Chapter 5. PUBLIC UTILITIES  


Article 1. Franchise by Municipality
Sec 9-501. Grant of franchise
Sec 9-502. Petition for franchise; publication; estimate; election; term; expenditures
Article 1.1. Cable Television Systems
Sec 9-505. Definitions
Sec 9-506. Authority to issue license; limitations
Sec 9-507. Application for license; hearing; terms; conditions
Sec 9-508. License required before construction; provisions existing systems
Sec 9-509. Municipal ownership
Sec 9-510. Control of programming
Article 2. Municipal Ownership
Sec 9-511. Power to engage in business of public nature; outside water rates; right of eminent domain
Sec 9-511.01. Water and wastewater business; rates; procedures; responsibility for payments
Sec 9-511.02. Utility user fees; lien enforcement; procedures; payment responsibility; definition
Sec 9-511.03. Outside waste or garbage collection, landfill services or recycling collection or processing services; requirements; exceptions
Sec 9-512. Issuance of bonds; service rates
Sec 9-513. Lease of privately owned utility
Sec 9-514. Authority to engage in utility business
Sec 9-515. Purchase of existing utility plant and property; valuation; appeal
Sec 9-516. Declaration of public policy; eminent domain
Sec 9-517. Exception to purchase requirement
Sec 9-518. Compensation for taking public utility; procedure for determining
Sec 9-519. Common carriers; duplication of service prohibited
Sec 9-520. Provision of electric generation services; competition; definitions
Article 3. Municipal Bonds for Financing Utilities
Sec 9-521. Definitions
Sec 9-521.01. Recreational facilities
Sec 9-522. Power to issue bonds
Sec 9-523. Bond election
Sec 9-524. Election order and call; publication; posting
Sec 9-525. Registration of voters
Sec 9-526. Form of ballot
Sec 9-527. Canvass of votes
Sec 9-528. Application of election laws
Sec 9-529. Form of bonds; payment and call; interest; sale; bids; interim receipts; rates and procedures; definition
Sec 9-530. Service charges; taxation and budgeting; computation
Sec 9-531. Provisions of resolution for bond issue; covenants
Sec 9-532. Utility receipts and bond proceeds; handling and disposition
Sec 9-533. Validity of bonds
Sec 9-534. Certification of bonds by attorney general
Sec 9-535. Prior lien of bonds
Sec 9-535.01. Refunding bonds and revenue-producing undertaking; refunding utility purchase contracts; form; sale and investment of proceeds; limitation on amount issued
Sec 9-536. Payment of bonds
Sec 9-537. Supplemental nature of article
Sec 9-538. Validation of prior bonds
Sec 9-539. General powers of municipality under article
Sec 9-540. Validation of prior acts and proceedings; criterion for compliance
Article 4. Industrial Gas Pipelines
Sec 9-551. Definitions
Sec 9-552. Authority to issue license
Sec 9-553. Application for license; hearing; terms; conditions
Sec 9-554. License required before construction
Article 6. Financial Assistance from the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona
Sec 9-571. Wastewater treatment and drinking water treatment facilities and nonpoint source projects; financial assistance loan repayment agreements; definitions
Article 7. Charges for Use of Public Highways by Telecommunications Providers
Sec 9-581. Definitions
Sec 9-582. Taxes and other charges; telecommunications facilities; limitations
Sec 9-583. Issuance of license or franchise; use of public highways; limitations