48-5102

48-5102. Regional public transportation authority in counties with population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons; establishment

A. Beginning January 1, 1986, a regional public transportation authority is established in a county that has a population of one million two hundred thousand or more persons and that approves a transportation excise tax under section 42-6104.

B. An authority is a tax levying public improvement district for all purposes of article XIII, section 7, Constitution of Arizona, and has the powers, privileges and immunities specifically granted by law. The authority's property, bonds, debts and other obligations and interest on and transfer of its bonds and obligations are free from taxation.

C. The authority may operate both within and outside the corporate limits of the member municipalities.