§ 48-802 Election procedures; qualifications
§ 48-803 District administered by a district board; report
§ 48-804 District administered by elected chief and secretary-treasurer
§ 48-805 Fire district; powers and duties; definition
§ 48-805.01 Separate legal entities; joint exercise of powers
§ 48-805.02 Fire district annual budget; levy; requirements
§ 48-805.03 Employment of relatives; violation; classification
§ 48-806 Bond election; issuance and sale of bonds; security
§ 48-807 County fire district assistance tax; annual budget; override; monthly financial reports
§ 48-812 Disposition of fire district assets and relief and pension fund assets on annexation by or inclusion in a city or town
§ 48-813 Deletion of annexed area from fire district territory; provision for continued protection; proposed annexation
§ 48-814 Property located outside of fire district territory; reimbursement to fire district for cost of fire and emergency medical services
§ 48-815.01 District dissolution; procedures; notice; hearing; determinations; petitions
§ 48-815.02 Dissolution; petitions of property owners; form; verification
§ 48-816 Election to reorganize district
§ 48-817 Districts over twenty-five thousand population
§ 48-818 Emergency medical aid or assistance to other public bodies; limitation on liability
§ 48-819 Reimbursement for county services
§ 48-820 Election to merge fire districts; notice; hearing; approval; joint meeting; merged district board
§ 48-821 Disposition of assets on merger of fire districts
§ 48-822 Election to consolidate fire districts; resolution; hearing
§ 48-823 Disposition of assets on consolidation of fire districts
§ 48-824 Firefighter; residency requirement; prohibition; exemption; definition

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 48 > Chapter 5 > Article 1 - General Provisions

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Adult: means a person who has attained eighteen years of age. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Electronic funds transfer: The transfer of money between accounts by consumer electronic systems-such as automated teller machines (ATMs) and electronic payment of bills-rather than by check or cash. (Wire transfers, checks, drafts, and paper instruments do not fall into this category.) Source: OCC
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • 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.
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes money, goods, chattels, things in action and evidences of debt. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • 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
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • subscription: includes a mark, if a person cannot write, with the person's name written near it and witnessed by a person who writes the person's own name as witness. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215