Title 48 — Special Taxing Districts
37 chapters · 1,636 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 48-1901 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Federal act" means the hospital survey and construction act, Public Law 725 of the 79th Congress, and amendments thereof. 2. "Urgent care center" does not include a medical clinic but means a health care institution that…
A.R.S. § 48-1902 Publication of notices
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A. When a notice is required by this article to be published in a newspaper, such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation published within the district concerned. If none is published within the district, then the notice shall be published in a newspaper o…
A.R.S. § 48-1903 Establishment of a hospital district; approval
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In addition to the requirements for the establishment of a hospital district as set forth in section 48-261, no petition for the formation of a district shall be acted upon unless the area encompassed within the proposed district is first approved by the department of health serv…
A.R.S. § 48-1907 Powers of hospital district
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A. A hospital district may: 1. Adopt and use a corporate seal. 2. Sue and be sued in all courts and places and in all actions and proceedings. 3. Purchase, receive, have, take, hold, lease, use and enjoy property of every kind and description within the limits of the district, an…
A.R.S. § 48-1908 Board of directors; members; qualifications; terms; organization
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A. The board of directors of the district shall be composed of five citizens who are resident real property owners within the district, none of whom is an elective or appointive state, county or city official. B. Directors shall serve four year terms beginning on the first day of…
A.R.S. § 48-1909 Compensation of directors
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Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation, but each shall be allowed necessary travel and incidental expenses actually incurred in the performance of official business of the district as approved by the board, and statutory per diem when away from the dis…
A.R.S. § 48-1910 Powers of board of directors; transaction privilege tax; election
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A. The board of directors may purchase surgical instruments, hospital equipment, ambulance equipment and other property and supplies necessary for equipping a hospital, urgent care center, combined hospital and ambulance service or combined urgent care center and ambulance servic…
A.R.S. § 48-1911 Leases of hospital or urgent care center and equipment; provisions; cancellation for failure to pay rent; re-lease; auction; notice
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A. A lease of the hospital or urgent care center and its equipment, as required under section 48-1910 for districts with bonded indebtedness, executed by the board of directors of the district, shall: 1. Contain terms and provisions necessary to assure compliance by the district …
A.R.S. § 48-1912 Bonds
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A. Bonds may be issued by the hospital district for the purpose of carrying out any of the provisions of this article. If the board of directors determines that bonds should be issued, application shall be made to the board of supervisors by the board, and the board of supervisor…
A.R.S. § 48-1913 Limit of bonded indebtedness
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No hospital district shall incur a bonded indebtedness exceeding ten per cent of the assessed value of all taxable property in the district as shown by the last assessment roll of the county.
A.R.S. § 48-1914 Budget
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A. Annually, not later than July 15, the board of directors shall furnish to the board of supervisors of the county in which the district or any part thereof is located a report of the operation of the district for the past year together with an estimate in writing of the amount …
A.R.S. § 48-1915 Deposit and payment of district monies; investment and reinvestment of sinking fund
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A. Monies received for a hospital district from any source shall be deposited with the county treasurer of the organizing county to the credit of the hospital district, and paid out only on warrants approved by the board of directors of the district. B. The board of directors of …
A.R.S. § 48-1916 Disposition and use of rental from hospital or urgent care center or medical clinic and equipment
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Rentals received from the lease of the hospital or urgent care center and its equipment shall be applied first against expenses of the district other than for principal and interest on bonds of the district, and secondly to the payment of principal and interest on issued and outs…
A.R.S. § 48-1917 Capital outlays
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A. The board of directors may establish a fund for capital outlays. After a capital outlay fund is created, the board of directors may transfer to the fund any unincumbered surplus funds remaining on hand in the district at the end of a fiscal year. B. When a capital outlay fund …
A.R.S. § 48-1918 Dissolution of district
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A district organized under this article may be dissolved by the majority vote of all real property taxpaying electors voting on the question of dissolution at a special election called to vote on the question. The election shall be called by the board of supervisors upon applicat…
A.R.S. § 48-1919 Reimbursement for county services
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Services provided by a county to a hospital district are subject to reimbursement pursuant to section 11-251.06.