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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-502 - Petition for franchise; publication; estimate; election; term; expenditures

9-502.
Petition for franchise;  publication;  estimate;  election;  term;  expenditures
A. A person desiring to obtain a franchise to operate a public utility from a municipal corporation shall present the franchise desired to the governing body of the municipal corporation,  and it shall be filed among its records.
B. If the governing body deems the granting of the franchise beneficial to the municipal corporation,  it shall pass a resolution,  to be spread on its record,  stating that fact,  and shall submit the question to the qualified electors as to whether or not the franchise shall be granted at the following regular election held in the municipal corporation or at a special election called for that purpose.
C. The proposed franchise shall be published in full in some newspaper of general circulation published in the municipal corporation for at least thirty consecutive days before the election.
D. The ballot shall include an estimate of any proposed fees or taxes that are not related to franchise work or franchise fees.
E. If a majority of the votes cast is in favor of granting the franchise,  the governing body shall grant the franchise only in the form filed and published.
F. A franchise shall not be granted for a longer term than twenty-five years.
G. An election held pursuant to this section shall be held on a date prescribed by section 16-204.
H. A public utility that spends only its own monies or resources in support of its proposed franchise from a municipal corporation to operate a public utility is exempt from the requirements of title 16,  chapter 6.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-507 - Application for license; hearing; terms; conditions

9-507.
Application for license;  hearing;  terms;  conditions
A. Any person desiring to obtain a license to construct,  operate and maintain a cable television system from a licensing authority shall make application to such licensing authority in the form specified by the licensing authority and shall comply with requirements specified by the licensing authority.
B. Prior to the issuance of a license,  the licensing authority shall provide for the holding of a public hearing within the proposed service area,  following reasonable notice to the public,  at which every applicant and its proposals shall be examined and the public and all interested parties afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard. Reasonable notice to the public shall include causing notice of the time and place of such hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the proposed service area once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication shall be not less than fourteen days before the day of such hearing. If there is no such newspaper in the proposed service area,  then notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the city or town hall,  if applicable,  or other suitable location determined by the respective licensing authority for a period of not less than fourteen days before the day of such hearing.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-508 - License required before construction; provisions existing systems

9-508.
License required before construction;  provisions existing systems
A. A new cable television system shall not be constructed within any incorporated city or town or within the unincorporated area of a county without a license therefor having first been issued pursuant to the provisions of this article. This subsection shall not apply to extensions of existing cable television systems wholly within the area of jurisdiction.
B. Existing cable television systems with existing licenses for a fixed term of years shall be in compliance with this article for the term of such license.
C. All other existing cable television systems with existing licenses not specifying a fixed term shall have a term expiring April 1,  1989,  or upon the termination of the license by the licensing authority.
D. Nothing in this section shall preclude a licensing authority from amending a license to bring the license into conformance with the applicable rules and regulations of the federal communications commission.
E. A licensing authority may terminate a license according to its terms and conditions if a license holder is in default thereunder.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-511 - Power to engage in business of public nature; outside water rates; right of eminent domain

9-511.
Power to engage in business of public nature;  outside water rates;  right of eminent domain
A. A municipal corporation may engage in any business or enterprise which may be engaged in by persons by virtue of a franchise from the municipal corporation,  and may construct,  purchase,  acquire,  own and maintain within or without its corporate limits any such business or enterprise. A municipal corporation may also purchase,  acquire and own real property for sites and rights-of-way for public utility and public park purposes,  and for the location thereon of waterworks,  electric and gas plants,  municipal quarantine stations,  garbage reduction plants,  electric lines for the transmission of electricity,  pipelines for the transportation of oil,  gas,  water and sewage,  and for plants for the manufacture of any material for public improvement purposes or public buildings. If a municipality provides water to another municipality,  the rates it charges for the water to the public in the other municipality shall be one of the following:
1. The same or less than the rates it charges its own residents for water.
2. The same or less than the rates the other municipality charges its residents for water.
3. If the other municipality does not provide water,  the average rates charged for water to the residents in the other municipality by private water companies.
4. Rates determined by a contract which is approved by both municipalities and in which such rates are justified by a cost of service study or by any other method agreed to by both municipalities.
B. Nothing in this section shall affect a surcharge on water provided to another municipality adopted prior to July 1,  1986 provided that the surcharge did not exceed thirty per cent of the rates the municipality providing the water charges its own residents and except that any increase in the percentage of such surcharge proposed after August 13,  1986 shall be subject to the requirements of this section.
C. The municipality may exercise the right of eminent domain either within or without its corporate limits for the purposes as stated in subsection A,  and may establish,  lay and operate a plant,  electric line or pipeline upon any land or right-of-way taken thereunder,  and may manufacture material for public improvement purposes and barter or exchange it for other material to be used in public improvements in the municipal corporation,  or sell it to other municipal corporations for like purposes,  and for any and all such purposes.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-511.02 - Utility user fees; lien enforcement; procedures; payment responsibility; definition

