Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 48 > Chapter 6 > Article 4 - Alternative Form of Government for Domestic Water Improvement Districts and Domestic Wastewater Improvement Districts

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Clerk: means the person appointed by the board of directors to act as the clerk for the district and to perform the duties otherwise prescribed for a clerk pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-1011
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Domestic wastewater improvement district: means a county improvement district that is formed for the purpose of constructing a domestic wastewater treatment facility or purchasing an existing domestic wastewater treatment facility within the district and, if necessary, making improvements to the system or that is converted pursuant to section 48-1018. See Arizona Laws 48-1011
• Domestic water improvement district: means a county improvement district that is formed for the purpose of constructing or improving a domestic water delivery system or purchasing an existing domestic water delivery system and, if necessary, making improvements to the system or a district that is converted pursuant to section 48-1018. See Arizona Laws 48-1011
• 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
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• 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
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• 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.
• Superintendent: means the person employed by the board of directors to perform the duties otherwise prescribed for a superintendent pursuant to this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-1011
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.
• Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215