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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-812 - Disposition of fire district assets and relief and pension fund assets on annexation by or inclusion in a city or town

48-812.
Disposition of fire district assets and relief and pension fund assets on annexation by or inclusion in a city or town
A. When any area having a fire district established under this article is entirely annexed to a city or town or entirely included within a newly organized city or town,  the fire district of the area annexed and all its assets,  including personnel,  and liabilities of whatever description shall be merged and become a part of the fire department of the annexing city or town upon the date the city or town elects to provide fire protection services to such area.
B. All assets and liabilities of whatever description and all books and records belonging to a fire fighters' relief and pension fund of an area annexed or newly organized shall be transferred to and shall become the property of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of the annexing or newly organized city or town upon the date the city or town elects to provide fire protection services to such area.
C. Any firefighter who is employed on a full-time basis by a fire district and who becomes employed as a firefighter by an annexing or newly organized city or town within sixty days from and after the date the city or town elects to provide fire protection services to such area,  shall become a member of the annexing or newly organized city or town's fire fighters' relief and pension fund,  and that firefighter shall be granted service credit by the annexing or newly organized city or town in the same manner and in all respects as if the service had been rendered as a firefighter in the employment of the annexing or newly organized city or town,  provided that the funds contributed by the firefighter to the fire district's fire fighters' relief and pension fund are transferred to the annexing or newly organized city or town's fire fighters' relief and pension fund,  or if not so transferred,  provided that the firefighter pay to the annexing or newly organized city or town's fire fighters' relief and pension fund the amount withdrawn,  including the interest received at time of withdrawal.
D. All pensions being paid on the effective date of annexation or organization from funds of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of an area annexed by a city or town or newly organized city or town shall continue to be paid in accordance with section 9-967 by the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of the annexing or newly organized city or town.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-813 - Deletion of annexed area from fire district territory; provision for continued protection; proposed annexation

48-813.
Deletion of annexed area from fire district territory;  provision for continued protection;  proposed annexation
A. If any part or all of the territory of a district is annexed to a city or town,  or is included within a newly organized city or town,  the territory within the city or town remains a part of the district until the next July 1 following the time when the city or town elects to provide regular fire department services to the annexed or included area. The annexed or included area remains subject to taxes levied as provided in section 48-806 for bonds of the district outstanding at the time of filing of the petition seeking annexation or incorporation until final payment on the bonds and is subject to taxes levied pursuant to section 48-807 until the termination date.
B. On and after the termination date,  no taxes may be levied pursuant to section 48-807 on such area except as necessary to pay valid claims existing against the district on the termination date.
C. If a city or town provides regular fire protection to its residents and is unable to provide equal fire protection to annexed or included territory,  the city or town may contract with a fire district in proximity to the annexed or included territory for the purpose of supplying fire protection until the city or town is able to provide equal fire protection to the annexed or included territory.
D. If any part but not all of the territory of a district is annexed to a city or town or is included within a newly organized city or town,  all assets of the district remain the property of the district.
E. At least thirty days before a city or town completes the annexation of any part of a district pursuant to title 9,  chapter 4,  article 7,  the city or town shall notify the affected district in writing of the proposed annexation. The city or town and the district may enter into an intergovernmental agreement,  pursuant to title 11,  chapter 7,  article 3,  to mitigate any detrimental effects on district services to the remaining population in the district as a result of the annexation.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-814 - Property located outside of fire district territory; reimbursement to fire district for cost of fire and emergency medical services

48-814.
Property located outside of fire district territory;  reimbursement to fire district for cost of fire and emergency medical services
A. A fire district may provide or assist in providing emergency fire or emergency medical services outside of its own district boundaries if those services are otherwise unavailable and if those services are provided at the request of any law enforcement agency,  fire district,  fire department or private person,  and may receive reimbursement for the costs of providing the emergency services. A fire district may provide ambulance transportation service outside of its own district boundaries only when authorized to do so pursuant to title 36,  chapter 21.1,  article 2. The person receiving the services,  or on whose behalf the services are provided,  is liable to the fire district for the costs and these costs constitute a debt of that person and may be collected by the fire district.
B. For the purposes of this section,  the costs of providing emergency fire or medical services are those costs set forth in resolutions adopted by the fire district that establish fee schedules for emergency response,  standby charges,  fees for fire cause determination or any other fees that may be required or appropriate to provide emergency fire and medical services outside of its boundaries.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-816 - Election to reorganize district