9-511.02.
Utility user fees;  lien enforcement;  procedures;  payment responsibility;  definition
A. A city or town may file a lien on property for the nonpayment of utility user fees for services provided to the property if the payment of the fees is delinquent for more than ninety days.
B. Before filing the lien,  the city or town shall provide written notice to the owner of the property. The notice shall be given at least thirty days before filing the lien and shall include an opportunity for a hearing with a designated city or town official. The notice shall be either personally served or mailed to the property owner,  at the last known address by certified mail,  or to the address to which the tax bill for the property was last mailed. If the owner does not reside on the property,  the notice shall be sent to the last known address.
C. The unpaid utility user fees,  from the date of recording in the office of the county recorder in the county in which the property is located,  are a lien on the property until the fees are paid. The lien is subject and inferior to the lien for general taxes and to all prior recorded mortgages and encumbrances of record. A sale of the property to satisfy a lien obtained under this section shall be made on judgment of foreclosure and order of sale. A city or town may bring an action to enforce the lien in the superior court in the county in which the property is located at any time after the recording,  but failure to enforce the lien by this action does not affect its validity. The recorded unpaid utility user fees are prima facie evidence of the truth of all matters recited in the recording and of the regularity of all proceedings before the recording.
D. Unpaid utility user fees pursuant to this section accrue interest at the rate prescribed by section 44-1201.
E. A prior assessment of unpaid utility user fees for the purposes provided in this section does not bar a subsequent assessment for these purposes and any number of liens on the same lot or tract of land may be enforced in the same action.
F. Subsection A of this section does not apply to residential property occupied by a lessee where the lessee is responsible for payment of the utility user fees. The city or town shall determine the status of leased residential property prior to filing the lien.
G. For residential property of four or fewer units,  a city or town may not require payment of unpaid utility user fees by anyone other than the person who has contracted with the city or town to provide the service,  who physically resides or resided at the property and who receives or received the service. The property owner,  an immediate family member of the person who does not reside at the property or any other entity,  at their sole discretion,  may establish service in their name for utility service with a city or town and shall be responsible for payment.
H. For purposes of this section " utility user fees"  means fees charged for the provision of sewer.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-512 - Issuance of bonds; service rates

9-512.
Issuance of bonds;  service rates
A. The municipal corporation,  for any and all purposes provided in section 9-511,  may issue and sell bonds bearing interest not to exceed nine per cent per annum.
B. When the enterprise or public improvement has been purchased or constructed by means derived from the sale of bonds,  the municipality shall fix the rates charged for service to the public as nearly as practicable so as to pay the interest and not less than three per cent per annum on the principal of the bonds,  in excess of the expense of maintenance and operation.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-513 - Lease of privately owned utility

9-513.
Lease of privately owned utility
A. When it is impracticable to issue bonds as provided by section 9-512 for an improvement or enterprise deemed necessary for the public welfare,  the municipal corporation may lease at a stipulated rental a public improvement or utility.
B. The rental contract shall reserve to the municipal corporation the option to purchase the improvement or utility in the future.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-514 - Authority to engage in utility business

