A. A regional transportation authority is established in a county with a population of more than four hundred thousand but less than one million two hundred thousand persons. The board of supervisors of a county with a population of four hundred thousand or fewer persons may establish a regional transportation authority in the county.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-5302

  • Authority: means a regional transportation authority organized under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-5301
  • Board: means the board of directors of a regional transportation authority established pursuant to section 48-5303. See Arizona Laws 48-5301
  • 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.
  • County: means a county with a population of less than one million two hundred thousand persons in which a regional transportation authority is established pursuant to section 48-5302. See Arizona Laws 48-5301
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Municipality: means an incorporated city or town. See Arizona Laws 48-5301
  • Population: means the population determined in the most recent United States decennial census or the most recent special census as provided in section 28-6532. See Arizona Laws 48-5301
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. An authority is a public, political, tax levying public improvement and taxing subdivision of this state and a municipal corporation to the extent of the powers and privileges conferred by this chapter or granted generally by the constitution and statutes of this state, including immunity of its property and the interest income and gain on its bonds from taxation.

C. The membership of the authority consists of each municipality in the county, the county and any other members of the regional council of governments that are from the county that established the authority. The authority may operate in all areas of the county in which it is organized.

D. The executive director of the regional council of governments acts as the executive director of the authority and serves in that specific role until replaced at the discretion of the board of the regional transportation authority.