Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 28 > Chapter 21 - State Highway Financing and Bonding

• Abuse: means the infliction or allowing of physical injury, impairment of bodily function or disfigurement or the infliction of or allowing another person to cause serious emotional damage as evidenced by severe anxiety, depression, withdrawal or untoward aggressive behavior and which emotional damage is diagnosed by a medical doctor or psychologist and is caused by the acts or omissions of an individual who has the care, custody and control of a child. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Adult: means a person who is eighteen years of age or older. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Allegation: something that someone says happened.
• Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
• Any highway purpose: includes any one or more of the following purposes:

  (a) Payment of highway obligations. See Arizona Laws 28-7501

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Board: means the transportation board. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Bond: means a bond secured solely by bridge construction revenues or a bond secured solely by highway improvement revenues as authorized and issued pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 28-7651
• Bonds: means bonds of the board issued pursuant to this article. See Arizona Laws 28-7501
• Bridge construction revenues: means monies received pursuant to section 42-5032, subsection A and deposited in the bridge construction interest fund or redemption fund under section 28-7656, subsection A. See Arizona Laws 28-7651
• Child safety services: means a specialized child welfare program that is administered by the department as provided in this chapter and that investigates allegations of and seeks to prevent, intervene in and treat abuse and neglect, to promote the well-being of the child in a permanent home and to coordinate services to strengthen the family. See Arizona Laws 8-801
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• County highway: means a public road that is constructed and maintained by a county. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Criminal conduct allegation: means an allegation of conduct by a parent, guardian or custodian of a child or an adult member of the victim's household that, if true, would constitute any of the following:

  (a) A violation of section 13-3623 involving child abuse. See Arizona Laws 8-201

• Custodian: means a person, other than a parent or legal guardian, who stands in loco parentis to the child or a person to whom legal custody of the child has been given by order of the juvenile court. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Detention: means the temporary confinement of a juvenile who requires secure care in a physically restricting facility that is completely surrounded by a locked and physically secure barrier with restricted ingress and egress for the protection of the juvenile or the community pending court disposition or as a condition of probation. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Director: means the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Eligible highway project: means a highway project that is both:

  (a) On the federal aid system, national highway system or state route or state highway system. See Arizona Laws 28-7671

• Excise taxes: means all unrestricted excise, transaction, franchise, privilege and business taxes, state shared sales and income taxes, fees for licenses and permits and state revenue sharing that are validly imposed by a political subdivision or contributed, allocated or paid to the political subdivision and not earmarked by the contributor or the political subdivision for a contrary or inconsistent purpose. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
• Excise taxes: means all unrestricted excise, transaction, franchise, privilege and business taxes, state shared transaction privilege and income taxes, fees for licenses and permits and state revenue sharing that are levied and paid by a political subdivision or contributed, levied or paid to the political subdivision and not earmarked by the contributor or the political subdivision for a contrary or inconsistent purpose. See Arizona Laws 28-7691
• 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.
• Foster home: means a home that is maintained by any individual or individuals having the care or control of minor children, other than those related to each other by blood or marriage, or related to such individuals, or who are legal wards of such individuals. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Foster parent: means any individual or individuals maintaining a foster home. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Fund: means the highway expansion and extension loan program fund established by section 28-7674. See Arizona Laws 28-7671
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• Grant agreement: means a written agreement between the director and the United States of America or any of its departments or agencies by which the director will receive a grant to construct a project or to reimburse the director for monies spent with respect to the project. See Arizona Laws 28-7611
• Grant anticipation notes: means notes authorized by this article. See Arizona Laws 28-7611
• Grant revenues: means any revenues the director will receive under a grant agreement, proceeds of grant anticipation notes and income and gain from the investment of these revenues and proceeds. See Arizona Laws 28-7611
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Highway improvement revenues: means monies received pursuant to section 42-5032, subsection B and deposited in the highway improvement interest fund or redemption fund under section 28-7656, subsection B. See Arizona Laws 28-7651
• Highway project: means a highway project that is on the federal aid system, national highway system or state route or state highway system and that is included in the department's state highway construction plan or the transportation improvement plan of a regional association of governments, except that a highway project does not include any local street improvements. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
• Highway project advance agreement: means a written agreement entered into in accordance with section 28-7677 and either Section 9-500. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
• Highway project advance revenues: means any revenues a political subdivision receives under a highway project advance agreement, or as proceeds of highway project advancement notes, together with any earnings from the investment of the revenues. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
• Highway project advancement notes: means notes authorized by this article. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
• Indian tribe: means any Indian tribe, band, group or community that is recognized by the United States secretary of the interior and that exercises governmental authority within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent and including rights-of-way running through the reservation. See Arizona Laws 28-7671
• Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. ^{Source: OCC}
• 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.
• Juvenile court: means the juvenile division of the superior court when exercising its jurisdiction over children in any proceeding relating to delinquency, dependency or incorrigibility. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Loan repayment agreement: means one or more loan agreements, instruments or other agreements providing for repayment of a loan or other financial assistance and entered into by this state or its agencies, including the department, or a political subdivision or Indian tribe. See Arizona Laws 28-7671
• Minor: means a person under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Minor children: means persons under eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• neglected: means :