9-514.
Authority to engage in utility business
A. Except as provided in section 9-571,  before construction,  purchase,  acquisition or lease by a municipal corporation,  as authorized in sections 9-511,  9-511.01,  9-511.02,  9-512 and 9-513,  of any plant or property or portion of plant or property devoted to the business of or services rendered by a public utility shall be undertaken,  the construction,  purchase,  acquisition or lease shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors who are taxpayers of the municipal corporation voting at a general or special municipal election duly called and held for the purpose of voting on the question.
B. This section does not apply to the construction,  purchase,  acquisition or lease of water or sewage system utilities by a city or town incorporated pursuant to section 9-101.02.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-515 - Purchase of existing utility plant and property; valuation; appeal

9-515.
Purchase of existing utility plant and property;  valuation;  appeal
A. When a municipal corporation and the residents thereof are being served under an existing franchise by a public utility,  the municipal corporation,  before constructing,  purchasing,  acquiring or leasing,  in whole or in part,  a plant or property engaged in the business of supplying services rendered by such public utility,  shall first purchase and take over the property and plant of the public utility.
B. The property and plant shall become the property of the municipal corporation upon payment by the municipal corporation of the fair valuation thereof within eighteen months after the determination of the valuation in the manner hereinafter provided.
C. The fair valuation of the public utility shall be the equivalent of the compensation to be paid for the taking of private property for public use as provided by article 2,  chapter 8 of title 12,  and the amount shall be determined by one of the following methods:
1. By agreement between the municipal corporation and the public utility.
2. By arbitrators chosen in a manner agreed upon at the time by the municipal corporation and the public utility.
3. By a court of competent jurisdiction determining the compensation for the taking of private property for public use as provided by article 2,  chapter 8 of title 12.
D. The municipal corporation and the public utility shall have right of appeal as provided by article 2,  chapter 8 of title 12.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-516 - Declaration of public policy; eminent domain

9-516.
Declaration of public policy;  eminent domain
A. It is declared as the public policy of the state that when adequate public utility service under authority of law is being rendered in an area,  within or without the boundaries of a city or town,  a competing service and installation shall not be authorized,  instituted,  made or carried on by a city or town unless or until that portion of the plant,  system and business of the utility used and useful in rendering such service in the area in which the city or town seeks to serve,  has been acquired.
B. The city or town which seeks to acquire the facilities of a public service corporation shall have the right to do so under eminent domain. Such action shall be brought and prosecuted in the same manner as other civil actions.
C. A city or town acquiring the facilities of a public service corporation rendering utility service without the boundaries of such city or town,  or which renders utility service without its boundaries,  shall not discontinue such service,  once established,  as long as such city or town owns or controls such utility. A city or town which renders utility service outside of its boundaries as prescribed by this subsection shall not be prohibited from selling a part of its utility operation to another utility which operates under regulations prescribed by law.
D. It is declared the public policy of the state that when a city or town has purchased the property or plant of a public utility serving in an area within or without the boundaries of the city or town pursuant to this article,  the corporation commission shall not be authorized or empowered to grant a new certificate of convenience and necessity or franchise to any person,  firm or corporation to provide the same kind of public utility service within the area or territory previously authorized to said public utility under its certificate of convenience and necessity or franchise,  but if the city or town refuses to provide utility service to a portion or part of the area or territory previously authorized to the public utility,  the corporation commission may issue a new certificate of convenience and necessity or franchise to a public utility to provide utility service in that portion or part of the area or territory.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-519 - Common carriers; duplication of service prohibited

9-519.
Common carriers;  duplication of service prohibited
When territory within or without the corporate limits of a municipal corporation is being adequately served by a common carrier of passengers under authority of law,  the municipal corporation shall not engage in business as a common carrier of passengers over the route or routes or within the territory being served by the common carrier.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-521 - Definitions

9-521.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Bond"  means any bond issued pursuant to this article,  including any tax secured bond.
2. " Governing body"  means the board,  commission or other body having charge of the financial affairs of a municipality.
3. " Municipality"  means any incorporated city or town.
4. " Tax secured bond"  means any bond authorized and issued pursuant to both this article and title 35,  chapter 3,  article 3.
5. " Utility undertaking"  means any one or combination of the following:
(a) Electric light or power,  water,  storm water,  sewer,  gas,  common carrier of passengers,  garbage,  or rubbish plant or system,  including but not limited to disposal,  treatment or reduction plants,  buildings,  incinerators,  dams and reservoirs.
(b) Airport buildings or other airport facilities or buildings or structures to provide off-street parking of motor vehicles,  together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-521.01 - Recreational facilities

