeds from bonds of any type issued by such city or town,  the acquiring county shall provide to the city or town sufficient funds to provide for payment of all principal and interest on any of such bonds remaining outstanding and unpaid as the same becomes due. Until the total amount due or to become due on such bonds has been provided to the incorporated city or town,  the acquiring county shall prescribe sewer connection and service charges,  and shall revise them when necessary,  so that the sewerage system shall produce revenues sufficient to pay the following:
1. Bonds,  and interest thereon,  issued by the county pursuant to the authority granted in section 11-264.01.
2. Expenses of operation,  maintenance,  repair and replacement of facilities.
3. Bonds,  and interest thereon,  issued to construct,  acquire or improve the sewerage system by the incorporated city or town from which the county acquired the facilities.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-264.07 - Acquisition of land from city or town; exception

11-264.07.
Acquisition of land from city or town;  exception
A. Notwithstanding any other law,  a county may acquire by purchase or any other means land that is located within a city or town only if acquisition of the land is part of a management agreement agreed to by the governing body of the city or town.
B. This section does not apply to land that is acquired by purchase or any other means and that is for the primary purpose of public safety,  health care or court operations.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-265 - Authority to provide allowances

11-265.
Authority to provide allowances
Counties may expend public funds to provide clothing allowances for county officers,  agents and employees who are engaged in public safety work,  when such clothing is regarded as a condition of employment,  and the county may reimburse such officers,  agents and employees for clothing damaged or destroyed in the line of duty.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-267 - Services to persons with disabilities and aged individuals

11-267.
Services to persons with disabilities and aged individuals
A. Any county may implement programs to provide services to persons with disabilities or persons sixty years of age or older,  and may contract with federal,  state,  local or other providers for the provision of these services.
B. As used in this section,  " services"  may include,  but not be limited to,  nursing care,  sheltered care,  day care,  home maintenance,  housekeeping,  transportation and nutrition services.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.01 - Compensation for loss of property value

11-269.01.
Compensation for loss of property value
In addition to the procedures established for the taking of property by eminent domain under title 12,  chapter 8,  article 2,  a board of supervisors may establish,  by ordinance or for individual cases,  procedures to compensate property owners for any reduction in value of or negative impact on property as a result of a county ordinance,  regulation or other activity.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.02 - Public facilities; voter approval; exemptions

11-269.02.
Public facilities;  voter approval;  exemptions
A. Notwithstanding any other law,  a county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census shall not spend public monies,  grant tax concessions or relief,  incur debt or exchange property in any combined amount or value totaling more than three million dollars to construct or aid in the construction of an amphitheater,  a sports facility,  arena or complex or a convention facility,  arena or complex without presenting the proposed expenditure to the qualified electors of the county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census and approval of the expenditure by a majority of those voting in the election. If revenue from a secondary property tax levy is the designated source of payment or if the project is constructed with an improvement district,  the question shall be submitted to the qualified electors at an election held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
B. This section does not apply to an expenditure for a park,  parkway,  trail,  recreational area or playground that is established,  maintained or administered by a county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census and that was not developed primarily for the commercial use of a private enterprise or group of private enterprises.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.03 - Acceleration agreements; loan repayment agreements

11-269.03.
Acceleration agreements;  loan repayment agreements
A. A county may enter into agreements with the department of transportation for the acceleration of right-of-way acquisition,  design or construction of an eligible highway project or an eligible transit capital project as defined in section 28-7671 and may advance monies to the department of transportation pursuant to those agreements. Any political subdivision may pledge excise taxes to the repayment of all or any part of the principal,  premium,  if any,  and interest on any borrowing to fund the advance.
B. A county may assign the right to receive payment under the agreement entered into pursuant to subsection A of this section to a trustee.
C. A county may pledge its excise taxes to the repayment of all or any part of the principal,  premium,  if any,  and interest on any borrowing to fund the advance and make such other covenants and agreements as may be appropriate.
D. A loan repayment agreement as defined in section 28-7671 entered into by a county may be paid from and may be secured by a pledge of highway user revenues received by the county from this state pursuant to title 28,  chapter 18,  article 2 and section 42-6107. The pledge may be on a parity with any pledge previously or hereafter made by the county pursuant to section 11-379. If a county pledges those highway user revenues to a loan repayment agreement,  the principal and interest requirements on the loan repayment agreement may be treated as if they were principal and interest on bonds issued under article 12 of this chapter for all purposes of sections 11-378 and 11-380.
E. Pursuant to title 28,  chapter 21,  article 7,  a county may do all of the following:
1. Enter into agreements with the department of transportation,  a regional planning agency,  metropolitan planning organization or council of governments,  a regional public transportation authority established pursuant to section 48-5102 or a designated grant recipient for the acceleration of a transportation project,  as defined in section 28-7671.
2. Advance monies to the department of transportation,  a regional planning agency,  metropolitan planning organization or council of governments,  a regional public transportation authority or a designated grant recipient pursuant to the agreements described in paragraph 1 of this subsection.
3. Pledge excise taxes to the repayment of all or any part of the principal,  premium,  if any,  and interest on any borrowing to fund the advance described in paragraph 2 of this subsection.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.04 - Condemnation actions; interest

