Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 48 > Chapter 31 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• 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
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• Medically underserved: means populations that exhibit one or more of the following indicators:

  (a) Limitations on the availability of primary care providers, prenatal care or other health care services. See Arizona Laws 48-5501

• Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• physician: means a person licensed pursuant to Title 32, Chapter 13 or 17. See Arizona Laws 48-5501
• Population: means the population according to the most recent United States decennial census. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
• Qualified electors: means persons who are qualified to vote pursuant to title 16. See Arizona Laws 48-5501
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.