9-521.01.
Recreational facilities
A. For the purposes of this article only,  the term " utility undertaking" ,  in addition to the definition prescribed in section 9-521,  shall mean recreational facilities.
B. " Recreational facilities"  means swimming pools,  parks,  playgrounds,  municipal golf courses,  and ball parks.
C. Provisions of this section shall apply only to municipalities of seventy-five thousand or less.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-522 - Power to issue bonds

9-522.
Power to issue bonds
A. In addition to its other powers,  a municipality may:
1. Subject to the requirements and restrictions of sections 9-515 through 9-518,  within or without its corporate limits,  construct,  improve,  reconstruct,  extend,  operate,  maintain and acquire,  by gift,  purchase or the exercise of the right of eminent domain,  a utility undertaking or part thereof,  and acquire in like manner land,  rights in land or water rights in connection therewith.
2. Issue its bonds to finance the cost thereof.
3. Pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds and interest on such bonds an amount of the revenue of the utility undertaking,  including improvements or extensions thereafter constructed or acquired,  sufficient to pay the bonds and interest as they become due,  and create and maintain reasonable reserves therefor. The amount pledged may consist of all or any part of such revenue.
4. With respect to tax secured bonds,  pledge its full faith and credit to the payment of the bonds and interest on such bonds and if such pledge is made shall provide for the levy of a tax for the payment of the bonds pursuant to title 35,  chapter 3,  article 3.
B. The governing body of the municipality,  in determining the cost of the utility undertaking for which bonds are to be issued,  may include all costs and estimated costs of issuance of the bonds,  all engineering,  inspection,  fiscal and legal expenses allowed by law and interest which it is estimated will accrue on money borrowed or which will be borrowed during the construction period and for six months thereafter.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-524 - Election order and call; publication; posting

9-524.
Election order and call;  publication;  posting
A. The governing body shall order and call an election upon the question of the issuance of bonds. The order and call shall state in substance:
1. The maximum amount of bonds to be issued.
2. The purpose for which the bonds are to be issued.
3. The maximum rate of interest which the bonds are to bear.
4. A brief concise statement,  which need not include any detail other than the mere statement of the fact,  showing that the bonds will be payable solely from revenues unless the bonds are to be tax secured bonds in which case the order and call shall state in substance that the bonds shall be payable from revenues and shall additionally be payable from taxes levied upon all taxable property in the municipality.
5. The date on which the election is to be held as prescribed by section 16-204,  subsection B,  paragraph 1,  subdivision (d).
6. The places where votes may be cast.
7. The hours between which polling places will be open.
B. The order and call of election shall be published in full at least once,  not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days prior to the date of the election,  in a newspaper published in the county and of general circulation in the municipality. If there is no such newspaper,  the order and call shall be printed in full and posted in five conspicuous places in the municipality not less than fifteen nor more than thirty days prior to the date of the election.
C. If the bonds are to be tax secured bonds,  the order and call of election shall state,  in addition to the requirements of subsection A of this section,  the matters required by title 35,  chapter 3,  article 3 and shall be posted and published as required by that article rather than as provided in subsection B of this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-525 - Registration of voters

9-525.
Registration of voters
The governing body may require the registration of all persons desiring to vote at the election,  in which case the election resolution shall state the dates,  times and places when and where such persons may register. Registration shall begin not less than ten and shall close not less than five days prior to the date of the election.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-526 - Form of ballot

9-526.
Form of ballot
At the election the ballot shall contain the phrases " for the bonds"  and " against the bonds."  To the right of and opposite each phrase shall be placed a square approximately the size of squares placed opposite the names of candidates on ballots. The voter shall indicate his vote " for the bonds"  or " against the bonds"  by inserting the mark " x"  in the square opposite such phrase. No other question,  word or figure need be printed on the ballot. The ballot need not be any particular size,  nor need sample ballots be printed,  posted or distributed. A number of ballots,  exceeding by not less than ten per cent the number of registered voters whose names appear on the precinct register of the precinct,  town or city for which printed,  shall be printed and furnished each polling place.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-527 - Canvass of votes