48-816.
Election to reorganize district
A. The board of supervisors shall make an order calling an election to decide whether to reorganize a fire district as prescribed in this section and shall give notice of the election in the same manner provided for in section 48-806 for bond elections.
B. The board of supervisors shall make an order calling an election to decide whether to reorganize a fire district that has a three-member board as a fire district that has a five-member board when a petition containing the signatures of twenty-five per cent of the qualified electors residing within the district and praying that the district be reorganized is filed with the board except the board of supervisors shall not make an order calling for a reorganization election to expand the number of directors on the district board more frequently than once every two years.
C. Except for a district organized pursuant to article 3 of this chapter,  for an election called to determine whether to expand the number of directors as prescribed in subsection B of this section,  the words appearing on the ballot shall be " reorganize as a fire district administered by a five member board--yes" ,  " reorganize as a fire district administered by a five member board--no" . The ballots shall also provide as a separate race the names of persons who properly filed for nomination as prescribed in section 48-802 as candidates for the two additional offices of board member if the reorganization were to be approved at that election.
D. At least six days but not more than twenty days after the election,  the board of supervisors shall meet and canvass the returns,  and if it is determined that a majority of the votes cast at the election was in favor of reorganizing the fire district as a district with a five member board,  the board shall enter that fact on its minutes,  declare the district duly reorganized and announce the names of those elected to the district board.
E. For a district organized pursuant to article 3 of this chapter,  the words appearing on the ballot shall be " reorganize as a fire district administered by a five member board--yes" ,  " reorganize as a fire district administered by a five member board--no" . The ballots shall also allow each elector to indicate the elector's choices for two additional board members in the event of reorganization.
F. Within fourteen days after the election prescribed by subsection E of this section,  the board of supervisors shall meet and canvass the returns,  and if it is determined that a majority of the votes cast at the election was in favor of reorganizing the fire district as a district with a five member board,  the board shall enter that fact on its minutes,  declare the district duly reorganized and announce the names of those elected to the district board.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-817 - Districts over twenty-five thousand population

48-817.
Districts over twenty-five thousand population
A fire district with a population exceeding twenty-five thousand persons as estimated by the board of supervisors shall not organize or reorganize as a fire district administered by an elected chief. If the board of supervisors,  at any time prior to one hundred twenty days before the next regularly scheduled election for the district,  determines that the estimated population of a fire district administered by an elected chief exceeds twenty-five thousand persons,  the board of supervisors shall order the reorganization of the fire district as a district administered by a district board effective upon the election of five members of the district board. The estimates of population shall be as provided in section 48-803,  subsection A.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-818 - Emergency medical aid or assistance to other public bodies; limitation on liability

48-818.
Emergency medical aid or assistance to other public bodies;  limitation on liability
A. A district,  or an employee of a district,  organized pursuant to this chapter,  or a private fire or ambulance company whose services are procured by a fire district or its officers and employees or a property owner,  its officers or employees or a tenant,  when rendering emergency medical aid provided by an emergency medical care technician who is certified by the director of the department of health services pursuant to section 36-2205,  is not liable for civil or other damages to the recipient of the emergency medical aid as the result of any act or omission in rendering such aid or as the result of any act or failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for the sick or injured person. This subsection does not apply if the person providing emergency medical aid is guilty of gross negligence or intentional misconduct. The immunity provided for in this subsection does not extend to an emergency medical care technician while operating a motor vehicle.
B. A district,  or an employee of a district,  organized pursuant to this chapter,  if requested by a public body to assist at a traffic accident on a public right-of-way or to render emergency aid at an emergency occurrence outside the boundaries of such district is not liable for any civil or other damages as a result of any act or omission by the district or an employee of the district at the traffic accident,  while rendering emergency care or as the result of any act or a failure to act to provide or arrange for further medical treatment or care for an injured person. This subsection does not apply if the district or an employee of the district,  while providing assistance or rendering such emergency care or acting or failing to act to provide such further medical treatment or care,  is guilty of gross negligence.
C. This section does not abrogate the right of an employee who is injured while performing services as provided in subsection A of this section to recover benefits to which the employee may be eligible under title 23,  chapter 6 from the district.
D. This section does not limit a plaintiff's right to recover civil damages from any applicable uninsured motorist coverage or underinsured motorist coverage.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-819 - Reimbursement for county services

