Title 11 — Counties
15 chapters · 602 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 11-275 Tax levy to pay bonds and interest; debt service fund; security
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A. The board shall cause to be assessed and levied each year on the taxable property of the county, in addition to the levy authorized for other purposes, an amount sufficient to pay the interest on outstanding bonds and such proportion of the principal that at the end of five ye…
A.R.S. § 11-276 Redemption of bonds; notice; effect of failure to present bonds
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When, after setting aside the amount required to pay the interest maturing before the next levy, the debt service fund is sufficient to redeem one or more bonds, the treasurer shall notify the bond owners in writing that he is prepared to pay them, with the accrued interest, and …
A.R.S. § 11-281 Bond election; industrial pursuits fund
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A. The board of supervisors may, and upon petition of fifteen per cent of the property taxpayers of the county who are also qualified electors shall, call an election of the taxpayers to determine whether bonds of the county shall be issued and sold for the purpose of constructin…
A.R.S. § 11-282 Construction of industrial plant; bidding; bond
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A. When the proceeds of the bonds are deposited in the treasury, the board of supervisors shall prepare plans and specifications for the plant and equipment, and thereupon shall advertise for bids for the construction and installation of the plant and equipment, in accordance wit…
A.R.S. § 11-283 Industrial plant employees; salaries
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A. The board may employ engineers and other employees to assist the board and to draft the plans and specifications. The board shall employ a manager to have charge of the operation and maintenance of the plant who shall be skilled in the line of his duties and required to give b…
A.R.S. § 11-284 Sale of industrial products
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A. The products of the plant shall be furnished to any board or officer of the county for the construction of any public improvement for the county, at a price based on the cost of manufacture including taxes levied to retire the bonded indebtedness. The board or officer may purc…
A.R.S. § 11-291 Hospitalization and medical care of the sick
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A. Except as provided in sections 11-293 and 36-183.01 and title 36, chapter 29, the board of supervisors may provide for the hospitalization and medical care of the sick in the county and, to the extent that such expenses are not covered by a third party payor, to persons under …
A.R.S. § 11-292 Medical care; definition
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A. The board of supervisors, subject to the applicable provisions of title 42, chapter 17, articles 2 and 3, shall include in its annual budget an amount equal to fifty percent of the amount budgeted by the county board of supervisors or the amount expended, whichever is less, fo…
A.R.S. § 11-293 Long-term care; counties; duties; requirements for payment; home health care
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A. From and after October 1, 1989, each county shall provide nursing care institution services, supervisory care services or adult foster care services for indigent persons qualified for hospitalization and medical care pursuant to this article who were receiving services pursuan…
A.R.S. § 11-293.01 Adult foster care program for the indigent sick; specifications
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A. Each county shall establish an adult foster care program for the indigent sick within the department charged with the delivery of hospitalization and medical care for the indigent sick in the county. The adult foster care program shall be operated in conjunction with the home …
A.R.S. § 11-294 Bond of contractor; contents of contract
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The person to whom a contract for the operation of a county hospital is awarded shall give to the county a bond of not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned upon faithful performance of the contract, which shall be approved by the board. The contract shall specify distinct…
A.R.S. § 11-295 Use of county hospital and equipment by contractor; inventory of equipment
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A. The contractor may use any building used for a hospital which is owned by the county together with the county furniture and appliances therein. B. The board shall prepare an inventory of all medical stores, furniture and appliances belonging to the county, and the contractor s…
A.R.S. § 11-296 Record of indigent care
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A. The contractor, or the person in charge, shall keep an accurate written account of: 1. The names of all persons admitted into the hospital. 2. The date of admission. 3. Their disease or affliction. 4. The number of days they remain. 5. The date of their discharge, or death. B.…
A.R.S. § 11-297 Seriously mentally ill; county responsibility; definition
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A. Notwithstanding section 11-291: 1. A county that has a population of less than six hundred thousand persons must provide the benefit levels and categories of services for the behavioral health treatment, behavioral health hospitalization and behavioral health medical care of p…
A.R.S. § 11-299 Contagious cases
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A contractor or person having charge of the county hospital shall not be required to admit and care for any person afflicted with cholera, yellow fever or smallpox, but the board shall make temporary rules, regulations and contracts for such persons.