9-527.
Canvass of votes
A. The governing body shall canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. If it appears to the governing body that a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon assent to issuance of the bonds,  the governing body shall provide for their issuance.
B. The determination of the governing body that a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon have assented to issuance of the bonds shall be conclusive in any action or proceeding involving the validity of the election or determination or declaration of the result thereof instituted after the date of delivery of and payment for the bonds.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-528 - Application of election laws

9-528.
Application of election laws
Except as otherwise provided in this article,  the manner of conducting the registration and election,  keeping the poll lists,  making the returns,  declaring the results and doing all acts relating to the election shall conform to the procedure provided by law for the registration and qualification of electors and holding elections wherein the question of issuance of bonds of municipal corporations is submitted to an election.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-530 - Service charges; taxation and budgeting; computation

9-530.
Service charges;  taxation and budgeting;  computation
A. The governing body of the municipality issuing the bonds shall prescribe service charges,  and shall revise them when necessary,  so that a utility undertaking for which the bonds were issued shall always remain self-supporting with revenue sufficient:
1. To pay when due all bonds,  interest and continuing fees and expenses on the bonds or,  if applicable,  on the reimbursement agreement,  for the payment of which the revenue has been pledged,  encumbered or charged.
2. To provide for all expenses of operation,  maintenance,  expansion and replacement of facilities.
3. To provide reasonable reserves.
B. Until payment of all bonds on any public utility issued under this article,  and the expiration of the municipal fiscal year in which the bonds are paid in full,  no receipts segregated or collected for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest and redemption charges on bonds and other lawful long-term obligations issued or incurred for a specific capital purpose shall be subject to the provisions of title 42,  chapter 17.
C. In computing the annual interest requirements of bonds described in section 9-529,  subsection G,  the governing body shall determine a rate which is not more than the maximum rate permitted under the terms of their issuance. In making the determination,  the governing body shall set a rate that is not less than one hundred twenty-five per cent of the rate in effect on the date of determination,  or if the bonds are not then issued,  one hundred twenty-five per cent of the initial rate on the bonds,  except that if such determination exceeds the maximum rate permitted under the terms of issuance,  the rate shall be the maximum rate.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-531 - Provisions of resolution for bond issue; covenants

9-531.
Provisions of resolution for bond issue;  covenants
A. A resolution pertaining to issuance of bonds under this article may contain covenants as to:
1. The purpose to which the proceeds of sale of the bonds may be applied and to the use and disposition thereof.
2. The use and disposition of the revenue of the utility undertaking for which the bonds are to be issued.
3. The issuance of other or additional bonds,  payable from the revenue of the utility undertaking.
4. The operation and maintenance of the utility undertaking.
5. The insurance to be carried thereon and the use and disposition of insurance monies.
6. Books of account and the inspection and audit thereof.
7. The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds,  or any proportion of them or a trustee therefor,  shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver,  who may enter and take possession of the utility undertaking,  operate and maintain it,  prescribe charges and collect,  receive and apply all revenue thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the municipality itself might do.
B. The provisions of this article and any such resolution shall be deemed a contract with the holders of the bonds,  and the duties of the municipality and its governing body and officers under this article and such resolution shall be enforceable by mandamus or other appropriate action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-532 - Utility receipts and bond proceeds; handling and disposition

9-532.
Utility receipts and bond proceeds;  handling and disposition
A. All proceeds received from sale of the bonds,  all fees,  rents,  tolls or other charges received by the municipality from a utility undertaking financed by the bonds,  and all monies received from any source in connection therewith shall be paid to the finance officer of the municipality designated by the governing body thereof for such purposes. The finance officer shall not commingle any money received under the terms of this article with any other monies,  but the monies received shall be deposited in a separate bank account in the name of the municipality.
B. The governing body may by resolution provide that all deposits of such proceeds,  fees,  rents,  tolls or other charges,  and the monies received under the terms of this article shall be secured by obligations of the United States or of this state of a market value equal at all times to the amount of the deposits provided by this article,  and all banks and trust companies are authorized to give such security for the deposits.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-533 - Validity of bonds

