Title 41, State Government

Not later than December 31 each year the board shall deliver to the governor, the director of the department of administration and the legislature an annual report of the finances, goals and accomplishments of the board during the preceding fiscal year.

A. Any person who knowingly damages, defaces or destroys any public park or monument property which is within the state or any political subdivision thereof is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor. B. It is unlawful for a person to violate any provision of this article or rule or regu…

All authority the Arizona development board may have to administer state parks and recreational properties and programs is hereby transferred to the Arizona state parks board.

A. The Arizona trail is designated as a state scenic trail to memorialize former United States congressman Bob Stump for his significant contributions to the trails and people of this state. B. The Arizona state parks board shall: 1. Participate in planning, establishing, develop…

A. The Arizona state parks board shall establish a rock climbing state park subject to all of the following conditions: 1. The conveyance of approximately two thousand acres of bureau of land management land by the United States secretary of the interior, pursuant to the recreati…

The sustainable state parks and roads fund is established consisting of monies received pursuant to section 43-622. The Arizona state parks board shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are continuously appropriated. The Arizona state parks board shall use the monies in the…

A. The Arizona state parks board shall establish Spur Cross Ranch state park subject to the following conditions: 1. A purchase and sale agreement shall be executed between the Arizona state parks board and at least one owner of Spur Cross Ranch as described in subsection D of th…

A. There is established the Catalina state park which may consist of all or a part of the following described property: Sections 13, 24, 25, north one-half of Section 35, Section 36, all in Township 10 South, Range 14 East, of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Pinal Coun…

A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever an emergency exists, as determined by the mayor of the city of Nogales, Arizona, and concurred in by the director of water resources, that there is not sufficient water for use by such city and that there is no oth…

A. The state parks revenue fund is established consisting of: 1. Monies received from the sale of park posters, park postcards, books, souvenirs and sundry items pursuant to section 41-511.05, paragraph 4. 2. Monies appropriated by the legislature for the purpose of enhancing sta…

A. The board shall prepare a trail systems plan that: 1. Identifies on a statewide basis the general location and extent of significant trail routes, areas and complementary facilities. 2. Assesses the physical condition of the systems. 3. Assesses usage of trails. 4. Describes s…

(Caution: 1998 Prop. 105 applies) A. The conservation acquisition board is established, as an advisory body to the Arizona state parks board, consisting of the following members who are appointed by the governor, at least one of whom shall be experienced in soliciting money from …

A. The Arizona state parks store fund is established consisting of monies deposited pursuant to a fee schedule for goods and services determined by the Arizona state parks board. The board shall administer the fund. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and …

A. The Arizona state parks board shall establish the Arizona veterans memorial state park subject to the following conditions: 1. The Arizona state parks board purchases the Arizona veterans memorial state park site pursuant to title 37, chapter 2, article 3. 2. The joint committ…

A. The Arizona outdoor recreation coordinating commission is established. The commission shall be composed of seven members consisting of the director of the Arizona game and fish department, the director of the Arizona state parks board and five members appointed by the governor…

The state of Arizona, its agencies, counties, cities and towns are granted authority to participate in the "land and water conservation fund act of 1965" as enacted by Public Law 88-578, eighty-eighth Congress.

A. The Arizona state parks board shall establish the Yarnell Hill memorial state park subject to the following conditions: 1. The Yarnell Hill memorial site board recommends that the Arizona state parks board purchase the land for the memorial site. 2. The Arizona state parks boa…

A. The Yarnell Hill memorial fund is established consisting of legislative appropriations and donations to the fund. The Yarnell Hill memorial site board shall administer the fund. On notice from the Yarnell Hill memorial site board, the state treasurer shall invest and divest mo…

For the purpose of administering this article, there shall be a division of the state land department which shall be known as the division of Colorado river boundary markers under the authority and direction of the boundary marker commissioner.

A. The state land commissioner shall be ex officio Colorado river boundary marker commissioner. B. For the additional duties assigned to him by this article the state land commissioner shall receive additional compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611. C. The commissi…

The Colorado river boundary marker commissioner shall: 1. Investigate the problems that will be created by the necessity of marking permanently the boundaries between the states of Nevada and California and the state of Arizona at the time the boundaries shall become permanently …

A. The Arizona office of African-American affairs is established and consists of the governor, the superintendent of public instruction, the director of the department of health services, the director of the department of transportation, the attorney general, the director of the …

A. The office shall assist and support state and federal agencies in assisting African-Americans in this state to develop mutual goals, to design projects for achieving goals and to implement their projects. The office shall also: 1. Advise the governor on policies, procedures, l…

The Arizona office of African-American affairs fund is established. The monies in the Arizona office of African-American affairs fund are continuously appropriated to the Arizona office of African-American affairs. The fund consists of monies received pursuant to section 41-532. …

