Arizona § 35-474 - Levy of tax for payment of bonds; security

§ 35-474. Levy of tax for payment of bonds; security

A. The board of supervisors, on behalf of the county or a school district in the county, or the governing body or board of a municipal corporation that has issued refunding bonds shall levy, during each year in which the bonds are outstanding, a tax on all property in the political subdivision for which the bonds are issued, sufficient to pay the annual interest on all bonds then outstanding and the annual installment of the principal thereof becoming due and payable in the next ensuing year.  The annual levy shall not exceed the net amount necessary to meet annual payments of principal and interest, projected payments of principal and interest on new debt planned for the ensuing year, a reasonable delinquency factor, including an amount necessary to correct prior year errors or shortages in the levy, if applicable, and any expenses and fees required in conjunction with the authorization pursuant to section 35-512. Such taxes shall be levied, assessed and collected at the same time and in the same manner as other taxes are levied, assessed and collected. The proceeds of the taxes shall be kept in a special segregated fund and shall be used only for the purpose for which collected.

B. All bonds, heretofore and hereafter issued, are secured by a lien on all revenues received pursuant to the tax levy.  The lien arises automatically without the need for any action or authorization by the political subdivision or the political subdivision's governing body or board. The lien is valid and binding from the time of the issuance of the bonds. The revenues received pursuant to the levy of the tax are immediately subject to the lien. The lien attaches immediately to the revenues and is effective, binding and enforceable against the political subdivision, the political subdivision's successors, transferees and creditors and all other parties asserting rights in the revenues, irrespective of whether the parties have notice of the lien, without the need for any physical delivery, recordation, filing or further act.