A. The department shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this article, including rules that prescribe criteria for project proposals and that establish priorities for projects for each funding cycle, including a priority for projects that balance the most critical needs.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-352

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of water resources. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. The department may employ or contract with persons as reasonably necessary to implement this article.

C. The department shall report to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the governor on or before December 31 each year regarding the activities of the watershed improvement program during the preceding fiscal year and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state. The department shall make the report available to the public by posting the report on the department’s website.