Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 45 > Chapter 11 > Article 2 - Administration

• Authority: means a county water augmentation authority established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 45-1901
• Board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Arizona Laws 45-1901
• County: means the county containing over fifty per cent of the area of the authority. See Arizona Laws 45-1901
• Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
• 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.
• including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Oath: includes an affirmation or declaration. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Operating unit: means a county, city, town, water company or political subdivision, this state, the United States, an Indian tribe or any other public or private entity with which an authority has a contractual relationship for the acquisition, delivery, exchange, treatment, storage or recharge of water. See Arizona Laws 45-1901
• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Water company: means either a private water company as defined in section 45-402 or an irrigation district that primarily serves municipal water. See Arizona Laws 45-1901