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2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-924 - Payment of pensions

9-924.
Payment of pensions
Pensions shall be paid from the fund in cases specified in this section and sections 9-925 through 9-928. It is the intention to restrict the operation of this article to situations not covered by the workers' compensation law and to prohibit payments from the fund to persons receiving,  or for whose benefit there is being paid,  compensation under the workers' compensation law. This limitation shall not apply to a retired member who suffers an occupational disease,  or an injury or death as the result of an industrial accident arising out of employment after retirement.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-925 - Computation of pension upon voluntary retirement or upon mandatory retirement; limitation

9-925.
Computation of pension upon voluntary retirement or upon mandatory retirement;  limitation
A. A member of the police department whose membership began prior to July 1,  1952 and who serves the department twenty years in the aggregate may,  upon application,  be retired,  and shall be paid during his lifetime a monthly pension equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation received by him during the period of five years immediately prior to the date of application for retirement. A member of the police department whose membership begins on or after July 1,  1952,  and who serves the department twenty-five years in the aggregate may,  upon application made after he has reached the age of fifty-five years,  be retired,  and shall be paid during his lifetime a monthly pension equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation received by him during the period of five years immediately prior to the date of application for retirement.
B. In the case of a member of the police department continuing in active service after the date when he is eligible to make application for retirement under the provisions of this section,  upon his retirement the percentage of his average monthly compensation applicable in computing his monthly pension shall be increased by two per cent for each full year of service beyond the date when he was eligible to make application for retirement,  but in no case shall the percentage of his average monthly compensation applicable in computing his monthly pension exceed sixty per cent. In the absence of an application for retirement by a member eligible to make application under the provisions of this section,  the board may,  when it deems such action to be for the best interests of the department,  on its own motion propose any such member for retirement,  and upon certification of the city or town physician that the member is physically unfit for further police service he shall be retired,  and shall thereafter receive the pension prescribed in this section. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the governing body of a municipality from setting a mandatory retirement age by ordinance to be applicable to persons eligible for pensions under this article.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-926 - Computation of pension upon permanent or temporary retirement for injury or disease

9-926.
Computation of pension upon permanent or temporary retirement for injury or disease
A. Any member who has served in the department an aggregate of five years,  and who,  within the hours he is required to be on active duty,  and while engaged in the performance of his duty,  contracts a disease or sustains an injury due to his occupation,  not compensable under the workers' compensation law,  and is found,  upon physical examination held as provided in section 9-932,  to be unfit physically or mentally for police service by reason of the disease or injury,  shall,  if the disability is permanent,  be retired,  and shall be paid,  during his lifetime,  a monthly pension equal to fifty per cent of the average monthly compensation received by him during the period of five years immediately prior to the order of retirement.
B. If the disability resulting from the disease or injury is temporary,  he shall be temporarily retired,  and shall be paid,  during the period of retirement,  one-half the monthly compensation being received by him at the time of his retirement,  and he shall submit to a physical examination every six months from the date of retirement,  or more often if required by the board,  in order to be eligible for the temporary pension.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-927 - Benefits to dependents upon death of member

9-927.
Benefits to dependents upon death of member
A. If upon the death,  from any cause,  of a member retired under the provisions of section 9-925,  or of a member after ten years' service and while in the service,  or if upon the death of a member retired under the provisions of section 9-926 resulting from disease contracted or injury sustained as provided in section 9-926,  the member leaves surviving a spouse,  a dependent child under the age of eighteen years,  or a dependent parent,  a monthly pension shall be paid:
1. To the surviving spouse,  until death or remarriage,  if the spouse is the widow or widower of a retired member,  an amount equal to two thirds of the monthly pension being paid the retired member at the time of death,  or if the surviving spouse is the widow or widower of a member dying after ten years' service and while in the service,  an amount equal to one third of the monthly compensation of the deceased at the time of death.
2. To the guardian of each dependent child who survives in addition to the surviving spouse,  until such child is eighteen years of age,  or until his dependency shall earlier terminate,  ten dollars per month,  but if the total of the pensions to the surviving spouse and dependent children would exceed the amount of the pension to which deceased,  if living and retired,  would be entitled,  then an amount equal to one third of the amount of the pension shall be prorated among the children.
3. To the guardian of the dependent child or children,  if there is no surviving spouse entitled to a pension,  the amount a surviving spouse so entitled would receive shall be prorated among the children.
4. To the dependent parent,  if there is no surviving spouse or dependent child entitled to a pension,  the amount a surviving spouse so entitled would receive,  and if there are two dependent parents,  the pension shall be paid to the one the board shall determine,  or it may be prorated.
B. A pension shall not be payable to the surviving spouse of a retired member whose marriage to the decedent occurred subsequent to such member's retirement,  or to any issue of such marriage.
C. For the purpose of this section,  the term " dependent parent"  means a parent over half of whose support at the time of the death of the member was received by the parent from the member.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-928 - Effect of service as public officer upon pension