9-533.
Validity of bonds
A. Bonds issued under this article and bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations,  notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all of the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be officers of the municipality issuing the bonds.
B. The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on or affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the construction,  acquisition,  improvement,  reconstruction or extension of the utility undertaking financed by the bonds or taken in connection therewith.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-534 - Certification of bonds by attorney general

9-534.
Certification of bonds by attorney general
A. A municipality may submit to the attorney general bonds to be issued under this article after all proceedings for their issuance have been taken,  and thereupon it shall be the duty of the attorney general to examine the bonds and pass upon the validity thereof and the regularity of the proceedings authorizing their issuance.
B. If such proceedings conform to the provisions of this article,  and the bonds when delivered and paid for will constitute binding and legal obligations of the municipality according to the terms thereof,  the attorney general shall certify in substance upon the back of each bond that it is issued in accordance with the constitution and laws of this state.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-535 - Prior lien of bonds

9-535.
Prior lien of bonds
A. Except as otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the bonds,  all bonds of the same issue under this article shall have a prior and paramount lien on the revenue of the utility undertaking for which the bonds have been issued over and ahead of bonds of an issue payable from that revenue which may be subsequently authorized,  and over and ahead of claims or other obligations of any nature against that revenue subsequently arising or subsequently incurred.
B. Bonds of the same issue issued under this article shall be equally and ratably secured,  without priority by reason of number,  date,  sale,  execution or delivery,  by a lien on the revenue in accordance with the terms of the resolution authorizing the bonds.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-536 - Payment of bonds

9-536.
Payment of bonds
A. No holder of bonds issued under this article shall have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the municipality to pay the bonds or the interest on such bonds. Each bond issued under this article shall recite in substance that payment of the bond and interest on such bond is enforceable exclusively from the revenue pledged to its payment.
B. Bonds issued under this article shall not be a debt of the municipality,  nor shall payment of such bonds be enforceable out of any funds other than the revenue pledged to the payment of such bonds.
C. This section shall not apply to tax secured bonds issued pursuant to both this article and title 35,  chapter 3,  article 3.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-537 - Supplemental nature of article

9-537.
Supplemental nature of article
In so far as the provisions of this article are inconsistent with any other provision of law,  the provisions hereof shall be controlling. The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. Except as expressly provided in this article,  the utility undertaking may be constructed,  improved,  reconstructed,  extended and acquired,  notwithstanding any other law providing for the construction,  improvement,  reconstruction,  extension or acquisition of a like utility undertaking and without regard to the requirements,  restrictions or other provisions contained in any law,  including,  but not limited to,  sections 9-511 to 9-514,  inclusive. Bonds may be issued under this article for any utility undertaking,  notwithstanding that any other law may provide for the issuance of bonds for a like purpose and without regard to the requirements,  restrictions or provisions contained in any other law.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-539 - General powers of municipality under article

9-539.
General powers of municipality under article
There is vested in a municipality by this article full power:
1. To issue revenue bonds for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvement,  reconstruction,  extensions and additions to any existing revenue-producing utility of any kind or class at the time owned and operated by the municipality,  however acquired.
2. To pledge to the punctual payment of the revenue bonds and interest thereon the revenues of such existing revenue-producing utility,  after making reasonable allowance for the cost of maintenance and operation thereof,  together with the revenues of such utility undertaking,  improvement,  reconstruction,  extensions and additions thereto for which the revenue bonds are to be issued.
3. To provide in the resolution pertaining to the issuance of revenue bonds for the use and disposition of all revenues pledged therein to the payment of principal and interest of the bonds,  including the revenues of the existing revenue-producing utility to the fullest extent provided in the resolution and in addition thereto the revenues of the utility undertaking for which the bonds are to be issued,  all on such terms and in such manner as the governing body of the municipality may provide or has in the resolution so provided.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-540 - Validation of prior acts and proceedings; criterion for compliance