A. The Arizona office of African-American affairs shall annually facilitate an African-American legislative day on the second Thursday and Friday of February. The office shall invite the legislature, the governor and other elected officials to pay tribute to the history and cultu…

A. There shall be an economic estimates commission composed of the following three members: 1. The director of the department of revenue or the director's designee, who shall serve as chairman. 2. One person, who shall be knowledgeable in the field of economics, appointed by the …

A. The economic estimates commission shall determine and report to the legislature prior to January 15 of each year the following: 1. The estimated total personal income in Arizona for the next fiscal year. 2. The estimated total personal income in Arizona for the current fiscal …

A. For political subdivisions the commission shall: 1. Determine the base limit level of political subdivisions for each political subdivision subject to an expenditure limitation pursuant to article IX, section 20, Constitution of Arizona. For the purposes of this subsection and…

In the event of a vote by the governing board of any political subdivision pursuant to article IX, section 20, Constitution of Arizona, for the purpose of authorizing expenditures in excess of the prescribed limitations or for proposing an alternative spending limitation, the gov…

A. For any election called pursuant to article IX, section 20, subsection (2), Constitution of Arizona, the governing board calling such election shall, in addition to any other election requirements prescribed by law, prepare and print a publicity pamphlet concerning the excess …

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any use of the initiative process for the purpose of permanently adjusting the expenditure limitation of any political subdivision pursuant to article IX, section 20, subsection (6), Constitution of Arizona, or for the purpose of p…

A. For the purposes of this article and article IX, section 17, Constitution of Arizona, appropriations authorized and available for expenditure in prior fiscal years, to the extent they remain wholly or partially unexpended as of July 1, 1979 and that have been exempted from the…

(Art. IX, sec. 20(3)(f)(ii), Constitution of Arizona, applies.) A. In lieu of the population determined by the department of economic security for purposes of computing a county's expenditure limitation under section 41-563, the economic estimates commission shall use, as an alte…

In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Armed forces of the United States" means the army, the navy, the air force, the space force, the marine corps, the coast guard, the commissioned corps of the United States public health services, the national oceanograph…

A. An Arizona veterans' service advisory commission is established consisting of nine members appointed by the governor. Each member shall serve a term of three years. B. Members shall be veterans and shall be appointed from a list of names submitted by each veterans' organizatio…

A. The department may act as guardian of an incapacitated veteran, the incapacitated spouse of a veteran or minor children of a veteran, or as conservator of the estate of a protected veteran or of the veteran's incapacitated or surviving spouse or of the minor children of a vete…

A. The department shall provide long-term care services and skilled nursing care to veterans and their spouses in veterans' homes and shall operate and maintain the veterans' homes as self-sustaining facilities. B. The department may employ staff to operate the veterans' homes as…

A. The governor shall appoint the director pursuant to section 38-211. The director shall be a veteran. B. The director shall inform the commission regarding the policies adopted by the department under this article. C. The director may appoint a deputy director with the approval…

The department may institute in a court of competent jurisdiction a proceeding as provided by title 14 for appointment as guardian of an incapacitated veteran, the incapacitated spouse of an incapacitated veteran or the minor child of a veteran or as conservator of the estate of …

A. The department shall post with the secretary of state a corporate surety bond in an amount of five hundred thousand dollars. The bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the department's duties as executor, administrator, conservator or guardian and shall inure…

A person who knowingly makes a false statement under oath, orally or written, of a material fact relating to any claim under the provisions of this article is guilty of a class 5 felony.

A. The veterans' donations fund is established consisting of monies, gifts and contributions donated to the department and monies deposited pursuant to sections 28-2414, 28-2428, 28-2431, 28-2447, 28-2454, 28-2470.10, 28-2473, 28-2474, 28-2475, 28-2476 and 43-620. The department …

A. The state homes for veterans trust fund is established. The director shall administer the fund for the sole purpose of operating and maintaining state-operated nursing and domiciliary homes for Arizona veterans. B. The fund consists of monies deposited by the director from mon…

A. The state veterans' cemetery fund is established consisting of monies appropriated by the legislature and federal monies the department receives for reimbursement for up to three state veterans' cemeteries. Any additional federal monies received by the department for reimburse…

A. The Arizona state veterans' cemetery trust fund is established consisting of monies, grants, gifts and contributions donated to the fund from any public or private source. The director shall hold the monies in trust to manage and maintain the southern Arizona veterans' cemeter…

(Rpld. 1/1/27) A. The military family relief fund is established through December 31, 2026. The fund consists of private donations, grants, bequests and any other monies received for that purpose. B. The pre-9/11 veterans subaccount and post-9/11 veterans subaccount of the milita…