11-269.04.
Condemnation actions;  interest
Interest on a judgment in a condemnation proceeding instituted by the county,  including interest that is payable pursuant to section 12-1123,  subsection B,  shall be calculated for each month or portion of a month that interest is owed and shall be either:
1. The prime rate charged by banks on short-term business loans as determined for publication in the bulletin of the board of governors of the federal reserve system,  as of the first day of that month.
2. In the absence of a determination by the board of governors of the federal reserve system,  calculated in the same manner based on comparable data as determined by the United States department of commerce,  bureau of economic analysis,  for publication in " survey of current business" .
3. If the prime rate cannot be determined from publication as provided in paragraph 2,  determined by a federal agency that is annually designated by the board of supervisors and that makes and publishes data sufficient to determine the prime rate of interest.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.05 - Vehicle refueling apparatus

11-269.05.
Vehicle refueling apparatus
Notwithstanding any other law and because the legislature finds it is a matter of statewide concern,  a county shall not effectively prohibit the installation or use of a vehicle refueling apparatus as defined in section 43-1086.01. This section does not preclude a county from ensuring the proper installation of a vehicle refueling apparatus to protect public health and safety.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.07 - Annexation to city or town; small county islands

11-269.07.
Annexation to city or town;  small county islands
A board of supervisors may require annexation to a city or town of any territory of the county that consists of an entire parcel that is ten acres or less and that is completely surrounded by the city or town in accordance with the following procedures:
1. Written notice of the proposed annexation and the public hearing required by paragraph 2,  together with a document setting forth a description and an accurate map of the exterior boundaries of the territory to be annexed,  shall be given to the city or town and mailed by first class mail to each owner of real property in the territory proposed for annexation. Notice to each owner of railroad property must be mailed to the address on file with the county assessor's office for property tax purposes. The notice shall also be posted in three conspicuous public places in the territory proposed for annexation.
2. Unless a petition is filed pursuant to paragraph 3 or a resolution is passed pursuant to paragraph 4,  the board of supervisors shall hold a public hearing not less than ninety days after the notices are provided pursuant to paragraph 1 and the annexation shall become final after an affirmative vote of two-thirds or more of the board members to annex the territory.
3. If a majority of the real property owners in the territory proposed for annexation file a written petition containing their signatures and objecting to the annexation within sixty days after the notices are provided pursuant to paragraph 1,  the annexation shall not proceed.
4. If an affected city or town passes a resolution objecting to the annexation within sixty days of the mailing required by paragraph 1 of this section,  the annexation shall not proceed. If a city or town passes a resolution objecting to the annexation,  the city or town shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors a copy of the resolution and shall notify the real property owners in the territory by first class mail that the annexation shall not proceed.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.09 - Federal and state regulations; local coordination; standing; definitions

11-269.09.
Federal and state regulations;  local coordination;  standing;  definitions
A. If a county has laws,  regulations,  plans or policies that are less restrictive than a federal or state regulation,  rule,  plan or policy,  the county shall demand by any lawful means that the federal or state government coordinate with the county before the federal or state government implements,  enforces,  expands or extends the federal regulation,  rule,  plan or policy within the county's jurisdictional boundaries. This subsection is mandatory unless the county specifically votes to not demand coordination.
B. If the federal or state government fails to coordinate in good faith with the county,  the county shall hold public hearings,  consider the evidence and vote on whether to authorize litigation to enforce the county's coordination rights.
C. If a person who resides or does business in this state serves each member of the board of supervisors with a written demand that the county comply with this section and,  within sixty days after service of the written demand,  the board of supervisors 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 county 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 county 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 county law,  regulation,  plan or policy that is less restrictive than the federal or state regulation,  rule,  plan or policy.
3. " Less restrictive"  means a county 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 county's jurisdictional boundaries.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.10 - Parking; public service and public safety emergency vehicles; definition