48-819.
Reimbursement for county services
The actual costs of services provided by a county to a fire district are subject to reimbursement pursuant to section 11-251.06,  subsection B. The county shall publish the proposed reimbursement assessments for the following fiscal year by June 1 of the preceding year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-821 - Disposition of assets on merger of fire districts

48-821.
Disposition of assets on merger of fire districts
A. If fire districts established under this article are merged,  all the equipment,  assets and liabilities of the affected districts shall be transferred to the fire district created by the merger.
B. All assets and liabilities and all books and records belonging to the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of merged fire districts shall be transferred to and become the property of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of the fire district created by the merger.
C. On merger of fire districts pursuant to section 48-820,  the fire districts that were merged are dissolved by operation of law and no longer exist and the newly organized and merged fire district is a separate and new legal entity by operation of law. For purposes of transition,  the districts affected by the merger may continue to operate temporarily under the authority of the appointed governing body of the new merged district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-823 - Disposition of assets on consolidation of fire districts

48-823.
Disposition of assets on consolidation of fire districts
A. If fire districts established under this article are consolidated,  all the equipment,  assets and liabilities of the affected districts that have requested consolidation shall be transferred to and become the property of the consolidated fire district.
B. All assets and liabilities and all books and records belonging to the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of the fire districts that requested consolidation shall be transferred to and become the property of the consolidated district.
C. On consolidation of fire districts pursuant to section 48-822,  the fire districts that requested consolidation are dissolved by operation of law and no longer exist. The district that requested consolidation may continue to operate temporarily under the authority of the consolidated district for purposes of transition.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-824 - Firefighter; residency requirement; prohibition; exemption; definition

48-824.
Firefighter;  residency requirement;  prohibition;  exemption;  definition
A. A fire district shall not impose any residency requirement on any firefighter as a condition of employment.
B. This section does not apply to executive-level firefighters.
C. For the purposes of this section,  " firefighter"  means a professional firefighter who is a member of a city,  town,  county or fire district fire department.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-831 - Exemption of fire fighters from military duty

48-831.
Exemption of fire fighters from military duty
Fire fighters employed by fire districts organized in any incorporated city or town of one thousand or more inhabitants,  or in any unincorporated town of not less than five hundred inhabitants shall,  while an employee,  be exempt from performance of military duty in time of peace.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-832 - Procedure to obtain exemption

48-832.
Procedure to obtain exemption
A fire fighter employed by a fire district,  to take advantage of the exemption,  shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is located a certificate,  signed by the chief officer and attested by the secretary of the district,  which shall set forth the facts entitling the person named therein to the exemption.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-833 - Exemption based on length of service

48-833.
Exemption based on length of service
A person who has been employed by the district and has faithfully discharged his duties for seven years may be thereafter exempt from the performance of military duty in time of peace by presenting to the clerk of the board of supervisors of the county in which he resides a certificate signed by the chief officer of the district to which he has belonged,  showing that he has served for seven years as an active fire fighter in this state. Thereupon the clerk shall enter his name in a book kept for that purpose containing a list of the fire fighters and endorse upon the certificate the fact that the name of the person mentioned therein has been so entered.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-834 - Annual filing of exemption list; issuance of illegal certificate; classification

48-834.
Annual filing of exemption list;  issuance of illegal certificate;  classification
The chief of the fire district shall annually file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of his county the names of all the fire fighters of his district entitled to these exemptions. If the chief officer of any district knowingly issues an illegal certificate,  he is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-852 - District board governance; elections

