Title 41 — State Government

"The Grand Canyon state" is the official state nickname.

The colt single action army revolver is the official state firearm.

Copper is the official state metal.

Wulfenite is the official state mineral.

Sonorasaurus is the official state dinosaur.

Lemonade is the official state drink.

[Repealed or reserved.]

[Repealed or reserved.]

The chief administrator of each state agency is responsible for the preservation of historic properties which are owned or controlled by the agency. Prior to acquiring, constructing or leasing buildings for purposes of carrying out agency responsibilities, each agency shall consi…

In cooperation with the state historic preservation officer, each state agency shall establish a program to locate, inventory and nominate to the Arizona register of historic places all properties that are under the agency's ownership or control and that appear to meet the criter…

Each state agency shall initiate measures, in consultation with the state historic preservation officer, to assure that if, as a result of state action or assistance given by the agency, historic property is to be substantially altered or demolished, timely steps are taken to mak…

The state historic preservation officer has thirty working days in which to review and comment on any plans of a state agency which involve property which is included on or may qualify for inclusion on the Arizona register of historic places, including any construction project, s…

A. A person shall not intentionally disturb human remains or funerary objects on lands, other than lands owned or controlled by this state, any agency or institution of this state or any county or municipal corporations within this state, without obtaining the written permission …

A. An acquisition and preservation fund is established consisting of monies received from fines and forfeitures of proceeds imposed pursuant to section 41-865, subsections G and H and from grants and private donations. B. The director of the Arizona state museum shall administer …

B. The Arizona state parks board shall designate a dude ranch for inclusion in the Arizona dude ranch heritage trail program if all of the following apply: 1. The owner of the dude ranch applies to the Arizona state parks board in a manner determined by the Arizona state parks bo…

A. A state historic property rehabilitation program is established to be administered by the Arizona state parks board through the state historic preservation officer. All decisions relating to the program by the state historic preservation officer are subject to approval by the …

A. After September 30, 2008, a government entity shall not award a contract to any contractor or subcontractor that fails to comply with section 23-214, subsection A. Every government entity shall ensure that every government entity contractor and subcontractor complies with the …

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Government attorney" means an attorney employed by this state as a staff attorney in the attorney general's office. 2. "Private attorney" means any private attorney or law firm. 3. "State" means this state, including sta…

A. This state may not enter into a contingency fee contract with a private attorney unless the attorney general makes a written determination before entering into such a contract that contingency fee representation is both cost effective and in the public interest. The attorney g…

A. This state may not enter into a contingency fee contract that provides for this state's private attorney to receive a contingency fee from this state's portion of the recovery in excess of an aggregate of all of the following: 1. Twenty-five per cent of the initial recovery of…

By February 1 of each year, the attorney general shall submit a report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and forward a copy of the report to the secretary of state that describes the use of contingency fee contracts with private attorn…

This chapter does not expand the authority of any state agency or state employee to enter into contracts where no authority previously existed.

A department, institution, board or commission is prohibited from accepting federal monies for a construction project if as a condition of accepting the federal monies the department, institution, board or commission is required to give a preference to union labor.

A. This state or any political subdivision of this state shall accept a consular identification card that is issued by a foreign government as a valid form of identification if the foreign government uses biometric identity verification techniques in issuing the consular identifi…

This state shall use the term "persons with disabilities" in all laws, rules, publications, orders, actions, programs, policies and signage. This state shall revise laws, rules, publications, orders, actions, programs, policies and signage to use the term "persons with disabiliti…

A. Pursuant to the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336; 104 Stat. 327; 42 United States Code sections 12101 through 12213) and its regulations, this state shall take reasonable steps to ensure that its communications with persons with disabilities, including onl…

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Director" means the director of the office. 2. "Office" means the office of economic opportunity.

