A. Except as provided in subsection C, a school district shall not directly or indirectly pledge its full faith and credit nor incur any direct or indirect obligation of any kind against or pay school district revenues to a municipal property corporation or a special district under title 48 as a means of financing the acquisition or construction of school capital facilities.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 15-1023.01

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • School district: means a political subdivision of this state with geographic boundaries organized for the purpose of the administration, support and maintenance of the public schools or an accommodation school. See Arizona Laws 15-101
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. This section does not apply to any valid obligation initially incurred by a school district on or before December 31, 1998.

C. A school district may pledge school district revenues to a municipal property corporation or a special district under title 48 for the purpose of constructing teacher housing facilities or for any project financed with a loan from the United States department of agriculture.

D. For purposes of this section, "municipal property corporation" means a corporation organized by or at the direction of a city, town or school district to construct and own a capital facility that the school district pledges to lease or lease-purchase and finance with school district revenues.