48-852.
District board governance;  elections
A. A fire district formed pursuant to this article shall be governed by a five member elected board,  but shall be governed initially by a board appointed by the county board of supervisors from among qualified electors of the proposed county island fire district. The initial appointed board shall schedule an election to be held on the next general election date. The election shall be held as otherwise provided by law.
B. If a vacancy occurs on the district board other than from expiration of a term,  the remaining board members shall fill the vacancy by appointment of an interim member. If the entire board resigns or for any reason cannot fulfill its duties,  the board of supervisors shall appoint an administrator to administer the district with the same duties and obligations of the elected board. If the board of supervisors fails to appoint an administrator within thirty days,  a special election shall be held to fill the vacancies on the fire district board.
C. Members of the district board shall serve without compensation,  but may be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in performing duties required by law.
D. The district board shall elect from its members a chairperson and a clerk.
E. Of the members first elected to the district board,  the three people receiving the first,  second and third highest number of votes shall be elected to four year terms,  and the two people receiving the fourth and fifth highest number of votes shall be elected to two year terms. Thereafter,  the term of office of each district board member shall be four years from the first day of the month next following such member's election.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-854 - Municipality as service provider; indemnity; intergovernmental agreement

48-854.
Municipality as service provider;  indemnity;  intergovernmental agreement
A. If a municipality or any other bidder intends to submit a response to the request for proposals under section 48-853,  the municipality or other bidder may do any of the following before submitting its response:
1. Inspect the county island property in its municipal planning area,  including inspections for hazardous materials.
2. Obtain reports from the United States environmental protection agency and the Arizona department of environmental quality.
3. Obtain reports from any other industry that identifies any hazardous materials or conditions in the areas of the fire district in the municipality's planning area.
B. This section does not prohibit a municipality from entering into an intergovernmental agreement with another municipality or a private provider to provide fire and emergency medical services to a fire district formed pursuant to this article.
C. A municipality that provides fire or emergency medical services pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement with a fire district formed pursuant to section 48-851 shall provide the service particular to each county island consistent with the geography of the county island,  location of fire stations,  current infrastructure,  water access,  streets and building codes of the county island property for which service is provided.
D. If a municipality or any other provider contracts with a fire district formed pursuant to this article,  the municipality or other provider is liable only if the municipality or other provider is grossly negligent in providing fire or emergency medical services to the fire district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-904 - Bond of petitioners; additional bond

48-904.
Bond of petitioners;  additional bond
A. At the time of filing a petition for the establishment of an improvement district,  or at any time thereafter but before publication of the notice of the hearing on the petition,  a bond shall be filed by the petitioners,  with security approved by the board of supervisors,  sufficient to pay the expenses connected with the proceedings in case the board refuses to establish the district.
B. If at any time during the proceedings the board determines the bond to be insufficient,  it may order the filing of an additional bond within a time fixed,  not less than ten days from the date of its order. Upon failure of the petitioners to file the additional bond,  the petition shall be dismissed by the board.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-907 - Review of action of supervisors

48-907.
Review of action of supervisors
Any party aggrieved by any act of the board of supervisors in the establishment of an improvement district may bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the district is located to set aside the action of the board,  not later than twenty days after final determination by the board.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-908 - Board of directors; expenses

48-908.
Board of directors;  expenses
Unless established pursuant to section 48-903,  subsection F,  districts organized under this article shall be governed by the board of supervisors of the county in which the district is situated and the board of supervisors shall be deemed to be the board of directors of the district. The directors shall receive no compensation for their services as such except as provided pursuant to section 48-1013 but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses in attending district meetings.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-909.02 - Multijurisdictional entities; limitation of district liability and responsibility

