Arizona Laws 48-582. Assessment of public property
A. When a lot belonging to the United States, the state, a county, city, school district or any political subdivision or institution of the state or county, fronts upon the proposed work or improvement, or is included within the district declared by the governing body in its resolution of intention to be the district to be assessed to pay the costs and expenses thereof, the governing body shall, in the resolution of intention, declare whether or not such lot shall be omitted from the assessment thereafter to be made.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-582
- city: includes incorporated cities and towns. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- governing body: includes and means the body or board which by law is constituted the legislative department of an incorporated city or town. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- improvement: includes any or all of the improvements mentioned and authorized to be made in this and article 1 of this chapter and the construction, reconstruction and repair of all or any portion of the improvements, and all labor, services, incidental expenses and material necessary or incidental to the construction, reconstruction or repair. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Lot: includes any portion, piece, parcel or subdivision of land, and includes property owned or controlled by any person as a railroad right-of-way. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
B. If the lot is omitted from the assessment, then the total expense of all work done shall be assessed on the remaining lots fronting on the work or improvement, or lying within the assessment district, without regard to the omitted lot.
C. If the governing body declares the lot included in the assessment, or if no declaration is made respecting the lot, then the municipality shall be liable for and shall pay such sum as thereafter may be assessed against the lot. The amount of the assessment levied against the lot may be included in any bonds issued for the improvement, and if so included, the assessments shall bear the same interest, and be payable by the municipality in installments, as assessments against property of private persons.
D. The municipality may contract with the state, or body to which the lot belongs, for payment to the municipality of the assessment and interest as it becomes due and payable, and the state, or such body, shall perform the contract.