Arizona Laws 30-102. Arizona power authority; powers and jurisdiction
A. The Arizona power authority shall perform the duties and exercise the privileges provided by this chapter.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 30-102
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Authority: means the Arizona power authority. See Arizona Laws 30-101
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Operating units: means districts, state agencies, federal Indian agencies, cities and towns. See Arizona Laws 30-101
- Power: means electric power or electric energy, or both. See Arizona Laws 30-101
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- State: means this state. See Arizona Laws 30-101
B. The authority is a body corporate and politic and shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed. The principal office of the authority shall be in Phoenix. The authority may sue and be sued in its official corporate name, make contracts, hold, use, handle, enjoy, lease, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any and all real and personal property, and shall have all the rights appertaining or belonging to general bodies corporate except as limited, modified or otherwise provided by this chapter.
C. All electric energy or power coming under authority jurisdiction and all property acquired by it shall be public property, and as such shall have the tax exemptions, rights and privileges granted to operating units.
D. If the authority ceases to exist, all its assets remaining after its obligations and liabilities have been satisfied or discharged shall be ceded and surrendered to the state.