Page:Arizona Senate Bill 1220.PDF/2

 S.B. 1220 1	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: 2	Section 1. Title 5, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding 3	chapter 8, to read: 4	CHAPTER 8 5	TOURISM AND SPORTS AUTHORITY 6	ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS 7	5-801. Definitions 8	IN THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES: 9	1. "AUTHORITY" MEANS THE TOURISM AND SPORTS AUTHORITY. 10	2. "BOARD" MEANS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE AUTHORITY. 11	3. "MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY" MEANS ANY FACILITY THAT IS SUITABLE TO BE	12	USED TO ACCOMMODATE SPORTING EVENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, CULTURAL, CIVIC, 13	MEETING, TRADE SHOW OR CONVENTION EVENTS OR ACTIVITIES AND MAY INCLUDE A	14	STADIUM, ON-SITE INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKING GARAGES AND LOTS AND RELATED 15	COMMERCIAL USES WITHIN THE FACILITY. 16	5-802. Formation of authority 17	A. THE TOURISM AND SPORTS AUTHORITY IS ESTABLISHED. THE BOUNDARIES OF	18	THE AUTHORITY ARE THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY COUNTY THAT HAS A POPULATION OF MORE 19	THAN TWO MILLION PERSONS. 20	B. THE AUTHORITY IS A CORPORATE AND POLITICAL BODY AND, EXCEPT AS	21	OTHERWISE LIMITED, MODIFIED OR PROVIDED BY THIS CHAPTER, HAS ALL OF THE 22	RIGHTS, POWERS AND IMMUNITIES OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, INCLUDING THE POWER 23	OF EMINENT DOMAIN. 24	C. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE AUTHORITY DO NOT HAVE THE POWER TO	25	LEVY OR OTHERWISE IMPOSE ANY TAX OR ASSESSMENT, OTHER THAN CHARGES FOR THE 26	USE OF FACILITIES OWNED BY THE AUTHORITY. THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS RESIDING IN	27	THE AUTHORITY MAY LEVY A TAX OR SURCHARGE FOR THE FISCAL NEEDS OF THE 28	AUTHORITY AS PROVIDED BY THIS CHAPTER, BUT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS NO 29	INDEPENDENT AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE OR COLLECT A TAX OR ASSESSMENT. SUBJECT TO	30	THAT LIMITATION, THE AUTHORITY IS CONSIDERED TO BE A TAX LEVYING PUBLIC 31	IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 7, 32	CONSTITUTION OF ARIZONA. 33	D. THE AUTHORITY IS REGARDED AS PERFORMING A GOVERNMENTAL FUNCTION IN 34	CARRYING OUT THE PURPOSES OF THIS CHAPTER. THE PROPERTY ACQUIRED OR	35	CONSTRUCTED BY THE AUTHORITY, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AUTHORITY IN MAINTAINING 36	AND CARING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE MONIES DERIVED BY THE AUTHORITY FROM 37	OPERATING THE PROPERTY ARE EXEMPT FROM STATE AND LOCAL INCOME AND PROPERTY 38	TAXATION. 39	5-803. Board of directors 40	A. THE AUTHORITY IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONSISTING OF THE 41	FOLLOWING MEMBERS WHO MUST RESIDE IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE AUTHORITY IS 42	ESTABLISHED: 43	1. FIVE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-211.