A. The clerk shall execute a notice which shall read substantially as follows:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-1033

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • board: means the board of directors of the district, which shall be comprised of the members of the county board of supervisors, ex officio. See Arizona Laws 48-1031
  • Clerk: means the clerk of the board of supervisors. See Arizona Laws 48-1031
  • District: means a tax levying rural road improvement district formed pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 48-1031
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • improvement: means opening, widening, planning, designing, constructing, reconstructing or acquiring a rural road including any necessary or incidental improvements, labor, services, expenses and materials. See Arizona Laws 48-1031
  • Owner: means the person who, on the day the action or proceeding is begun, appears to be the owner of property as shown on the most recently certified property tax assessment roll. See Arizona Laws 48-1031
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rural road: means a county highway that is included in the county regional transportation plan and that connects two state highways one of which leads to a hazardous waste facility contracted for, owned or operated by the state, any of its agencies, instrumentalities or political subdivisions. See Arizona Laws 48-1031

To whom it may concern:

The board of supervisors of _______________ county, on (date) , adopted the attached resolution declaring its intention to form a tax levying rural road improvement district. A hearing on formation will be held on (date) , at (time) at (location) . All persons owning or claiming an interest in property in the proposed district who object to the inclusion of their land in the district, to the formation of the district or to the proposed improvements must file a written objection with the undersigned at the following address before the time set for the hearing.

 

(Date) ________________________

_______________________________

Clerk

_______________________________

Address

_______________________________

County

B. A copy of the resolution declaring the board of supervisor’s intention to form the district shall be attached to the notice and the clerk shall cause a copy to be mailed to the owners of real property in the proposed district as shown on the most recently certified property tax assessment roll and to all other persons claiming an interest in the property who have requested a copy of the notice. The clerk shall also publish a copy of the notice and resolution at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The mailing and publication shall be completed at least twenty days before the date set for hearing. The clerk shall execute an affidavit of mailing stating the date of mailing and the names and addresses of the persons to whom the notices and copies of the resolutions were mailed. The clerk shall obtain an affidavit from the publisher of the newspaper in which the publication was made. The clerk shall cause both affidavits to be placed in the official records of the county. The affidavits are conclusive evidence of the mailing and publishing of notice. Notice shall not be held invalid for failure of delivery to the addressee.

C. If the clerk is informed that the person listed on the assessment roll is no longer the owner and the name and address of the successor owner become known, the clerk shall cause a copy of the notice and resolution to be mailed to the successor owner as soon as practicable after learning of the change of ownership.