Title 48 — Special Taxing Districts
37 chapters · 1,636 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 48-401 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Appliance" means any article, thing or conveyance used in growing, handling or processing of crops. 2. "Crop" means any similar forage crop, tree fruit crop, vegetable crop or field and includes any appliance used in the…
A.R.S. § 48-402 Petition to form district; contents of petition
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A. Any group of fifteen or more persons or any number of persons who own at least seventy-five per cent of the acreage of the proposed district, who are the owners of any crop being grown within this state may petition to the board of supervisors of the county in which the crop i…
A.R.S. § 48-403 Notice of hearing on petition; certification of enumerated pest by state entomologist
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A. Upon receipt of the petition, the board of supervisors shall set a date for the hearing thereof not less than sixty nor more than one hundred twenty days from the date of receipt thereof and shall have published the notice of purpose, date, time and place of the hearing in the…
A.R.S. § 48-404 Hearing; election; form of ballot; qualifications of electors
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A. The board of supervisors shall hear the petition in accordance with the notice, hearing all persons in favor of or against the formation of the district and shall determine the adequacy of the petition. B. If the board of supervisors determines that the petition is adequate th…
A.R.S. § 48-405 Canvass of election; order declaring formation of district
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A. The canvass of election shall be conducted by the board of supervisors at its next regular meeting after the election has been held, and if a majority or more of the owners of the crop mentioned voting are in favor of the formation of the district and they own sixty per cent o…
A.R.S. § 48-406 Amendment of district boundaries
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A. At any time after the district has been proclaimed, the owner of any crop for which the district has been proclaimed whose land is contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the district may request the board of supervisors to amend the boundaries of the district to include such…
A.R.S. § 48-407 Directors; term; qualifications; first meeting
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A. The term of office of director shall be for two years after election and until his successor has qualified, provided that, if during his term of office he sells or otherwise disposes of the crop mentioned in the proclaimed district, his term shall automatically expire and a va…
A.R.S. § 48-408 Powers and duties of directors; compensation
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A. The directors shall hold an annual meeting and such other meetings as they may determine are necessary from time to time. They shall make an annual report pursuant to section 48-251 showing the receipts and disbursements of all funds and property belonging to the district. The…
A.R.S. § 48-409 Powers of district
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A. The district under the police powers of the state shall have the right of entry and egress as to any property within the district for the purpose of inspecting or treating any plant, article or thing for the presence of any of the pests enumerated in the proclaimed district, a…
A.R.S. § 48-410 Dissolution of district
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A. Districts may be dissolved by an order of the board of directors of the district or dissolved in the same manner as they were initiated. After an order of the board has been made dissolving a district, the board of supervisors shall succeed to all the powers of the district un…
A.R.S. § 48-411 Non-agriculture lands exempt
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No non-agriculture lands shall be subject to the provisions of this article.
A.R.S. § 48-412 Reimbursement for county services
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Services provided by a county to a pest control district are subject to reimbursement pursuant to section 11-251.06.