A. The office of economic opportunity is established. B. The director is responsible for the direction, operation and control of the office. C. The governor shall appoint the director of the office pursuant to section 38-211 to serve at the pleasure of the governor. D. The office…

A. The director shall: 1. Monitor this state's tax and regulatory competitiveness by benchmarking this state against competitor states and municipalities, including implementing a systematic data collection and analysis process to evaluate tax and regulatory costs to businesses i…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agreement" means any loan or other agreement, contract, note, mortgage, deed of trust, trust indenture, lease, sublease or instrument entered into by the authority. 2. "Arizona industrial development authority" means the…

A. The Arizona finance authority is established in the office of economic opportunity. B. The governor shall appoint the director of the authority to serve at the pleasure of the governor. C. The Arizona finance authority operations fund is established consisting of monies deposi…

A. The authority shall be governed by a board of directors, consisting of five members to be appointed by the governor, giving due consideration to a diverse geographical representation on the board, and to serve at the pleasure of the governor. B. Excluding reappointment, before…

The board may: 1. Adopt an official seal and alter the seal at its pleasure. 2. Apply for, accept and administer grants of monies or materials or property of any kind from a federal agency or others on such terms and conditions as may be imposed. 3. Make and enter into agreements…

A. Any monies, pledges or property issued or given to the Arizona finance authority, whether by appropriation, loan, gift or otherwise, constitute the assets of the Arizona finance authority. B. This state is not responsible for any obligation incurred by the authority. C. All co…

A. The board shall: 1. Establish the Arizona industrial development authority under title 35, chapter 5 and, notwithstanding the requirements of section 35-705, serve as the board of the Arizona industrial development authority. 2. Serve as the board of the greater Arizona develo…

The powers conferred by this article are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, general or special, and are deemed full authority for the issuance of bonds, for entering into agreements in connection therewith and for the authorization, issuance an…

A. The governor by executive order shall establish a workforce Arizona council and appoint members to the council consistent with 29 United States Code section 3111. B. The workforce Arizona council that is established by executive order shall assist the governor in: 1. The devel…

A. The office shall: 1. Provide economic and demographic research and analysis, including constitutionally required population estimates, and provide employment and unemployment estimates. 2. Produce local labor market information packages and conduct labor market analyses, inclu…

A. The office of economic opportunity and the department of economic security shall enter into a memorandum of understanding on or before September 30, 2016 to establish that the office of economic opportunity is the designated office for this state and is responsible for fulfill…

A. The workforce data task force is established in the office of economic opportunity to oversee workforce system evaluation data sharing. The task force shall consist of the following members: 1. The director of the office of economic opportunity, or the director's designee, who…

B. The adult workforce diploma program fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations, gifts, grants and other donations. The office shall administer the fund and use monies in the fund to pay participating program providers as prescribed in subsection E of this sec…

This article may be cited as the "uniform electronic legal material act".

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Electronic" means relating to technology having electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical, electromagnetic or similar capabilities. 2. "Legal material" means, whether or not in effect: (a) The Constitution of Ariz…

This article applies to all legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 41-5504 and first published electronically on or after August 6, 2016.

A. If an official publisher publishes legal material only in an electronic record, the publisher shall: 1. Designate the electronic record as official. 2. Comply with sections 41-5505, 41-5507 and 41-5508. B. An official publisher that publishes legal material in an electronic re…

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is designated as official under section 41-5504 shall authenticate the record. To authenticate an electronic record, the publisher shall provide a method for a user to determine that the record received by the u…

A. Legal material in an electronic record that is authenticated under section 41-5505 is presumed to be an accurate copy of the legal material. B. If another state has adopted a law substantially similar to this article, legal material in an electronic record that is designated a…

A. An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is or was designated as official under section 41-5504 shall provide for the preservation and security of the record in an electronic form or a form that is not electronic. B. If legal material is preserved u…

An official publisher of legal material in an electronic record that is required to be preserved under section 41-5507 shall ensure that the material is reasonably available for use by the public on a permanent basis.

In implementing this article, an official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider: 1. Standards and practices of other jurisdictions. 2. The most recent standards regarding authentication of, preservation and security of and public access to legal mater…