Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 18 > Chapter 1 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Budget unit: means a department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state receiving, expending or disbursing state funds or incurring obligations of the state including the Arizona board of regents but excluding the universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona board of regents, the community college districts and the legislative or judicial branches. See Arizona Laws 18-101
• Committee: means the information technology authorization committee. See Arizona Laws 18-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of administration. See Arizona Laws 18-101
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 18-101
• Disaster recovery: means the measures required to mitigate the loss of information technology capability. See Arizona Laws 18-101
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Information technology: means all computerized and auxiliary automated information processing, telecommunications and related technology, including hardware, software, vendor support and related services, equipment and projects. See Arizona Laws 18-101
• 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.
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215