Arizona Laws 28-7681. Definitions
In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-7681
- Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Highway project: means a highway project that is on the federal aid system, national highway system or state route or state highway system and that is included in the department's state highway construction plan or the transportation improvement plan of a regional association of governments, except that a highway project does not include any local street improvements. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
- Highway project advance agreement: means a written agreement entered into in accordance with section 28-7677 and either Section 9-500. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
- Highway project advancement notes: means notes authorized by this article. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
- Political subdivision: means a county, city or town. See Arizona Laws 28-7681
- Right-of-way: when used within the context of the regulation of the movement of traffic on a highway means the privilege of the immediate use of the highway. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- State highway: means a state route or portion of a state route that is accepted and designated by the board as a state highway and that is maintained by the state. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- State route: means a right-of-way whether actually used as a highway or not that is designated by the board as a location for the construction of a state highway. See Arizona Laws 28-101
1. "Excise taxes" means all unrestricted excise, transaction, franchise, privilege and business taxes, state shared sales and income taxes, fees for licenses and permits and state revenue sharing that are validly imposed by a political subdivision or contributed, allocated or paid to the political subdivision and not earmarked by the contributor or the political subdivision for a contrary or inconsistent purpose.
2. "Highway project" means a highway project that is on the federal aid system, national highway system or state route or state highway system and that is included in the department‘s state highway construction plan or the transportation improvement plan of a regional association of governments, except that a highway project does not include any local street improvements.
3. "Highway project advance agreement" means a written agreement entered into in accordance with section 28-7677 and either Section 9-500.17 or 11-269.03 between the department and a political subdivision under which the department receives an advance payment from a political subdivision to accelerate right-of-way acquisition for, or design or construction of, a highway project and under which the department repays the advance with interest, if any, at an agreed on rate.
4. "Highway project advance revenues" means any revenues a political subdivision receives under a highway project advance agreement, or as proceeds of highway project advancement notes, together with any earnings from the investment of the revenues.
5. "Highway project advancement notes" means notes authorized by this article.
6. "Political subdivision" means a county, city or town.