11-269.10.
Parking;  public service and public safety emergency vehicles;  definition
A. Notwithstanding any provision in rule or ordinance,  a county shall not prohibit a resident from parking a motor vehicle on a street or driveway in the county if the vehicle is required to be available at designated periods at the person's residence as a condition of the person's employment and either of the following applies:
1. The resident is employed by a public service corporation that is regulated by the corporation commission,  an entity regulated by the federal energy regulatory commission or a municipal utility and the public service corporation,  federally regulated utility or municipal utility is required to prepare for emergency deployments of personnel and equipment for repair or maintenance of natural gas,  electrical,  telecommunications or water infrastructure,  the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of twenty thousand pounds or less and is owned or operated by the public service corporation,  federally regulated utility or municipal utility and the vehicle bears an official emblem or other visible designation of the public service corporation,  federally regulated utility or municipal utility.
2. The resident is employed by a public safety agency,  including police or fire service for a federal,  state,  local or tribal agency or a private fire service provider or an ambulance service provider that is regulated pursuant to title 36,  chapter 21.1,  and the vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or less and bears an official emblem or other visible designation of that agency.
B. For the purposes of this section,  " telecommunications"  means the transmission of information of the user's choosing between or among points specified by the user without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. Telecommunications does not include commercial mobile radio services.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.11 - Prohibition on adopting landlord tenant bedbug control requirements

11-269.11.
Prohibition on adopting landlord tenant bedbug control requirements
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section the board of supervisors and any other person under the authority of the board of supervisors shall not adopt requirements by ordinance or otherwise for landlords or tenants that relate to the control of bedbugs as defined in section 33-1319,  other than the requirements prescribed by section 33-1319.
B. The board of supervisors or a person under the authority of the board of supervisors may adopt requirements relating to the proper disposal of items that are infested with bedbugs.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.12 - Food handler training and certificate

11-269.12.
Food handler training and certificate
A. If a county requires food handler training and a certificate for employment in the food service industry,  the food handler certificate training course must meet American society for testing and materials standard E2659-09. The food handler certificate training course must address the following topics:
1. The relationship between time and temperature with respect to foodborne illness,  including the relationship between time and temperature and microorganisms during the various food handling preparation and serving states and the type,  calibration and use of thermometers in monitoring food temperatures.
2. The relationship between personal hygiene and food safety,  including the association of hand contact,  personal habits and behaviors and the food handler's health with foodborne illness and the recognition of how policies,  procedures and management contribute to improved food safety practices.
3. Methods of preventing food contamination in all stages of food handling,  including terms associated with contamination and potential hazards before,  during and after delivery.
4. Procedures of cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils.
5. Problems and potential solutions associated with temperature control,  preventing cross-contamination,  housekeeping and maintenance.
B. A food handler certificate training course may be offered by any means available,  including as an online course,  computer course or live classroom course,  and may be facilitated by a live trainer,  remote trainer or a certified food service sanitation manager. A course proctor is not required for administration of the course.
C. The food handler certificate training course must be completed within the time period required by the county and the certificate must be renewed as required by the county.
D. On completion of an accredited food handler certificate training course,  the county shall issue any certificate or identification card required by the county to a person who demonstrates successful completion of the course.
E. As required by each county,  a county-issued food handler certificate or identification card is valid in any county that requires a food handler certificate or identification card until the person's certificate or identification card expires.
F. A county may not limit the amount of times a person may attempt to complete a food handler certificate training course.
G. If a county government that provides food service has an in-house food service training program,  a certificate by that county training program is valid for food service that is provided for that county's facilities or operations.
H. Food handler certificate training courses that are created by the county or approved by the county,  or both,  before the effective date of this section that do not meet American society for testing and materials standard E2659-09 are considered to be accredited for the purposes of this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.13 - Prohibition on retail business security requirements; state preemption

11-269.13.
Prohibition on retail business security requirements;  state preemption
A. A board of supervisors may not adopt an ordinance or resolution that requires a retail business to comply with specific security requirements,  including the installation of security cameras or security lights,  based on the size of the retail business,  the type of the retail business or the number of calls the retail business made to law enforcement per year. For the purposes of this section,  retail business does not include a bar,  hotel,  restaurant or a business that has live entertainment,  dispenses or cultivates medical marijuana or that requires age verification for admission.
B. The legislature finds that the imposition of security requirements on retail businesses in a uniform and consistent manner is a matter of statewide concern. The imposition of security requirements on retail businesses as provided in this section is not subject to further regulation by a county.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.14 - Prohibition on requirement of energy measuring and reporting; state preemption

11-269.14.
Prohibition on requirement of energy measuring and reporting;  state preemption
A. A county may not require an owner,  operator or tenant of a business,  commercial building or multifamily housing property to measure and report energy usage and consumption,  including energy consumption benchmarking and building facility energy efficiency audits.
B. The regulation of an owner,  operator or tenant of a business,  commercial building or multifamily housing property relating to measuring and reporting energy usage and consumption is a matter of statewide concern. The regulation of measuring and reporting energy usage and consumption by an owner,  operator or tenant of a business,  commercial building or multifamily housing property pursuant to this section are not subject to further regulation by a county.
C. This section does not prohibit a county that operates an electric or gas utility from metering or otherwise measuring and reading energy deliveries,  usage and consumption in the course of providing public utility service to businesses,  commercial buildings and multifamily housing properties.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.15 - Acquisition of property for wireless communication facilities