48-909.02.
Multijurisdictional entities;  limitation of district liability and responsibility
A. Any county improvement district may join with any other person or entity in the creation of a multijurisdictional entity to further the acquisition,  construction,  operation or maintenance of any of the improvements that are authorized by this article and shall establish the duties and responsibilities of each party in a written operating agreement. The agreement shall state the share of the costs to be borne by the district and by each other party to the agreement. The district's share may be based on any objective criteria that are established in the agreement. The district shall not become liable without its written consent for more than its agreed on share of the cost of construction,  operation or maintenance of the improvement or for claims for tortious action,  environmental responsibility or any damage proximately caused by the construction,  operation or maintenance of the improvement. Any share of liability agreed on in the written operating agreement is the limit of the district's liability without regard to the insolvency or bankruptcy or other inability or unwillingness of any other party to perform its obligations or to pay its proportionate share of those obligations.
B. Costs that are incurred by a person in forming an improvement district that becomes a member of a multijurisdictional entity,  including reasonable costs incurred in circulating petitions to form a district,  shall be reimbursed by the district and shall be included as incidental expenses of the district.
C. Any county improvement district that is located in a county with a population of less than two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census may purchase an interest in any improvement that is authorized by section 48-909. The district may acquire joint,  several or joint and several interests in the improvement.
D. Any multijurisdictional entity that is formed pursuant to this section may enter into a loan repayment agreement with the water infrastructure finance authority of Arizona in the same manner as a county improvement district that is acting pursuant to section 48-909.01. Any loan repayment agreement that is executed between the water infrastructure finance authority of Arizona and a multijurisdictional entity shall also limit the district's repayment obligation to its share as stated in the written operating agreement. This limitation may be evidenced by written acceptance of the district's liabilities and obligations under the loan repayment agreement between the authority and the multijurisdictional entity or by a separate loan repayment agreement or by the delivery of the county improvement district's bonds to the authority to secure the district's obligations under the multijurisdictional entity's loan repayment agreement.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-911 - Rights of way within district; improvements and maintenance

48-911.
Rights of way within district;  improvements and maintenance
A. All streets,  lanes,  alleys,  places,  courts,  avenues,  boulevards,  highways,  crossings,  intersections,  public ways and grounds in an improvement district organized under this article,  which are open to the public use or dedicated to public use by a plat of record or otherwise,  shall be deemed to be public and subject to improvement and maintenance under this article. The board of directors of the district may order to be done thereon any work or improvement mentioned in this article,  but no provision of this article or any proceeding or improvement had or made under this article shall be held to impose on the county the duty of maintaining the same as county roads or highways unless and until the county takes them over as county roads or highways by appropriate resolution to that effect.
B. If there are in any such district public roads or highways which are maintained by the county,  the county roads or highways may be improved by the district under the provisions of this article and in that case the resolution of intention for the improvement shall state what portion,  if any,  of the cost of the improvement will be paid by the county and to what extent the county will maintain the public road or highway after the improvement is made,  but the portion,  if any,  of the cost of the improvement to be paid for by the county shall be included in the assessment and may be paid for in cash,  or the amount thereof may be included in any bonds issued for the improvement,  and,  if so included,  the assessment shall bear the same interest and be payable by the district in installments,  as assessments against property of private persons. The district,  however,  may contract with the county for the payment to the district of such assessment and interest as may become due and payable,  and the county shall perform the contract.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-912 - Resolution of intention to order improvement

48-912.
Resolution of intention to order improvement
A. Before ordering an improvement authorized by this article that will result in an assessment against one or more lots within the district,  the board of directors of the district shall pass a resolution of intention briefly describing the improvement. By the resolution of intention and the subsequent proceedings,  one or more of the improvements may be made on one or more streets or any portion of any street and shall constitute one improvement and be constructed under one contract. If any such work is already done for any lot,  the lot shall be excepted from that assessment to the extent of the work done.
B. When the proposed improvement in the opinion of the board of directors is of more than local or ordinary public benefit,  it may order the expense of the improvement chargeable upon an assessment district,  and shall describe the extent of such assessment district in general terms in its resolution of intention,  either by reference to street lines or block numbers,  or by designating its exterior boundaries by their courses and distances from the street or streets the improvement of which is contemplated,  and may refer for a more particular description of the district to a map on file with the district engineer,  showing the exterior boundary lines of the assessment district,  and delineating block and lot numbers or containing such details as will show the location of the lines.
C. The board of directors in the resolution of intention may provide that the improvement described in the resolution may be made according to any of several alternative plans and specifications,  methods,  classes or kinds of construction or classes or kinds of material to be determined by the board of directors.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-913 - District engineer; appointment; compensation

