Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 18 > Chapter 3 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• Agency website: means a website that is connected to the internet and that is owned, operated or funded by a local government. See Arizona Laws 18-301
• 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
• 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.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Local government: means :

  (a) A county, city or town with a population of more than twenty-five hundred persons. See Arizona Laws 18-301

• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• State government: means any department, commission, board, institution or other agency of the state organization receiving, expending or disbursing state funds or incurring obligations against the state. See Arizona Laws 18-301
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.