9-928.
Effect of service as public officer upon pension
A. A person who has been retired from service under the provisions of this article and awarded compensation in accordance therewith,  and who after retirement receives a salary as an officer or employee of the municipality from which he was retired shall forfeit and shall not at any time receive compensation for the period during which he receives a salary as such officer or employee,  but upon termination of service as such officer or employee all the rights of the pensioner,  other than the right to receive compensation for the period after retirement during which he receives a salary as an officer or employee of the municipality from which he was retired,  shall be recognized. In no event shall any person ever be entitled to draw a pension from more than one fund provided for under this article.
B. This section shall not be construed to exclude a person retiring from serving on a board or commission the services for which are paid on a per diem basis.
C. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to amend,  modify or repeal the provisions of this article relating to death benefits.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-929 - Fund requirements precedent to payment of pensions

9-929.
Fund requirements precedent to payment of pensions
A retirement shall not be ordered,  or an application for pension allowed,  or a warrant or check drawn upon the fund until there is to the credit of the fund a sum equal to one hundred and fifty dollars for each member of the department.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-931 - Exemption of pensions from process; prohibition on assignments; exception

9-931.
Exemption of pensions from process;  prohibition on assignments;  exception
A. No pension allowed under this article shall be subject to garnishment,  attachment,  judgment,  execution or other legal process. No person entitled to a pension shall have the right to assign it,  nor shall the board recognize an attempted assignment of the pension or pay over any sum which has been assigned or attempted to be assigned.
B. Nothing in this section exempts property from court orders which are the result of a judgment for arrearages of child support or for a child support debt.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-932 - Physical examination of active or temporarily retired member

9-932.
Physical examination of active or temporarily retired member
A member,  whether active or temporarily retired,  ordered by the board to undergo a physical examination,  shall submit himself for examination before the chief medical officer of the municipality,  or such other regularly licensed and practicing physician as the board designates,  but the member shall have the right to be represented at the examination by a physician of his own choice,  whose fee shall be paid from the fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-933 - Effect of military service

9-933.
Effect of military service
A member of a police department who served in the military establishment of the United States during a period of national emergency immediately following service as a member of the police department,  shall not be required to contribute to the police pension fund by salary deduction or otherwise for the period covered by his military service,  but in computing the length of service of a member of a police department for the purpose of determining eligibility for retirement,  the period of military service,  as prescribed by this section,  shall be included.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-934 - Inapplicability of article

9-934.
Inapplicability of article
A. Effective from and after June 30,  1968,  this article shall be amended,  and employees employed after June 30,  1968,  shall be covered by the provisions of the public safety retirement personnel system in those cities which have established a pension system under the provisions of this article prior to the effective date of this section,  subject to the right of election provided for in section 38-854.
B. All funds accumulated and all liabilities for benefits created by authority of title 9,  chapter 8,  article 2,  sections 9-911 to 9-934,  inclusive,  through June 30,  1968,  shall be transferred to the fund maintained under the public safety personnel retirement system on July 1,  1968,  and accounted for by each employer. Each employee employed after June 30,  1968,  shall be covered by the provisions of the public safety personnel retirement system which continues and amends this section.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-952 - Disposition of fire insurance premium tax

