Arizona Laws 35-181.01. Presentation, approval and payment of claims and payrolls; amended claims
A. All claims against the state for obligations authorized, required or permitted to be incurred by any state officer or agency shall be paid in accordance with procedures prescribed by the director of the department of administration. The director may prescribe procedures for prepayment for goods or services if it is the industry standard or if it is in the best interests of this state to prepay.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 35-181.01
- 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.
- Claim: means a demand against the state for payment for either:
(a) Goods delivered or, in the case of highway construction, goods or facilities to be delivered by the federal government. See Arizona Laws 35-101
- 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.
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Prepayment: means the payment of a claim before receiving the goods or services. See Arizona Laws 35-101
B. Any claim made and approved contrary to subsection A of this section, in the absence of fraud or bad faith on the part of the claimant or disbursing officer, may be amended at any time during the fiscal year in which it was originally submitted to conform to the requirements of subsection A of this section and upon amendment such claim shall be exempt from the provisions of section 35-211.
C. Any public funds paid or received pursuant to law, in the absence of fraud or bad faith in the disbursement or receipt of such funds prior to such law being declared unconstitutional by the supreme court of the state of Arizona, shall be exempt from the provisions of section 35-211.