  (a) The inability or unwillingness of a parent, guardian or custodian of a child to provide that child with supervision, food, clothing, shelter or medical care if that inability or unwillingness causes substantial risk of harm to the child's health or welfare, except if the inability of a parent, guardian or custodian to provide services to meet the needs of a child with a disability or chronic illness is solely the result of the unavailability of reasonable services. See Arizona Laws 8-201

• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Owner: means :

  (a) A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle. See Arizona Laws 28-101

• Parent: means the natural or adoptive mother or father of a child. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Peace officers: means sheriffs of counties, constables, marshals, policemen of cities and towns, commissioned personnel of the department of public safety, personnel who are employed by the state department of corrections and the department of juvenile corrections and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a multicounty water conservation district and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by community college district governing boards and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the Arizona board of regents and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, police officers who are appointed by the governing body of a public airport pursuant to section 28-8426 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board, peace officers who are appointed by a private postsecondary institution pursuant to section 15-1897 and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board and special agents from the office of the attorney general, or of a county attorney, and who have received a certificate from the Arizona peace officer standards and training board. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Pedestrian: means any person afoot. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Petition: means a written statement of the essential facts that allege delinquency, incorrigibility or dependency. See Arizona Laws 8-201
• physical escort: means temporarily touching or holding a child's hand, wrist, arm, shoulder or back to induce the child to walk to a safe location. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Political subdivision: means a county, city, town or special taxing district authorized by law to construct or assist in the construction of an eligible highway project or a county, city, town or special taxing district established pursuant to section 48-5102 to construct or assist in the construction of a transportation project. See Arizona Laws 28-7671
• Political subdivision: means a county, city or town. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
• Political subdivision: means a county, city, town or special taxing district established pursuant to section 48-5102 to construct or assist in the construction of a transportation project. See Arizona Laws 28-7691
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Relative: means a grandparent, great-grandparent, brother or sister of whole or half blood, aunt, uncle or first cousin. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• Restrictive behavior management: means an intervention or procedure that attempts to guide, redirect, modify or manage behavior through the use of any of the following:

  (a) Physical force to cause a child to comply with a directive. See Arizona Laws 8-501

• Right-of-way: when used within the context of the regulation of the movement of traffic on a highway means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• seclusion: means placing a child against the child's will in a room in which the child is unable to open the door in order to prevent the child from doing harm to self or others. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• SIB cooperative agreement: means a cooperative agreement or agreements entered into by the Arizona department of transportation with the United States department of transportation pursuant to this article and the federal SIB act. See Arizona Laws 28-7671
• Special foster home: means a licensed foster home that is capable of handling not more than five minor children who require special care for physical, mental or emotional reasons or who have been adjudicated delinquent. See Arizona Laws 8-501
• State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• State highway: means a state route or portion of a state route that is accepted and designated by the board as a state highway and that is maintained by the state. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• State route: means a right-of-way whether actually used as a highway or not that is designated by the board as a location for the construction of a state highway. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
• Transportation project: means all or a portion of a project that is included in the state's transportation improvement program or a plan, as defined in section 28-6351, including the project planning, environmental work, design, right-of-way acquisition or construction for the transportation project and associated rolling stock and operating systems but not including an eligible highway project. See Arizona Laws 28-7671
• Transportation project: means all or a portion of a project that is included in the state's transportation improvement program or a plan, as defined in section 28-6351, including the project planning, environmental work, design, right-of-way acquisition or construction for the transportation project and associated rolling stock and operating systems. See Arizona Laws 28-7691
• Transportation project advance agreement: means a written agreement, entered into in accordance with section 28-7677 and Section 9-500. See Arizona Laws 28-7691
• Transportation project advance revenues: means any revenues a political subdivision receives under a transportation project advance agreement, or as proceeds of transportation project advancement notes, together with any earnings from the investment of the revenues. See Arizona Laws 28-7691
• Transportation project advancement notes: means notes authorized by this article. See Arizona Laws 28-7691
• Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. ^{Source: OCC}
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.
• Wilfully: means , with respect to conduct or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, that a person is aware or believes that the person's conduct is of that nature or that the circumstance exists. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215