48-913.
District engineer;  appointment;  compensation
A qualified engineer shall be appointed or employed as district engineer and his compensation fixed by the board of directors. Claims of the engineer for compensation or expenses,  approved by the board of directors,  may be paid out of the county general fund,  and the general fund shall be reimbursed out of the funds of the district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-914 - Preliminary plans; estimate of cost; limitation on assessment

48-914.
Preliminary plans;  estimate of cost;  limitation on assessment
Before passing the resolution of intention,  the engineer shall prepare preliminary plans that show the location and the type and character of the proposed improvements and estimates of the cost and expenses of the proposed improvements and shall file the preliminary plans with the clerk. The assessment for any lot shall not exceed its proportion of the estimate.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-915 - Petition to incur expense; sufficiency

48-915.
Petition to incur expense;  sufficiency
A. Before incurring any expenses for which the district may become liable and that will result in an assessment against one or more lots within the district,  the board of directors shall require that there be filed with the clerk a petition signed by property owners as provided by this section.
B. The petition may consist of one or more like or similar instruments filed with the clerk. The sufficiency of the signatures shall be determined by the rules prescribed for determining the sufficiency of protests against the improvement.
C. The petition may be accepted as sufficient by the board of directors if it or its several parts have attached the affidavit of a property owner whose property is subject to assessment for the improvement,  stating on oath that the property owner has examined the petition and that the signatures are the genuine signatures of the owners of a majority of the frontage of the property fronting on the proposed improvement or,  if the cost of the improvement is proposed to be made chargeable upon an assessment district,  the owners of a majority of the frontage of property contained within the limit of the assessment district.
D. Notwithstanding subsection C,  if the board of supervisors of a county finds that a proposed assessment by the district is a matter of public health,  welfare and safety and on a showing that a reasonable effort has been made by first class mail to contact absentee owners,  the board of directors may accept the petition as sufficient if it is signed by the majority of resident and responding absentee owners,  as determined by the board of directors,  of a majority of the frontage of the property fronting on the proposed improvement or contained within the district,  as the case may be. Mailed petitions shall provide for either acceptance or rejection by the owner and shall include a notice stating that only returned petitions will be counted. The absentee owners who are contacted by first class mail have thirty days from the date the mail is postmarked to return the petition. The maximum amount of the proposed assessment under petitions authorized by this subsection shall be no more than one dollar fifty cents per one hundred dollars of assessed valuation.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-916 - Notice of resolution

48-916.
Notice of resolution
A. The district shall mail to the owners of all real property within the area to be assessed a notice that contains the following:
1. A notice of the passage of the resolution of intention with the date of the resolution of intention.
2. A description of the work to be performed and the property to be assessed.
3. The total amount of the engineer's estimate of costs and expenses of the work.
4. A description of the board's intention to levy assessments and issue bonds,  as applicable.
B. The notice shall be mailed to owners based on the names and addresses that appear on the most recent property tax assessment roll.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-917 - Protest against proposed improvement; protest as bar to improvement proceedings; objection to extent of assessment district

48-917.
Protest against proposed improvement;  protest as bar to improvement proceedings;  objection to extent of assessment district
A. The owners of a majority of the frontage of the property fronting on the area of the proposed improvement,  or,  when the cost of improvement has been made chargeable upon a district,  the owners of a majority of the acreage of property contained within the limits of the assessment district,  may make a written protest against the improvement within twenty days after the date of the mailing of the notice of the passage of the resolution of intention.
B. The protest shall show a description of the property and the amount of the frontage or acreage,  as applicable,  owned by each signer together with his post office address. The protest shall be filed with the clerk who shall endorse thereon the date of delivery to him. Protests so delivered and endorsed,  if sufficient,  shall be a bar to any further proceedings in making the improvement for six months from the date the protest is filed,  unless the owners of one-half or more of the frontage or acreage,  as applicable,  meanwhile petition for the work to be done. No portion of the improvement included in any proceeding barred by the protest shall be included within a new proceeding within six months from filing the protest unless the owners of one-half or more of the frontage or acreage,  as applicable,  petition for the work to be included in the new proceeding.
C. When the cost of the improvement has been made chargeable upon an assessment district,  objections to the extent of the district to be assessed to pay the expenses of the improvement may be made by an owner in the assessment district within the time provided for the filing of protests against the work. The objections shall show the amount of frontage owned by each signer and his post office address.
D. When an objection to the extent of the proposed assessment district has been filed,  the board of directors shall fix a time for hearing the protest,  and the clerk shall notify the objectors by mail of the address given by each objector of the date of the hearing at least ten days prior thereto.
E. At the hearing,  which may be adjourned,  the board of directors shall hear and pass upon the objections,  and its decisions shall be final and conclusive. The board may modify the extent of the proposed assessment district,  in which event a new resolution of intention shall be passed containing a description of the modified assessment district,  which shall be published,  and notices thereof posted as required of an original resolution of intention.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-918 - Procedure for making and hearing protests and objections