9-952.
Disposition of fire insurance premium tax
Not later than July 31 of each year,  the state treasurer,  using the information provided by the cities and towns and legally organized fire districts,  the office of the state fire marshal,  the department of insurance and financial institutions and the department of revenue as provided in section 9-951,  subsection B,  shall distribute the fire insurance premium tax to the respective incorporated cities and towns and legally organized fire districts in proportion to the full cash value of the real property and improvements in each incorporated city and town and legally organized fire district that procures the services of a private fire company and in each area served by a fire department or legally organized fire district. The warrant issued by the state treasurer to incorporated cities and towns and legally organized fire districts having organized fire departments and to legally organized fire districts shall be identified as " fire fighters' relief and pension fund" . The warrant issued by the state treasurer to an incorporated city or town or legally organized fire district procuring the services of a private fire company that has a pension plan covering firefighting personnel shall be identified for deposit in the municipality's general fund or,  in the case of a fire district,  in the fire fighters' relief and pension fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-953 - Fire districts or departments; certification by the office of the state fire marshal

9-953.
Fire districts or departments;  certification by the office of the state fire marshal
The office of the state fire marshal shall certify the existence of fire districts organized under title 48 and fire departments of incorporated cities and towns. The office of the state fire marshal shall provide this information annually to the state treasurer pursuant to section 9-951,  subsection B.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-954 - Board of trustees of fund; membership

9-954.
Board of trustees of fund;  membership
A. The mayor or the mayor's designee,  the fire chief,  the elected chief and secretary-treasurer of a fire district or,  if administered by a district board,  a board member and the fire chief,  four members elected from the fire department or from the fire district and one lay member appointed by the city,  town or district constitute the board of trustees of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund for that incorporated city or town or fire district. The board of trustees shall provide for the disbursement of the fund and designate the beneficiaries of the fund as directed in this article.
B. The fire department of each incorporated city or town and each fire district shall elect by ballot from its membership four members of the board of trustees,  or number of members as,  when added to the incumbent members thereof,  will constitute four members in addition to the chief. If two members in addition to the chief are already on the board of trustees,  two additional members shall be elected to hold office for the same respective terms as the two incumbent members. At the expiration of the two shorter terms,  and thereafter biennially,  two members shall be elected for terms of four years each.
C. For an incorporated city or town,  the mayor,  with the council's consent,  shall appoint lay members to fill the elected positions on the board when active volunteers are no longer available. For a fire district,  the fire chief,  with district board consent,  shall appoint lay members to fill the elected positions on the board when active volunteers are no longer available.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-955 - Officers of board; meetings; procedure for disbursements

9-955.
Officers of board;  meetings;  procedure for disbursements
A. The board of trustees shall elect from its members the president and secretary of the board for the ensuing year. The city or town treasurer,  or the county treasurer,  as the case may be,  shall be treasurer,  except that if the board of trustees of a fire district assumes the responsibility for investing and reinvesting the funds pursuant to section 9-957,  subsection B,  the board of trustees may elect from its members a treasurer who is responsible for the custody of the cash and securities of the fund and for executing the decisions of the board of trustees with respect to investments,  reinvestments,  receipts and disbursements.
B. The board shall meet annually and at such other times as the president may direct.
C. The board shall issue orders signed by the president and the secretary to the beneficiaries of the amounts ordered paid to such beneficiaries from the fund stating the conditions of the payment. The board of trustees of a fire fighters' relief and pension fund of a fire district that procures the services of a private fire protection company pursuant to section 48-805,  subsection B,  paragraph 9 may pay directly to the board of the fire district an amount each year of not to exceed the cost of the private fire protection company's pension plan but only to the extent monies are available in the fund. The board shall keep a public record of its proceedings. At each regular meeting it shall transmit to the city,  town or county treasurer,  as the case may be,  a written list of all persons entitled to benefits from the fund,  stating the reason and amount of the benefits. The list shall be certified and signed by the president and secretary and attested under oath. The treasurer of the city or town,  or in the case of unincorporated towns,  the county treasurer,  shall enter a copy of the list on a book kept for that purpose. The fund shall not be disbursed without a majority vote of the members of the board,  the vote to be entered on the minutes.
D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections A and C of this section,  if the board of trustees of a fire district assumes the responsibility for investing and reinvesting the funds pursuant to section 9-957,  subsection B,  the duties of the treasurer may be performed by a member of the board elected by the board. If the duties of the treasurer are performed by a member of the board,  the member shall be bonded for an amount determined by the board that shall not be less than the maximum amount of funds in the account at any one time during the previous year.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-956 - Annual audit; report of secretary; sanction

