REFERENCE TITLE: flood protection districts; divisions; electors

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

SB 1379

 

Introduced by

Senator Pratt

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 48, chapter 18, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 48-2816; relating to flood protection districts.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 48, chapter 18, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 48-2816, to read:

START_STATUTE48-2816.  Flood protection districts divisions; directors; qualification of electors

A.  The board of supervisors shall order the district to be divided into three or five divisions, numbered consecutively and as nearly equal in size as practicable.

B.  One director, who is a resident elector and landowner, or a qualified elector, in each division shall be elected for the division as provided in this article.  In addition, if requested in the petition for organizing the district, three directors, who are resident electors and landowners in the district, shall be elected at large by the qualified electors of the district.

C.  To be eligible to vote in a district election, a person must qualify under section 48-2609, except as otherwise provided by this section and subject to the following:

1.  For the purpose of organizing a new flood protection district, the qualifications of electors are the same as provided by this chapter for the organization of drainage districts.

2.  The administrator or executor of the estate of a deceased person, and the guardian of a minor or incompetent person who is appointed and qualified under the laws of this state, may register and cast the vote of the estate or person represented by the administrator or executor.

3.  The officer or agent of a corporation in whose name title to property in the district on which it has paid taxes as shown on the most recent tax roll and who is designated and authorized by a resolution of the corporate board of directors is a qualified elector and may register and cast the vote of the corporation.

4.  The general partner of a partnership in whose name title to property in the district on which it has paid taxes as shown on the most recent tax roll and who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the general partners is a qualified elector and may register and cast the vote of the partnership.

5.  The trustee of a trust, or if there is more than one trustee, a trustee who is designated and authorized in writing by all of the trustees, in whose name title to property in the district on which it has paid taxes as shown on the most recent tax roll is a qualified elector and may register and cast the vote of the trust.

6.  The member or manager of a limited liability company who is designated and authorized in writing by the controlling members or managers of the limited liability company in whose name title to property in the district on which it has paid taxes as shown on the most recent tax roll is a qualified elector and may register and cast the vote of the limited liability company. END_STATUTE