Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 48 > Chapter 1 > Article 2 - Extension of Unexpired Water Appropriation or Reservoir Permits Issued to Districts

• 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
• District: includes any irrigation district, drainage district, flood control district, agricultural improvement district, electrical district, water conservation district or power district organized under the laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 48-121
• Federal agency: means the United States, the president of the United States, the federal emergency administrator of public works, or any such agencies or instrumentalities as may be designated or created to make grants or loans, or both, pursuant to any act or acts of the Congress. See Arizona Laws 48-121
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215