A.R.S. § 11-300 Tobacco settlement agreement; decreased payments; county contribution
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A. If the total of the initial payment, annual payment and strategic contribution payment, as these terms are prescribed by sections IX(b) and IX(c) of the master settlement agreement entered into on November 23, 1998 between this state and certain United States tobacco product m…
A.R.S. § 11-301 Discharge of patient capable of self-support; violation; classification
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A. A person admitted to the hospital shall be permitted to remain there so long as he is sick or has a disability or unable to earn a livelihood, and no longer. The contractor or superintendent shall discharge from the hospital every person as soon as he is restored to health and…
A.R.S. § 11-302 County tuberculosis sanitarium; admission of patients
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A. The board may provide, equip and maintain a separate building or separate part of a building for the exclusive use and treatment of tubercular persons of the county, which shall be known as the county tuberculosis sanitarium. If there is a nonsectarian hospital for the treatme…
A.R.S. § 11-303 Disposition of body of deceased indigent
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A. Upon the death of an indigent, the board shall use reasonable efforts to find a relative or friend of the deceased or an organization of which the deceased was a member in order to deliver the body to such person or organization for burial. B. If no such relative, friend or or…
A.R.S. § 11-306 Authority to construct, acquire, lease or sell health care institutions
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Counties, cities, including charter cities, and towns of this state may construct, purchase, own, lease, either as lessor or lessee, and sell either for cash or on a deferred installment sales contract one or more health care institutions as the term is defined in section 36-401.…
A.R.S. § 11-307 Issuance of bonds; negotiability; investment; definition
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A. A governing body of any county, city or town may issue bonds for and on behalf of the county, city or town to provide funds to construct, purchase or lease, as lessee, any health care institution. The bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues of the issuer received from …
A.R.S. § 11-309 Hospital enterprise; accounting; fund; administration; budget
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A. A county with a population of more than five hundred thousand persons as shown by the most recent United States decennial census may establish a hospital enterprise that may include all hospital and ambulatory care facilities, property, both tangible and intangible, and servic…
A.R.S. § 11-311 Appointment of veteran to supervise burial
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The board of supervisors shall appoint any honorably discharged veteran of any branch of the military establishment of the United States who is a resident of the county to oversee the final disposition of indigent veterans and their spouses whose final arrangements are coordinate…
A.R.S. § 11-321 Building permits; issuance; state preemption; utilities; distribution of copies; subsequent owner; limitation; definition
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A. Except in those cities and towns that have an ordinance relating to the issuance of building permits, the board of supervisors shall require a building permit for any construction of a building or an addition to a building exceeding a cost of $1,000 within its jurisdiction. Th…
A.R.S. § 11-322 Violations; classification
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Any person who fails to obtain a building permit when one is required under this article or who violates any other provision of this article shall be guilty of a petty offense.
A.R.S. § 11-323 Solar construction permits; standards; definition
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A. Counties shall adopt the following standards for issuing permits for the use of certain solar energy devices: 1. For construction with solar photovoltaic systems that are intended to connect to a utility system, the following apply: (a) The location of the photovoltaic system …
A.R.S. § 11-324 Building permits; hoophouses; polyhouses; exemption; existing zoning regulations; compliance; administrative review; definitions
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1. The structure does not have a permanent anchoring system. The structure shall be anchored in a way that allows removal and relocation of the structure at the discretion of the property owner and in a manner that prevents unintended detachment or relocation. 2. There is no temp…
A.R.S. § 11-351 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Board" means the board of supervisors. 2. "Clerk" means the clerk of the board of supervisors. 3. "Commission" means the county employee merit system commission.
A.R.S. § 11-352 Adoption of limited county employee merit system by resolution; precinct committeemen
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A. Any county may by resolution of the board adopt a limited county employee merit system. This system may be applied to county-appointed officers and employees. Elected officers shall not be included in such a merit system. B. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or ordinance, a …
A.R.S. § 11-353 County employee merit system commission; members; terms; vacancies
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A. On the adoption of a county employee merit system the board of supervisors shall appoint a county employee merit system commission to assist in administering the system. The commission shall consist of five members, each of whom shall hold office for a term of four years and u…
A.R.S. § 11-354 Powers and duties of the commission
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A. The commission shall perform those duties and exercise those powers that are necessary to carry out this article. B. The commission may appoint hearing officers to conduct hearings on behalf of the commission.
A.R.S. § 11-355 Minimum qualifications for employment
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The minimum qualifications or standards prescribed for any class or grade of employment shall not be less than those prescribed by law for the class or grade of county officers and employees.