9-540.
Validation of prior acts and proceedings;  criterion for compliance
All acts and proceedings taken prior to March 13,  1947 by a municipality under this article,  or under color of this article,  for the authorization,  issuance or sale of revenue bonds for any purpose stated therein,  are confirmed,  validated and declared legally effective,  including all acts and proceedings of the governing body of such municipality and of any person,  public officer,  board or agency done or taken prior to March 13,  1947 upon the question of the authorization,  issuance or sale of such bonds. All bonds authorized to be issued under this article whenever delivered in substantially the form contemplated in such authorization,  shall be in the form and manner in which delivered valid,  legal and binding obligations of the municipality,  payable in accordance with the resolution pertaining to their issuance and secured by the revenues therein pledged and allocated to their payment,  and by the covenants and agreements set forth in the resolution authorizing their issuance.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-551 - Definitions

9-551.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Industrial gas pipeline"  means any pipeline or system of pipelines and all necessary appurtenances to the pipeline or system used to transport inert,  nontoxic,  nonflammable gas for industrial purposes to industrial users who pay for the service but does not include any pipeline or system of pipelines that transports gas for power,  light or fuel.
2. " Intergovernmental contract"  means a joint exercise of powers agreement authorized by title 11,  chapter 7,  article 3.
3. " License"  means that ordinance or resolution which contains the right,  authority or grant given by a licensing authority enabling the license holder to construct,  operate and maintain an industrial gas pipeline.
4. " Licensing authority"  means the board of supervisors of a county or the governing body of an incorporated city or town.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-552 - Authority to issue license

9-552.
Authority to issue license
A. For the purpose of authorizing and regulating the construction,  operation and maintenance of industrial gas pipelines,  the licensing authority of a city or town for an incorporated area,  or the licensing authority of a county for an unincorporated area,  either individually or jointly by intergovernmental contract,  may issue a license to any person to use public streets,  roads and alleys and shall impose conditions,  restrictions and limitations upon the use of the public streets,  roads and alleys and upon the construction,  operation and maintenance of industrial gas pipelines.
B. The licensing authority may adopt resolutions or ordinances implementing and controlling the license or joint license. The license issued by a licensing authority may contain provisions and may establish a permit fee.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-553 - Application for license; hearing; terms; conditions

9-553.
Application for license;  hearing;  terms;  conditions
A. Any person desiring to obtain a license to construct,  operate and maintain an industrial gas pipeline from a licensing authority shall apply to the licensing authority in a form specified by the licensing authority and shall comply with requirements specified by the licensing authority.
B. Prior to the issuance of a license,  the licensing authority shall hold a public hearing within the city,  town or county where application has been made,  following reasonable notice to the public,  at which every applicant and its proposals shall be examined and the public and all interested parties afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard. Reasonable notice to the public includes causing notice of the time and place of the hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the city,  town or county where application has been made once a week for two consecutive weeks. The first publication shall not be less than fourteen days before the day of the hearing. If there is no such newspaper in the city,  town or county where application has been made,  notice shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the city or town hall,  if applicable,  or other suitable location determined by the respective licensing authority for a period of not less than fourteen days before the day of the hearing.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-554 - License required before construction

9-554.
License required before construction
A. A new industrial gas pipeline shall not be constructed within any incorporated city or town or within the unincorporated area of a county before a license is issued as provided in this article.
B. A licensing authority may terminate a license according to its terms and conditions if a license holder is in default under the license.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-581 - Definitions

9-581.
Definitions
In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Commercial mobile radio service"  means two-way voice commercial mobile radio service as defined by the federal communications commission in 47 United States Code section 157.
2. " Political subdivision"  means a city,  town or county,  or a special district of a city,  town or county.
3. " Public highway"  or " highway"  means all roads,  streets and alleys and all other dedicated public rights-of-way and public utility easements of this state or a political subdivision.
4. " Telecommunications"  means the transmission,  between or among points specified by the user,  of information of the user's choosing,  without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received. The term does not include commercial mobile radio services,  pay phone services,  interstate services or cable services.
5. " Telecommunications corporation"  means any public service corporation to the extent that it provides telecommunications services in this state.
6. " Telecommunications services"  means the offering of telecommunications for a fee directly to the public,  or to such users as to be effectively available directly to the public,  regardless of the facilities used.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-595 - Access to authority utility poles; rates and fees; collocations for other commercial projects or uses