9-956.
Annual audit;  report of secretary;  sanction
A. The board shall cause an annual audit and report of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund.
B. The secretary shall report,  using a form approved by the office of the state fire marshal,  annually on or before January 1 to the board the condition of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund and the receipts and disbursements,  with a complete list of the fund's beneficiaries and the amounts paid.
C. The board shall send a copy of the annual audit and report of the fire fighters' relief and pension fund to the office of the state fire marshal.
D. If the annual pension fund report is not received by March 31 by the office of the state fire marshal,  the participating incorporated city or town or fire district is not eligible to receive its share of fire insurance premium tax monies under section 9-952.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-963 - Grant of temporary relief by board; procedures for immediate pension relief

9-963.
Grant of temporary relief by board;  procedures for immediate pension relief
A. The board of trustees may grant temporary relief and assistance from the fund to any qualified member of a legally organized volunteer fire district or department,  or to such member's surviving spouse or surviving dependents.
B. The president,  secretary and board shall provide procedures to expedite regular pension payments for immediate distribution to a qualified surviving spouse or dependents of a member who dies as a result of or in the performance of his duties as a fire fighter.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-965 - Termination of benefits

9-965.
Termination of benefits
If a beneficiary is declared to be an incapacitated person,  pursuant to section 14-5101,  or disobeys any requirement of this article,  the board may order his pension or allowance discontinued. Thereafter his benefit is payable to his immediate dependents or to his guardian.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-967 - Pension for volunteer fire fighter

9-967.
Pension for volunteer fire fighter
A. A person duly appointed and having served either as a member of a legally organized fire district or as a member of a fire department of any incorporated city or town for twenty-five years or more,  or who has reached sixty years of age,  and served twenty years or more,  shall be paid a monthly pension not to exceed four hundred dollars per month based on the benefits available to members of that fire department or district as determined by the board of trustees. The pension shall be paid from the fire fighters' relief and pension fund of his fire district or fire department. Such pension if paid may be increased or decreased in amount,  or discontinued at the discretion of the board of trustees.
B. If the funds provided in the volunteer fire fighters' relief and pension fund are insufficient to pay fully the pensions authorized pursuant to this section,  the fund shall be prorated among those entitled thereto.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-967.01 - Paid fire fighters who are also volunteers; eligibility for pension benefits

9-967.01.
Paid fire fighters who are also volunteers;  eligibility for pension benefits
Any person who is a paid member of a fire department and an active member of the public safety personnel retirement system is not eligible to receive pension benefits under this article from that same department.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-968 - Exemption of pension from process; prohibition of assignments; exception

9-968.
Exemption of pension from process;  prohibition of assignments;  exception
A. No portion of the pension fund or the distributive portions thereof shall be subject to attachment,  execution or other judicial process for the satisfaction of a debt or claim against the member or his beneficiaries,  and assignments or transfers of any distributive portion shall be void.
B. Nothing in this section exempts property from court orders which are the result of a judgment for arrearages of child support or for a child support debt.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-969 - Applicability of workers' compensation law

9-969.
Applicability of workers' compensation law
This article shall be supplemental and in addition to the workers' compensation law,  but firemen and their beneficiaries receiving compensation under those provisions of law shall not receive the benefits provided by this article during the period they receive such compensation,  except in the event such compensation is less than the benefits provided by this article,  then the relief and pension fund shall pay the deficiency as determined by the board of trustees.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-970 - Effect of military service

9-970.
Effect of military service
A member of a fire department or district who has served as a member of the military establishment of the United States during a period of national emergency,  immediately following service as a member of the fire department or district,  shall not be required to contribute to the fire fighters' relief and pension fund by salary deduction or otherwise for the period during which the member was in military service. The period of military service shall be included in computing the length of service of the firemen in determining eligibility for retirement.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-972 - Inapplicability of article

