Title 41 — State Government

The governor shall have charge and control of the Arizona pioneers' home, the state hospital for miners with disabilities, the state prison and prison farm and other state institutions the management of which is not otherwise provided by law.

A. Compensation for officers and employees of state institutions under the control of the governor shall be fixed by the governor pursuant to section 38-611 unless otherwise provided by law. Employee compensation shall be included in the estimate of expenses submitted by the chie…

Subject to chapter 4, article 4 of this title, the chief executive officer of each institution under the control of the governor shall appoint assistants, clerks, guards and employees required to operate the institution, the number to be determined by the governor, except as othe…

A. The governor shall, without notice, visit each institution under his control at least once every four months, and inspect every part of the institution and all places, buildings and grounds belonging thereto or used in connection therewith. B. The governor shall have general c…

A. When an institution maintained wholly by the state sells agricultural products, goods, wares or merchandise produced, manufactured or prepared by its inmates or wards to another institution for use therein or by the inmates or wards therein, the institution making the sale sha…

A. The governor shall cooperate with the United States commissioner general of immigration and with boards or officials of foreign countries for the purpose of arranging and providing for the return to the foreign countries of alien public charges confined in the state hospital o…

A home for aged and infirm Arizona pioneers is established and shall be known as the "Arizona pioneers' home". For the purposes prescribed in section 25 of the enabling act, the pioneers' home shall be designated as the state hospital for miners with disabilities. The home shall …

A. The governor shall appoint a superintendent of the Arizona pioneers' home. B. The superintendent shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611.

A. A person of good character is eligible to be admitted to the Arizona pioneers' home who: 1. Is and has been for a period of five years prior to his application for admission a citizen or legal resident of the United States. 2. Has been a resident of this state for not less tha…

A. The superintendent of the home shall, subject to the directions of the governor, be charged with the care, custody and management of the home. B. The superintendent shall admit persons to the home and shall see that persons admitted to the home are comfortably cared for, fed a…

The superintendent is the only employee of the Arizona pioneers' home authorized to accept from residents of the home private funds of such residents for safekeeping, to be held in trust for such residents. Such funds shall be disbursed by the superintendent only upon instruction…

A. The Arizona pioneers' home fund is established consisting of monies, grants, gifts and contributions donated to the Arizona pioneers' home and proceeds deposited pursuant to section 41-927. The fund shall be divided into a special donations account and a cemetery proceeds acco…

A. The superintendent of the home shall manage the state sovereign land described as follows: Yavapai county parcel number 115-09-98A; section 29, township 14 north, range 2 west of the Gila and Salt River base and meridian, Yavapai county, Arizona. B. The superintendent of the h…

A. There shall be a state hospital for miners with disabilities as a separate facility for the benefit of miners with disabilities at the Arizona pioneers' home at Prescott which shall be managed by the governor. B. The superintendent of the Arizona pioneers' home shall serve as …

A. A person, under the order of the governor, shall be admitted to the hospital for miners with disabilities who: 1. Has been a resident while in the occupation of mining in this state. 2. Is a citizen or legal resident of the United States. 3. Has reached the age of sixty years …

A. Every person who for a period of not less than six months was a member of and received an honorable discharge from the organization known as the Arizona Rangers, created by chapter 2 of title 46, Revised Statutes of Arizona, 1901, and amended by chapter 64 of the twenty-second…

Any person desiring to avail himself of the provisions of this article shall make application to the governor, under oath, in such form as the governor prescribes for such pension, and shall submit proof of his eligibility therefor.

If the governor is satisfied from the proof furnished that the applicant is entitled to a pension, he shall issue to the applicant a pension certificate to that effect in a form to be approved by the attorney general and by the department of administration, setting forth the name…

The department of administration shall keep a rangers' pension roll on which shall be entered the names of all pensioners certified by the governor, the date of allowance of each pension, and all payments made thereunder. The department of administration shall draw a warrant each…

A. A pension allowed under this article shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, judgment, execution or other legal process. B. A person to whom a pension is allowed shall not assign the pension, nor shall any officer or board upon which a duty is imposed with respect to …

A. The surviving spouse of an Arizona ranger upon the death of the ranger and submission to the governor of an affidavit that the spouse was married to the ranger on or before July 1, 1945, and has been the spouse of the ranger continuously until the date of the ranger's death, i…

A. An Arizona commission on the arts is established consisting of fifteen members appointed by the governor. Members shall be qualified primarily for their demonstrated ability, good judgment and wide experience in fields related to the arts and shall be selected so as to insure …

A. The commission may: 1. With the consent of a majority of the commission, employ, subject to chapter 4, article 4 of this title, such personnel as may be required within the limits of funds available in the arts fund. The compensation for such personnel shall be as determined p…

A. The Arizona commission on the arts may accept and expend public and private grants of funds, gifts, contributions and legacies, and may accept, manage or dispose of property, to effectuate the purposes of this article. Such funds shall be deposited, pursuant to sections 35-146…

A. There is established the Arizona arts trust fund. The trust fund shall be administered by the Arizona commission on the arts and shall consist of revenues derived from filing fees collected pursuant to section 10-122. The commission shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 a…

A. There is established an Arizona arts program to be administered by the Arizona commission on the arts. The purpose of the program shall be to advance and to foster the arts in Arizona through grants from the Arizona arts trust fund. B. The commission shall establish rules for …

The Arizona commission on the arts shall prepare and submit an annual report to the governor and the legislature including a detailed accounting of the expenditures and grants from the arts fund and the Arizona arts trust fund no later than December 31 of each year.

A. The Arizona arts endowment fund is established consisting of monies appropriated annually to the fund. B. The Arizona commission on the arts shall administer the fund. On notice from the commission, the state treasurer shall invest and divest monies in the fund as provided by …

A. The office of state poet laureate is established under the Arizona commission on the arts. B. The governor, based on a ranked list of three nominees provided by the state poet laureate nomination committee, shall appoint one person to serve as the state poet laureate. The gove…

The state poet laureate fund is established consisting of gifts, grants and donations. The commission shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The commission shall pay the costs and expenses of the state poet laureate established by section 41-…