Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 28 > Chapter 17 > Article 1 - Transportation Excise Tax Distribution in Highly Populated Counties

• Air quality measures: means paving unpaved roads and procuring street sweepers to help meet the requirements of the clean air act as defined in Section 49-401. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Board: means the transportation board. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Bond-related expenses: means :

  (a) Printing, publication or advertising expenses with respect to the sale and issuance of any bonds. See Arizona Laws 28-6301

• Bonds: means any bonds that are payable from the regional area road fund as provided in chapter 21, article 2 of this title. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Bus: means a motor vehicle designed for carrying sixteen or more passengers, including the driver. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
• 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.
• 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
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Intersection improvements: means projects that are designed to decrease vehicle congestion, lower travel times or improve safety. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Major arterial: means an interconnected thoroughfare whose primary function is to link areas in the region and to distribute traffic to and from controlled access highways, generally of regionwide significance and of varying capacity depending on the travel demand for the specific direction and adjacent land uses. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Nonmotorized mobility infrastructure: means the improvement of safety, accessibility or connectivity through sidewalks, crosswalks, curb ramps, elements that are required by the Americans with disabilities act of 1990 (42 United States Code §§ 12101 through 12213) or other components adjacent to streets or roadways for vulnerable road users as defined in 23 United States Code § 148(a)(15). See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Performance-based: means regional planning agency processes and practices that are consistent with federal law, including:

  (a) Requirements prescribed in 23 United States Code § 134 and 49 United States Code § 5303. See Arizona Laws 28-6301

• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Population: means the population determined in the most recent United States decennial census or the most recent special census as provided in section 28-6532 and revisions to the decennial or special census certified by the United States bureau of the census. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Process: means a citation, writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Public transportation: means moving passengers by means of a conveyance operated by or for a political subdivision of this state, including dial-a-ride transportation, special needs transportation and van pool transportation but excluding school buses. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Regional transportation infrastructure: means transportation projects that are selected through a performance-based process for nonmotorized mobility infrastructure, emerging technologies and air quality measures. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• Regionwide business: means a company that provides goods or services throughout the county. See Arizona Laws 28-6301
• 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
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215