9-972.
Inapplicability of article
A. Effective from and after June 30,  1968,  this article shall be amended as to all full-time paid firemen,  and employees other than volunteer firemen employed after June 30,  1968,  shall be covered by the public safety personnel retirement system in those cities that have established a pension system under this article before July 1,  1968,  subject to the right of election provided for in section 38-854. However,  those employers presently participating under sections 9-912 through 9-971 shall not come under the social security act as to their employees.
B. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  effective from and after June 30,  1968,  this article shall apply only to volunteer firemen and all amounts accumulated under this article for full-time paid firemen,  as determined by actuarial procedures prescribed by the board of trustees of public safety personnel retirement system,  shall be transferred to the fund maintained under the public safety personnel retirement system,  and accounted for by each employer. Each full-time paid fireman employed after June 30,  1968,  shall be covered by the public safety personnel retirement system,  which continues and amends this fund in regard to full-time paid employees.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-973 - Disability insurance for volunteer fire fighters

9-973.
Disability insurance for volunteer fire fighters
In addition to the authority granted pursuant to other provisions of this article,  the board of trustees,  with the approval of the mayor and council if for a volunteer fire department or the board of trustees with the approval of the board of supervisors if for a volunteer fire district,  may purchase disability insurance for the volunteer firemen with funds from the volunteer fire fighters' relief and pension fund.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-981 - Authority to purchase alternative pension and benefit plan

9-981.
Authority to purchase alternative pension and benefit plan
A. In lieu of pension and relief benefits provided for under the provisions of article 3 of this chapter,  a city,  town or fire district may provide for an alternative pension and benefit program for fire fighters not covered under the provisions of article 3 of this chapter or under the public safety personnel retirement system.
B. The fire insurance premium tax received by the city,  town or district under section 9-952,  contributions from the city,  town or district,  and deductions from the salaries or compensation of firemen may be used to purchase a private pension or benefit program for firemen. Firemen not covered under the public safety personnel retirement system may elect to be covered under the provisions of the alternative pension and benefit program upon filing a request in writing with the city,  town or district.
C. The terms,  conditions,  benefits,  eligibility requirements and contribution rates of the alternative pension and benefit program shall be established by:
1. For a city or town,  by the adoption of a resolution of the city or town council.
2. For a fire district with a board,  by the adoption of a resolution of the board.
3. For a fire district without a board,  by the adoption of a resolution of the board of trustees of the firemen's relief and pension fund and the approval of the board of supervisors.
D. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,  pension and benefit programs authorized under this article shall not be construed to be a contract between the employee and employer and are subject to annual appropriations of the city,  town or district.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1101 - Entry at federal land office of land for townsites

9-1101.
Entry at federal land office of land for townsites
When the governing body of an incorporated city or town,  or the judge of the superior court of the county in which an unincorporated town is located,  hereinafter designated trustee,  has entered at the proper land office the land or any part thereof,  settled and occupied as the site of the city or town,  pursuant to the act of Congress,  the governing body or judge shall dispose of and convey the title to such lands,  or parcels thereof to the persons specified in this article. If three or more of the inhabitants of the town make written request that the entry be made and furnish the money necessary therefor,  the entry shall be made.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1102 - Trustee's bond; keeping of accounts and records

9-1102.
Trustee's bond;  keeping of accounts and records
A. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties,  the trustee shall execute a bond to the state,  with sureties in the sum of two thousand dollars,  which shall be approved by and filed with the board of supervisors of the county,  conditioned to account for all money that may come into his hands and to discharge the duties of his trust according to the best of his ability. Action may be brought on the bond by any party aggrieved by the action of the trustee.
B. He shall keep a strict account of all money received and disbursed by him and shall file and keep all books and papers used by or before him,  subject to inspection of the inhabitants of the city or town.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1103 - Survey and plat of townsite; approval; recording

9-1103.
Survey and plat of townsite;  approval;  recording
Within three months after the entry,  the trustee shall cause the land to be surveyed and platted into blocks,  lots,  streets and alleys and a plat thereof made,  conforming as near as possible to existing rights and claims of occupants. The plat shall be submitted to and approved by the board of supervisors of the county in which the townsite is located,  and recorded in the office of the county recorder. Thereafter the streets and alleys designated in the plat shall remain permanently dedicated to the public use.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1104 - Notice of entry of land as townsite; statement and filing of claims to land