48-918.
Procedure for making and hearing protests and objections
A. In determining protests and objections,  the board of directors shall be guided by these rules:
1. Each paper containing signatures shall have attached thereto the affidavit of an owner to be assessed,  stating that each signature was affixed in his presence and is the signer's genuine signature.
2. The protest or objection shall be counted only for the property described as belonging to the signer,  and a signature without the description shall not be counted.
3. The signature of one cotenant or,  if community property,  the signature of either spouse,  is sufficient for a protest if no objection to the signature is made by the other cotenant or spouse. If such an objection is made,  the protest shall be counted only to the extent of the signer's interest in the property.
4. A protest or objection signed by a guardian,  conservator,  personal representative,  administrator or trustee is valid without an order of court therefor.
5. A protest or objection by a person in possession under contract of purchase is valid.
6. When several persons have a claim to or an interest in property,  the signature of any of them is sufficient unless questioned by another having such claim or interest,  whereupon the wishes of the person legally entitled to possession of the property at the date of the protest shall control.
7. A protest or objection signed by an agent or attorney in fact shall be disregarded unless the authority of the agent has been recorded with the county recorder,  or written or telegraphic authority is attached to the protest or objection before expiration of the time for filing the protest or objection.
8. A signature may be withdrawn from a protest or objection by filing the withdrawal with the clerk in his office at or before five o'clock p.m. of the last day set for the filing of protests.
9. An objection to the signature of a cotenant,  spouse,  claimant or person interested may be filed,  and the authority of an agent or attorney in fact questioned,  at any time before the board of directors finally passes upon the sufficiency of the protest,  but an agency or authority may not be revoked as to the signature after the expiration of the protest period.
B. The board of directors may fix a date for a hearing upon the sufficiency of a protest,  which shall be within thirty days from the expiration of the protest period,  and shall give notice of the hearing by publication twice in a daily,  or once in a weekly or semiweekly paper published or circulated in the district or county,  and by mailing the notice to each protestant at his address of record.
C. The notice shall require all persons signing the protest or their agents or attorneys to appear and show cause why the protest should not be overruled.
D. At the hearing the board of directors may disregard all signatures of which the right to sign does not appear upon the records of the county recorder,  and which are not supported by evidence at the hearing.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-919 - Resolution ordering improvement; notice; bids

48-919.
Resolution ordering improvement;  notice;  bids
A. When no protests against the proposed work or no objections as to the extent of the proposed assessment district have been filed within the time specified,  or when a protest is found by the board of directors to be insufficient,  or when the objections to the extent of the proposed district have been heard and denied,  the board of directors may order,  by resolution,  the proposed improvements described in the resolution of intention.
B. The resolution need not fully describe the improvement nor the extent of the assessment district,  but may refer to the resolution of intention for such description.
C. The superintendent shall then publish a notice of the passage of the resolution ordering the work,  and inviting sealed bids for making the improvement therein ordered,  twice in one or more daily newspapers or once in a weekly or semiweekly newspaper,  published and circulated in the county in which the district is located,  and shall post a copy of the notice for five days on or near the door of the meeting place of the board of directors. The notice shall state the time within which proposals may be filed with the clerk,  which shall not be less than ten days from the date of the first publication of the notice.
D. When in the resolution of intention the board of directors has provided for alternative plans and specifications,  the invitation for bids for making the improvement may require separate bids according to each of the several alternative plans and specifications.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-920 - Assessment of public property; no rescission