9-595.
Access to authority utility poles;  rates and fees;  collocations for other commercial projects or uses
A. An authority may not enter into an exclusive arrangement with any person for the right to attach to authority utility poles.
B. The rates and fees for the collocation of small wireless facilities on authority utility poles shall be nondiscriminatory regardless of the services provided by the collocating person.
C. The rate to collocate small wireless facilities on authority utility poles may not exceed fifty dollars per authority utility pole,  per year.
D. An authority shall establish and make available rates,  fees and terms for the collocation of small wireless facilities on authority utility poles within six months after August 9,  2017 or three months after receiving a request to collocate the first small wireless facility on such poles,  whichever is later. The rates,  fees and terms shall be made available for acceptance by a wireless provider. At the wireless provider's option,  a wireless provider may request different or additional terms that the parties shall negotiate in good faith. Documents reflecting rates,  fees and terms with each wireless provider shall be made publicly available. The rates,  fees and terms shall comply with the following requirements:
1. The rates,  fees and terms must be nondiscriminatory,  competitively neutral and commercially reasonable and comply with this section and section 9-592,  subsections E and F. Requests for collocating a small wireless facility on an authority utility pole will be processed pursuant to section 9-593. The authority may require a wireless provider to replace the authority utility pole if the authority determines that applicable codes or local code or regulatory provisions that concern public safety require replacement of the authority utility pole. The wireless provider's request to install a replacement utility pole will be processed pursuant to section 9-592. The authority shall retain ownership of the utility pole.
2. Terms must reasonably accommodate power supply and electric metering for the small wireless facility.
E. An authority may prohibit,  regulate and charge for the collocation of a wireless facility on a wireless support structure owned by the authority.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-596 - Scope of local authority

9-596.
Scope of local authority
A. Subject to this article and applicable federal law,  an authority may exercise zoning,  land use,  planning and permitting authority and the authority's police power within the authority's territorial boundaries,  including for the installation,  modification and replacement of wireless support structures and utility poles.
B. An authority does not have any jurisdiction or authority over the design,  engineering,  construction,  installation or operation of any small wireless facility located in an interior structure or on the site of any campus,  stadium or athletic facility that is not owned or controlled by the authority,  other than to require compliance with applicable codes.
C. This article does not authorize this state or any political subdivision of this state,  including an authority,  to require small wireless facility deployment or to regulate wireless services.
D. If an authority determines that a utility pole,  monopole or wireless support structure of a wireless provider will be relocated to accommodate a public project,  all wireless facilities deployed on such utility pole,  monopole or wireless support structure shall be relocated at no cost to the authority.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-598 - General requirements for use of the right-of-way

9-598.
General requirements for use of the right-of-way
Structures and facilities deployed by wireless providers pursuant to this article shall be constructed,  maintained and located as to not obstruct,  endanger or hinder the usual travel or public safety on the right-of-way,  damage or interfere with any other utility facilities in the right-of-way or interfere with a utility's use of the utility's facilities in the right-of-way. Construction and maintenance by the wireless provider shall comply with the national electrical safety code and all applicable laws and regulations for the protection of underground and overhead utility facilities. An authority shall treat a wireless provider's facilities located within a right-of-way on an equal basis with other utility facilities,  except that an authority may adopt reasonable regulations to address the separation of the wireless provider's facilities from the other utility facilities within the right-of-way to prevent any damage to or interference with such other utility facilities or interference with a utility's use of the utility's facilities located or to be located within the right-of-way.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-599 - Applicability

9-599.
Applicability
This article does not:
1. Affect the authority of a special taxing district,  investor-owned electric utility or electric cooperative that owns,  controls or operates utility poles or wireless support structures to deny,  limit,  restrict or determine the rates,  fees,  terms and conditions for the use of or attachment to its utility poles or wireless support structures by a wireless provider.
2. Confer on any authority any zoning,  land use,  planning,  permitting or other regulatory authority over the utility poles,  wireless support structures or small wireless facilities owned,  controlled or operated by a special taxing district,  investor-owned electric utility or electric cooperative or the installation of such utility poles,  wireless support structures or small wireless facilities by a special taxing district,  investor-owned electric utility or electric cooperative.
3. Amend,  modify or otherwise affect any private easement. Any and all rights for the use of a right-of-way are subject to the rights granted pursuant to any private easement.