9-1104.
Notice of entry of land as townsite;  statement and filing of claims to land
A. The trustee shall then cause a notice to be published in all the newspapers published in the city or town,  or if no newspaper is published therein,  then by posting the notice in five public places in the city or town for sixty days successively,  giving notice of the entry of the land and requiring every claimant of a lot to file a statement of his claim in the office of the trustee on or before ninety days from the first publication. The statement shall be in writing,  signed and sworn to by the claimant,  or if absent from the county,  by his agent,  and shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose by the trustee. It shall specify the grounds of the claim,  particularly describe the lots claimed,  the date and name,  as near as possible,  of the first actual occupant,  what improvements have been made thereon,  and that at the time of making the statement the lots are actually possessed and occupied by the claimant,  or that the right to possession and occupation is in him,  if then occupied by another.
B. The statement to the trustee shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty cents a folio for filing and recording. The claimant shall within sixty days after expiration of the time for filing claims,  make proof of the facts alleged in his statement before the trustee. No proof can be made after that time,  unless the claimant has appeared within that time and obtained and had entered in the records an order of continuance by the trustee.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1105 - Financial statement of trustee; disposition of funds

9-1105.
Financial statement of trustee;  disposition of funds
A. Within sixty days from the first publication provided for by this article,  the trustee shall make a full and true statement in writing of all monies expended by him,  and his reasonable charges for time and services in the administration of the trust to that time which shall be and remain a first charge upon the lands in favor of the trustee.
B. The money collected shall be applied first to reimburse the parties who advanced the money to enter the townsite with interest at ten per cent per annum,  and then to the discharge of other outstanding claims incurred in entering the townsite or executing the trust. Any surplus shall be paid to the governing body of the city or town,  if incorporated,  for making public improvements,  or,  if unincorporated,  for making such public improvements as may be directed by a meeting of the citizens of the town to be held after thirty days notice by the trustee.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1106 - Index of claimants and property

9-1106.
Index of claimants and property
The trustee shall keep an index of the name of every person filing a claim or contest in which the name shall be entered at the time of filing the statement or contest. When the statement is recorded,  the trustee shall add to the index the number of the page of the record. The trustee shall keep a like index with a description of all property disposed of by him.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1107 - Limitations on claims of land

9-1107.
Limitations on claims of land
A. The number of lots which one claimant may enter shall not exceed in the aggregate fourteen thousand square feet,  and such additional lots not exceeding seven thousand square feet to the lot,  upon which the claimant shall have substantial improvements of a value of not less than one hundred dollars.
B. When a claimant makes application to enter more than four lots,  he shall specially designate the lots in the statement,  particularly describe the nature and value of the improvements on each of the additional lots,  and shall at the time of making the proof prove to the satisfaction of the trustee,  by one or more reliable witnesses,  the facts entitling him to enter the additional lots.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1108 - Proof of nonconflicting claims; execution of deed

9-1108.
Proof of nonconflicting claims;  execution of deed
After the expiration of the period for filing statements,  the trustees shall hear the proofs on nonconflicting claims,  as near as possible in the order in which filed,  of such claimants as appear and offer to make proof. If the proof complies with the legal requirements,  the trustee shall make and enter a decision to that effect,  and execute a good and sufficient deed to the lots to the claimant upon payment of a fee of five dollars.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1109 - Referral to court of conflicting claims; trial; appeal

9-1109.
Referral to court of conflicting claims;  trial;  appeal
A. When conflicting claims have been filed,  the trustee shall transmit the statement of the claimant and the adverse claim,  and all papers pertaining thereto,  to the clerk of the superior court of the county in which the property is located,  and give notice thereof to the respective claimants. The papers shall be filed by the clerk and docketed in the name of the claimant as plaintiff and the conflicting claimant as defendant,  and the court shall thereupon direct pleadings to be framed setting forth the respective claims of the parties. The matter shall thereupon be tried before the court without a jury and notice of the judgment shall be given to each of the parties.
B. An appeal may be taken within twenty days after notice of the judgment. If an appeal is not taken the trustee shall execute a deed in accordance with the judgment.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1110 - Payment of purchase price by claimants

9-1110.
Payment of purchase price by claimants
Each claimant or contestant shall,  with his statement or contest,  pay the trustee the sum of ten dollars for each lot claimed,  not exceeding seven thousand square feet per lot,  as the purchase price therefor. Such money shall be refunded to the claimant by the trustee if it is finally determined that the party is not entitled to a deed,  after first deducting costs or fees that may be due from such party.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1111 - Trustee as claimant