11-269.15.
Acquisition of property for wireless communication facilities
Notwithstanding section 11-201,  subsection A,  paragraph 2,  a county may purchase,  own,  lease or hold real property outside of its territorial limits for the purpose of developing,  operating and maintaining wireless communication facilities that are used for county government purposes.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.16 - Prohibition on regulation of auxiliary containers; state preemption; definition

11-269.16.
Prohibition on regulation of auxiliary containers;  state preemption;  definition
A. A county may not:
1. Impose a tax,  fee,  assessment,  charge or return deposit on a consumer or an owner,  operator or tenant of a business,  commercial building or multifamily housing property for auxiliary containers.
2. Regulate the sale,  use or disposition of auxiliary containers by an owner,  operator or tenant of a business,  commercial building or multifamily housing property.
B. The regulation of the sale,  use and disposition of auxiliary containers is a matter of statewide concern. The regulation of the sale,  use or disposition of auxiliary containers by an owner,  operator or tenant of a business,  commercial building or multifamily housing property pursuant to this section is not subject to further regulation by a county.
C. This section does not prevent a county from continuing a voluntary recycling and waste reduction program as authorized by section 11-269 or ensuring that discarded auxiliary containers defined as solid waste pursuant to section 49-701.01 are disposed of properly.
D. For the purposes of this section,  " auxiliary container"  includes reusable bags,  disposable bags,  boxes,  beverage cans,  bottles,  cups and containers that are made out of cloth,  plastic,  extruded polystyrene,  glass,  aluminum,  cardboard or other similar materials and that are used for transporting merchandise or food to or from a business or multifamily housing property. Auxiliary container does not include a stationary receptacle intended solely for use by the public for voluntary donation of goods and materials intended for subsequent reuse,  sale or recycling.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.20 - Drug and paraphernalia drop-off locations; referral

11-269.20.
Drug and paraphernalia drop-off locations;  referral
On or before December 31,  2018,  the board of supervisors from each county shall establish at least one location in the county where a person may drop off any legal or illegal drug or substance and drug paraphernalia and receive a referral to a substance abuse treatment facility.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.21 - 911 telephone calls; medical assistance requests; Good Samaritans

11-269.21.
911 telephone calls;  medical assistance requests;  Good Samaritans
A county that receives 911 telephone calls shall report to the department of health services,  in a format prescribed by the department,  the number of telephone calls received under section 13-3423 and any related overdose deaths.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.22 - Prohibition on regulation of running node on blockchain technology; state preemption; definition

11-269.22.
Prohibition on regulation of running node on blockchain technology;  state preemption;  definition
A. A county may not prohibit or otherwise restrict an individual from running a node on blockchain technology in a residence.
B. The regulation of the act of running a node on blockchain technology in a residence is of statewide concern and not subject to further regulation by a county.
C. For the purposes of this section,  " running a node on blockchain technology"  means providing computing power to validate or encrypt transactions in blockchain technology as defined in section 44-7061.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.23 - Prohibition on mandated provision of health insurance; state preemption

11-269.23.
Prohibition on mandated provision of health insurance;  state preemption
A. A county may not require an employer to provide health insurance to the employer's employees.
B. The regulation of health insurance is of statewide concern and not subject to further regulation by a county.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 11 - Counties › § 11-269.25 - Communications; accessibility; emergency response interpreters

11-269.25.
Communications;  accessibility;  emergency response interpreters
A. Pursuant to the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336;  104 Stat. 327;  42 United States Code sections 12101 through 12213) and its regulations,  a county shall take reasonable steps to ensure that its communications with persons with disabilities,  including online communications and emergency communications,  are equally as effective as the county's communications with persons without disabilities. The county shall take reasonable steps to ensure that persons with disabilities are able to communicate with,  receive information from and convey information to the county. The county shall provide auxiliary aids and services when needed to communicate effectively with persons with communication disabilities.
B. A county shall establish a protocol to take reasonable steps to secure an interpreter who is licensed by the commission for the deaf and the hard of hearing pursuant to title 36,  chapter 17.1,  article 2,  with preference for an interpreter who is certified through the department of emergency and military affairs' emergency response interpreter credentialing program,  to interpret emergency communications that are presented live to the media for broadcast or delivered through a live online communication,  including an official government statement or press conference relating to an emergency situation.
C. This section does not prevent a county from communicating to the public during an emergency situation if an interpreter is unavailable.