A. A public agency that shares geospatial data with another public agency may:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 37-178

  • Geospatial data: means digital data using geographic or projected map coordinate values, identification codes and associated descriptive data to locate and describe boundaries or features on, above or below the surface of the earth or characteristics of the earth's inhabitants or its natural or human-constructed features. See Arizona Laws 37-171
  • Infrastructure: means facilities or amenities, such as streets, utilities, landscaping and open space, which are constructed or located on state lands and which are intended to benefit more than the land on which they are immediately located by enhancing the development potential and value of the state lands impacted by the facility or amenities. See Arizona Laws 37-101
  • Public agency: means any agency or instrumentality of the United States, this state, another state, a regional council of governments in this state, an Indian tribe, nation, community or band, any political subdivision of this state or another state or any foreign country. See Arizona Laws 37-171

1. Share geospatial data without entering into a written agreement with the other public agency.

2. Share geospatial data of which it is the custodian.

3. Retain custodial ownership of any geospatial data provided to other public agencies.

4. Prohibit shared data from being redistributed by recipient public agencies if notification of the prohibition is given.

B. A public agency that shares geospatial data may exempt the data from commercial use fees prescribed in Section 39-121.03, subsection A, paragraph 3.

C. A public agency that shares geospatial data of which it is the custodian is not liable for errors, inaccuracies or omissions and shall be held harmless from and against all damage, loss or liability arising from any use of geospatial data that is shared.

D. A public agency that shares geospatial data or receives shared geospatial data may withhold the shared data from public disclosure if the data consist of critical infrastructure information as defined in section 41-1801.