9-1111.
Trustee as claimant
If the trustee is possessed or entitled to any part of the lands in his individual right,  he shall make a verified statement of his claim and record it,  and if no adverse claim thereto is filed within the time allowed,  he shall be deemed to be possessed and seized of the title thereto in fee simple,  but subject to all assessments and taxes thereafter to be levied. If his claim is in conflict,  the conflicting claims shall be transferred to the court and determined as other conflicting claims.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1112 - Selection and conveyance of sites for public purposes

9-1112.
Selection and conveyance of sites for public purposes
A. After the plat of the townsite has been recorded and upon petition of at least ten resident house-holders of the city or town,  the trustee,  by and with the advice of the board of school trustees of the district,  shall set apart a site for a district school house,  and the trustee shall deed the lots embraced in the site to the board. If the city or town is a county seat,  the trustee,  upon a like petition and by and with the consent and advice of the board of supervisors,  may set apart and deed to the county a site for a courthouse and other county buildings. Upon petition signed by a majority of the property holders of the city or town designating the site,  the trustee may set apart a public square or park.
B. Such locations shall not include any lot held by a bona fide claimant nor interfere with vested rights.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1113 - Execution of deed to cemetery association

9-1113.
Execution of deed to cemetery association
The trustee may deed to a cemetery association,  organized as provided by law for the incorporation of nonprofit corporations,  an amount of land,  not exceeding two blocks,  as may be necessary for the purposes of the association. The deed shall be executed upon petition of the officers of the cemetery association. The petition shall describe the land,  and be accompanied by proof satisfactory to the trustee that it has been and is being used for cemetery purposes,  that no discrimination is practiced in granting permits for burial therein and that there is no conflicting claim to the land.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1114 - Rights of lienholders

9-1114.
Rights of lienholders
No lien against the interests of a claimant shall be affected by the deed of the trustee to the claimant. The holder of a lien or certificate of sale,  upon proof by affidavit of such fact,  may file a statement in behalf of the claimant or contest claims in conflict with the rights of the claimant,  or may intervene and support the rights of the party against whom he holds the liens,  the same as such party might do himself. The money thus necessarily expended shall become a part of his claim against his debtor and a part of his lien.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1115 - Claims against trustee or municipality

9-1115.
Claims against trustee or municipality
Within the time provided for filing statements of claims,  every person having a claim against the trustee or the city or town for money advanced or services rendered in obtaining a patent,  or the execution of the trust thereunder,  shall file an itemized statement thereof with the trustee,  verified by affidavit,  that the claim is correct,  that no payments have been made thereon which are not credited and that there are no setoffs thereto. Claims not filed within the time shall be disallowed,  and right of action thereon barred.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1116 - Obtaining funds to pay expenses

9-1116.
Obtaining funds to pay expenses
A. If the money paid to the trustee for the purchase of lots is insufficient to pay expenses,  he shall sell at public auction so many of the remaining lots,  the title to which remains in the trustee and against which no claim or contest is pending,  as is necessary to raise the amount required. The trustee shall first give such notice of the sale as the sheriff gives upon the sale of real property on execution. The lots shall be sold separately,  no lot shall be sold for less than ten dollars,  and the lots shall not exceed seven thousand square feet.
B. If sufficient money is not raised,  the trustee shall make an assessment and levy a tax upon all the lots the title to which does not remain in the trustee,  according to the value of the lots and the improvements thereon,  and the assessment and tax shall be a lien upon the lots so assessed until paid,  and may be recovered by the trustee in a civil action.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1117 - Disposal of unclaimed lots