48-920.
Assessment of public property;  no rescission
A. When a lot belonging to the United States,  the state,  a county,  city or school district or any political subdivision or institution of the state or county fronts upon the proposed work or improvement,  or is included within the assessment district declared by the board of directors in its resolution of intention to be the district to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof,  the board of directors shall,  in the resolution of intention,  declare whether or not such lot shall be omitted from the assessment thereafter to be made.
B. If the lot is omitted from the assessment,  the total expense of all work done shall be assessed on the remaining lots fronting on the work or improvement,  or lying within the assessment district,  without regard to the omitted lot.
C. If the board of directors declares the lot included in the assessment,  or if no declaration is made respecting the lot,  the district shall be liable for and shall pay such sum as thereafter may be assessed against the lot. The amount of the assessment levied against the lot may be included in any bonds issued for the improvement,  and if so included,  the assessments shall bear the same interest,  and be payable by the district in installments,  as assessments against property of private persons.
D. The district may contract with the state,  or body to which the lot belongs,  for payment to the district of the assessment and interest as it becomes due and payable,  and the state,  or such body,  shall perform the contract.
E. Any city,  town,  county,  school district or other political subdivision of a county or this state shall not rescind or otherwise take or continue any action to terminate an agreement to pay or otherwise support an assessment levied pursuant to this article until all assessments are fully paid. An agreement is deemed to support an assessment if it provides for the sale of property to a district that was financed in whole or in part with assessments levied pursuant to this article or with revenues generated by bonds issued pursuant to this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-921 - Payment of costs from other sources

48-921.
Payment of costs from other sources
A. When any money is available from the county,  or a state or federal agency,  or the general fund of the district,  or from any other source,  for paying the cost of the whole or any part of any of the work provided for in the resolution of intention,  the board of directors may in the resolution of intention or in any resolution adopted before the assessment is finally approved,  order that such money be applied to the whole or any portion of the improvements for which it is available and direct the remainder of the costs and expenses to be assessed proportionately on the lots liable to be assessed for such improvement.
B. In addition to any payments made as prescribed by subsection A of this section,  a district may be financed from the following sources of revenue:
1. Proceeds received from the sale of bonds of the district.
2. Monies of the county that are contributed to the district.
3. State or federal grants.
4. Private contributions.
5. Any other monies available to the district by law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 48 - Special Taxing Districts › § 48-922 - Bids; bond; award of contract

48-922.
Bids;  bond;  award of contract
A. Bids shall be submitted accompanied by a bond payable to the district,  for an amount not less than ten per cent of the aggregate proposal. Alternative bids may be accompanied by one bond at least equal to ten per cent of the amount of the highest proposal submitted.
B. The board of directors shall,  in open session,  open,  examine and publicly declare the bids,  and may reject any or all when deemed for the public good,  and shall reject all bids other than the lowest and best bid of a responsible bidder. The board may award the contract for the work or improvement to the lowest and best responsible bidder at the price named in his bid,  upon motion,  noted in its minutes,  and upon a majority vote of its members.
C. When the resolution of intention to make the improvement and the resolution ordering the work has provided for alternative plans and specifications,  and the notice has invited separate bids in accordance with alternative plans and specifications,  the board of directors shall not award the contract for the improvement until fifteen days after the bids have been opened,  examined and declared. If within such period the owners of a majority of the frontage of property fronting on the proposed improvement,  or,  when the cost of the improvement has been made chargeable upon an assessment district,  the owners of a majority of the frontage of property contained within the limits of the assessment district,  in writing require that the proposed improvement be constructed in accordance with any particular one of the alternative plans and specifications,  then the board of directors shall so determine and require,  and shall award the contract to the lowest and best responsible bidder. If no such written requirement is filed,  then the board of directors shall determine which of the alternative plans and specifications shall be adopted,  considering the cost and efficiency thereof,  and shall award the contract accordingly.