A.R.S. § 11-356 Dismissal, suspension or reduction in rank of employees; appeals; hearings
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A. Any officer or employee in the classified civil service may be dismissed, suspended or reduced in rank or compensation by the appointing authority after appointment or promotion is complete only by written order, stating specifically the reasons for the action. The order shall…
A.R.S. § 11-357 County employees; political campaigns; applicability
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A. Notwithstanding any other law, a county employee who is employed by the county elections department shall not be a chairman, treasurer or other officer of any political campaign, including a candidate campaign committee. B. This section applies without regard to whether the co…
A.R.S. § 11-361 Definition of program
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For the purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "program" means a special supervision program in which the county attorney of a participating county may divert or defer, before a guilty plea or a trial, the prosecution of a person who is accused of commit…
A.R.S. § 11-362 Deferred prosecution program; administration; guidelines; records; reports; technical assistance
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A. The program, as defined in section 11-361, shall be administered by the county attorney of each participating county according to guidelines established by the Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council. The Arizona prosecuting attorneys' advisory council shall modify the…
A.R.S. § 11-363 County attorney deferred prosecution fund
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A. Each county may establish a county attorney deferred prosecution fund consisting of the following monies: 1. County general fund appropriations. 2. Federal monies that are appropriated for deferred prosecution programs. 3. Grants, gifts, devises and donations from any public o…
A.R.S. § 11-365 Diversion and deferred prosecution of offenders
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The county attorney has sole discretion to decide whether to divert or defer prosecution of an offender. This section does not preclude the ability of another prosecuting agency to divert or defer the prosecution of an offender as otherwise provided by law.
A.R.S. § 11-371 Borrowing power of counties
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A county, in addition to other powers conferred upon it by law, may borrow money and issue bonds for the purpose of improvement, construction, reconstruction, acquisition of rights-of-way or maintenance of county streets and highways.
A.R.S. § 11-372 Vote on bond issues
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When the board of supervisors of a county determines to borrow money under the provisions of this article, the question of issuing bonds under this article shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the county. No bonds shall be issued without the assent of a majority of suc…
A.R.S. § 11-373 Election resolution; contents; publication
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A. The board of supervisors shall adopt a resolution calling an election upon the question of the issuance of bonds. The resolution shall state in substance: 1. The maximum amount of bonds to be issued. 2. The purpose for which the bonds are to be issued. 3. The maximum rate of i…
A.R.S. § 11-374 Ballots
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At the election the ballot shall contain the words "for the bonds" and "against the bonds" and to the right of and opposite each thereof shall be placed a square approximately the size of the squares placed opposite the names of candidates on ballots. The voter shall indicate his…
A.R.S. § 11-375 Canvass of returns
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The board of supervisors shall canvass the returns and declare the result of the election. If it is found by the board of supervisors that a majority of the qualified electors of the county voting thereon assents to the issuance of the bonds, the board of supervisors shall provid…
A.R.S. § 11-376 Application of election laws
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Except as otherwise provided in this article, the manner of conducting the registration and election, keeping the poll lists, the returns, declaring the results and doing all acts relating to such election shall conform to the procedure provided by law for the registration and qu…
A.R.S. § 11-377 Form of bonds; interest rates; redemption; payment of principal and interest; additional security; definition
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A. Bonds issued under this article shall be fully negotiable within the meaning and for all purposes provided by title 47. They may be in one or more series, may bear such dates, may be payable in such medium of payment and at such places, may carry such registration privileges, …
A.R.S. § 11-378 Issuance of bonds for public improvements; limitations of amount; successive borrowings; annual interest
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A. No county may issue bonds under this article unless the aggregate amount of the revenues received by it from highway user taxes, including motor vehicle fuel taxes, and all other taxes, fees, charges or other monies returned to the county pursuant to title 28, chapter 18, arti…
A.R.S. § 11-379 Expansion of pledge; effect on prior elections; refunding bonds; conflict of interest
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A. All bonds issued pursuant to this article, whether before or after October 24, 1981, shall be paid from, and may hereafter be secured by a pledge of, all revenues received by the county issuing the bonds, from taxes, fees, charges and other monies collected by the state and re…
A.R.S. § 11-380 Separate fund to pay interest and principal on maturing installment
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After any indebtedness is incurred under the provisions of this article, the treasurer of the county, during each year such indebtedness continues, shall set aside in a separate fund from the revenues received during such year from highway user taxes, including motor vehicle fuel…
A.R.S. § 11-381 County housing trust fund; board; purpose; administration
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A. A county board of supervisors, by resolution, may establish a county housing trust fund for the purposes prescribed in this section that is administered by a housing trust fund board comprised of five members appointed by the board of supervisors, or the board of supervisors a…
A.R.S. § 11-391 Incurring long-term obligations; public hearing
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A. In addition to any other requirements prescribed by law, in a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand persons if the board of supervisors approves incurring any long-term obligation that is not secured by the full faith and credit of the county, the board o…