9-1117.
Disposal of unclaimed lots
A. The grounds undisposed of within the townsite,  the title of which remains in the trustee,  may be sold at public auction when he deems it advisable. He shall appoint three persons to appraise the lots he desires to sell,  and they shall take oath to faithfully and impartially appraise the value of the lots,  and shall each receive five dollars per day for each day actually engaged.
B. Upon making the appraisement the trustee shall give notice of the sale by publication. At the time and place specified in the notice the trustee shall offer the lots for sale separately to the highest bidder,  but for not less than the appraised value thereof.
C. Any person who has actually settled and made improvements to the value of not less than one hundred dollars on any lot,  may make application to purchase the lot any time before sale,  and accompany his application with the amount of the appraised value and five dollars for each lot as compensation for making the deed,  which shall be returned by the trustee,  if it is finally determined that the party is not entitled to a deed,  after first deducting any costs or fees that may be due from the party.
D. The trustee shall hear proof as to the right of preference before executing his deed. If the application is denied,  the applicant may bring an action in the superior court against the trustee and any adverse claimant to determine his right to a deed under the application,  and the lot shall not be sold until the action is determined.
E. The trustee shall execute a deed to the purchaser upon payment of the purchase price,  and five dollars for each lot sold,  to be retained by the trustee as his compensation. The fees for the trustee for applications for preferred right shall be twenty cents per folio for filing and recording. Contests between applicants shall be transferred to the superior court for determination.
F. The proceeds of the sales shall be applied to the payment of the costs and expenses of sale and appraisal,  and any surplus shall be paid as directed in this article in the case of other surplus funds in the hands of the trustee.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1118 - Accounting by trustee to successor

9-1118.
Accounting by trustee to successor
Upon termination of the trustee's term of office he shall deliver to his successor in office all books and papers of his office,  together with all money in his possession as trustee,  and shall accompany them with an itemized written statement of all money received and paid out by him under his trust. Thereafter the trust shall be discharged by his successor in office.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1131 - Disposal of unclaimed lots acquired prior to statehood

9-1131.
Disposal of unclaimed lots acquired prior to statehood
A. Every trustee of lands acquired prior to February 14,  1912,  under the act of Congress entitled " an act for the relief of inhabitants of cities and towns upon the public lands, "  approved March 2,  1867,  or his successor in office,  may sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash,  any parcel of such lands undisposed of within the townsite,  the title to which remains in the trustee or his successor in office,  when he deems it advisable to sell. He shall appoint three disinterested persons to appraise the parcels he desires to sell,  and they shall faithfully and impartially appraise the value of the parcels and shall certify their appraisal under oath to the trustee. Each of the appraisers shall receive five dollars per day for each day they are actually engaged in making the appraisement.
B. Upon making the appraisement,  the trustee shall give notice of the sale by publication for not less than once each week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the city or town,  or if there is none,  then in the newspaper of general circulation published nearest the land to be sold. The notice shall describe the parcels of land to be sold and the time,  place and condition of sale. At the time and place specified in the notice,  the trustee shall offer the parcels of land for sale separately to the highest bidder,  but for not less than the appraised value thereof. The trustee shall execute a deed to the highest bidder upon payment of the purchase price.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1133 - Disposition of proceeds from sale

9-1133.
Disposition of proceeds from sale
The proceeds of sales made as provided in this article shall be applied first to the payment of costs and expenses of sale. Any surplus shall be paid to the governing body of the city or town,  if incorporated,  to be placed in the general fund,  or,  if unincorporated,  for making such public improvements as may be directed by a meeting of the citizens of the town to be held after thirty days notice by the trustee.
2023 Arizona Revised Statutes › Title 9 - Cities and Towns › § 9-1201 - Definitions

9-1201.
Definitions
In this chapter,  unless the context otherwise requires:
1. " Landowner"  means any owner of a legal or equitable interest in real property,  including the heirs,  devisees,  successors,  assigns and personal representative of the owner,  or a representative authorized by a landowner to submit to a city or town a development application for a property for approval.
2. " Property"  means all real property subject to zoning regulations and restrictions by a city or town.
3. " Protected development right"  means the right to undertake and complete the development and use of property under the terms and conditions of a protected development right plan and this article,  without compliance with subsequent changes in zoning regulations and development standards,  except as provided by section 9-1204.
4. " Protected development right plan"  means a plan submitted by a landowner to a city or town,  that,  if approved by the legislative body of the city or town and if identified as a protected development right plan at the time it is submitted,  grants the landowner,  for a specified period of time,  a protected development right to undertake and complete the development as shown on the plan. The protected development right plan shall be submitted to a city or town for site development approval. A protected development right plan for a phased development shall be in the form of a plan for a master planned development which may include a planned unit development,  planned community development or district,  planned residential development or district or planned area development or district if such land use category or district is recognized and provided for in the zoning ordinance of the city or town. A protected development right plan for a nonphased development must provide the final site development approval needed for issuance of a building permit.