Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 45 - Regulation of Out-of-State Businesses and Out-of-State Employees During a Disaster

• Declared disaster: means a state of emergency declared by the governor, a presidential declaration of a federal major disaster or emergency in this state or a disaster or emergency event in this state that is designated by the division of emergency management and that requires disaster recovery under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
• Disaster period: means a period that is within ten calendar days of the date of issuance of the declared disaster and that extends for a period of sixty calendar days after the end of the declared disaster or any longer period authorized by the governor. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
• Disaster recovery: means repairing, renovating, installing, building, rendering services or other business activities that relate to infrastructure that has been damaged, impaired or destroyed by a declared disaster. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
• Infrastructure: means property and equipment owned or used by communications networks, electric generation, transmission and distribution systems and gas distribution systems, water pipelines, public roads and bridges and related support facilities that service multiple customers or citizens of this state and includes buildings, offices, lines, poles, pipes, structures and equipment. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
• municipality: means an incorporated city or town. See Arizona Laws 9-462
• Out-of-state business: means a business entity that existed as an operating entity before the declared disaster, including an affiliate solely by common ownership of a registered business, whose services are requested by a registered business in this state or by the state or a local government for the purpose of performing disaster recovery in this state and that meets all of the following conditions:

  (a) Is not present in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-4501

• Out-of-state employee: means an employee who does not work in this state except for performing disaster recovery during a disaster period. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Planning agency: means the official body designated by local ordinance to carry out the purposes of this article and may be a planning department, a planning commission, a hearing officer, the legislative body itself or any combination thereof. See Arizona Laws 9-462
• 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.
• Registered business: means a business entity that is currently registered to do business in this state and that was a registered business before the declared disaster. See Arizona Laws 32-4501
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Zoning ordinance: means a municipal ordinance regulating the use of the land or structures, or both, as provided in this article. See Arizona Laws 9-462