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United States — Arizona
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Mayors, aldermen, and councilmen may not knowingly take extra money or valuable things from their city or town during their elected term, except their authorized compensation.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town may, by ordinance, let its auditor or the auditor’s authorized representative inspect executive-session minutes when acting officially. Working papers and other audit files kept by the auditor are exempt from public-records law, while audit reports are public records.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town may buy, lease, or rent land outside its corporate limits for its purposes and uses, and must post and maintain warning signs where public roads enter that land.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town may sell, donate, or convey certain property, but a sale must wait until bid invitation publication and posted notice requirements are met.
United States — Arizona
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Cities and towns face extra steps before selling real property over $1.5 million, and special-election approval is required for property worth $15 million or more.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town that acquires property must pay the county treasurer any unpaid taxes on that property, plus penalties and interest.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town governing body may sell, lease, or grant surplus real property to the United States for governmental purposes, but it must give public notice, and sales over $50,000 need voter approval.
United States — Arizona
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Certain Arizona city or town governments may adopt an ordinance governing how their land is disposed of, sold, leased, or conveyed if they meet the stated incorporation and land-ownership conditions.
United States — Arizona
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An incorporated city or town may authorize an exchange or sale of real property in limited circumstances, and notice of intent must be published before the transaction.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town may, by ordinance, offer a home equity conversion program for people age 60 or older, and must use the program’s monies, after costs and expenses, for senior citizen programs.
United States — Arizona
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Interest on a condemnation judgment by a city or town must be calculated monthly, using a stated prime-rate method or fallback data sources.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town may levy an annual property tax, up to one and one-half mills, for library purposes.
United States — Arizona
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Cities or towns may accept, hold, dispose of, and use gifts for library purposes, but must follow the gift’s terms.
United States — Arizona
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Money received for library purposes must be treated as the library fund and paid into the city or town treasury.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town governing body may appoint residents as library trustees, and trustees serve three-year terms unless removed for good cause.
United States — Arizona
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The trustees control the library and its property, must meet monthly for business, and the secretary must keep detailed records. The trustees may also choose officers, adopt a seal, and appoint a librarian.
United States — Arizona
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The trustees may take several library-management actions, but only by a majority vote recorded in the minutes.
United States — Arizona
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The auditing officer must verify and audit a trustees’ warrant, and the city or town treasurer must pay it from the library fund, if the warrant has been made and authenticated under section 9-416.
United States — Arizona
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Trustees must file an annual report with the city or town governing body by the first Monday in July, and the board secretary must also file a verified financial report.
United States — Arizona
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A city or town with a public library may adopt ordinances to protect the library and its property, including penalties for damage or failing to return library materials. It may also allow city land to be used for a building only for a public library and reading room.