Title 37 — Public Lands
9 chapters · 261 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 37-701 Acceptance of Carey land acts; state agency
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The state accepts the conditions of the acts of Congress known as the Carey land acts, and the grants of land upon the conditions imposed by those acts. The selection, management and disposal of lands granted by those acts shall vest in the state land department.
A.R.S. § 37-702 Application for selection of arid lands for irrigation projects or reclamation projects; proposal; deposit
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A. Any person desiring to construct irrigation works or to reclaim lands under the provisions of this article shall file with the state land department an application for selection of the lands to be reclaimed. The application shall be accompanied by a proposal for complete recla…
A.R.S. § 37-703 Processing of proposal by land department; processing by director of water resources; approval or disapproval of application
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A. The state land department shall determine: 1. Whether the land applied for can be reclaimed by means of the proposed irrigation project. 2. Whether according to records of the department of water resources there are sufficient water rights vested in the applicant, or sufficien…
A.R.S. § 37-704 Contract; contents; bond of contractor
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A. Upon approval of the application and withdrawal of the land by the department of the interior, the state land department shall enter into a contract with the applicant containing complete maps and specifications of the proposed project. The contract shall state: 1. The maximum…
A.R.S. § 37-705 Contract provisions as to beginning and completion dates; forfeiture for failure to prosecute work
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A. The contract with the state shall provide that the work shall begin within six months from the date of the contract, and shall be prosecuted diligently and continuously to completion, and that cessation of work for a period of six months shall be a ground of forfeiture of all …
A.R.S. § 37-706 Persons eligible to apply for entry; limitation on area; contents of application; price of lands; disposition of monies received
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A. Any citizen of the United States, or any person who has declared his intention to become a citizen, over the age of eighteen years, may make application to enter any of the lands not exceeding one hundred sixty acres, under the regulations of the department of the interior and…
A.R.S. § 37-707 Procedure upon completion of project by settler; application for federal patent; grant of state patent to settler
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Upon completion of the project or any section thereof, the contractor shall notify the state land department that he is prepared to supply water to the land designated in his application, or any particular tract thereof, whereupon the department shall request the department of th…
A.R.S. § 37-708 Water rights appurtenant to lands; lien; foreclosure and redemption
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A. The water rights shall attach and become appurtenant to the land when the title passes from the United States to the state. Any person furnishing water for any tract of land so acquired shall be entitled to receive directly, when due under the water contracts, all payments upo…
A.R.S. § 37-709 Maps of project; right of easement reserved
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A. The maps of the lands shall show the location of the irrigation project approved in the contract. Certified copies of the maps shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county recorder in each of the counties into which the irrigation project, or the lands to be reclaim…
A.R.S. § 37-710 Reservation of mineral rights in school lands sold
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A. The additional grant of numbered school sections, mineral in character, made to the state by the act of Congress approved January 25, 1927 is accepted. B. All sales, grants, deeds or patents for any lands so granted shall be subject to and contain a reservation to the state of…
A.R.S. § 37-721 Acceptance of Taylor grazing act, amendment of enabling act and other federal laws relating to exchange of lands
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A. The state accepts the provisions of the act of Congress of June 28, 1934, as amended, known as the Taylor grazing act, and the provisions of the act of Congress of June 5, 1936 amending section 28 of the enabling act, and all other applicable acts of Congress which are enacted…
A.R.S. § 37-722 Authority of land department and selection board to make exchanges of state owned for federally owned land
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The state land department and the selection board may effect exchanges of state owned land for federally owned land, and the department and the selection board may do all things necessary or required to be done by the state in order to comply with the provisions of the Taylor gra…
A.R.S. § 37-723 Distribution of money received from United States; appropriations to counties
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A. All monies received by the state as its distributive shares of the amounts collected by the United States government under the provisions of the act of Congress of June 28, 1934 known as the Taylor grazing act, and acts amendatory thereof, shall be deposited with the state tre…
A.R.S. § 37-724 Receipts from lease of public lands
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All monies received from leases of public lands within any county shall be placed to the credit of the school district within the county in which the land lies. If the lands do not lie within a school district, the monies shall be placed to the credit of the general school fund o…
A.R.S. § 37-725 Receipts from grazing district fees; district treasurer; duties
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A. All monies received from grazing fees of a grazing district regularly established and including public lands within the county shall be placed to the credit of a special fund designated the range improvement fund of the grazing district which shall be given a number. B. The co…
A.R.S. § 37-726 Expenditure of grazing fees of district; purposes authorized
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The monies from grazing fees of grazing districts shall be expended within the county as the board of district advisors directs for range improvements and maintenance thereof, predatory animal control, rodent control, poisonous or noxious weed extermination, or the purchase or re…
A.R.S. § 37-741 Public roads and public education fund; purposes; approval of expenditures by legislature; distribution
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A. There is created a special fund known as the state public roads and public education fund. There shall be deposited in the fund all monies received by the state as its distributive shares of the amounts collected by the United States government under the provisions of the act …