Arizona § 48-1744 - Organization of board; officers; district office

Full text of Arizona Arizona Revised Statutes § 48-1744 — Organization of board; officers; district office, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 48-1744. Organization of board; officers; district office

A. The board of directors of the district shall organize each year by electing from among its membership a chairman, a vice-chairman and a treasurer. The board shall elect a secretary who may or may not be a member of the board, but his duties shall be clerical only if not a member of the board and he shall not sign or attest checks, orders or legal papers of any kind. All instruments or papers requiring signatures shall be signed by the chairman of the board, or in case of his absence or inability to act, by the vice-chairman and attested by the secretary if a member, and if not then by any member of the board, but the board may authorize instruments or papers to be signed by any of the members in special cases.

B. The board may establish an office for the transaction of business at any place in the district, or in any city or town in the county in which the organization proceedings were held.

Source: official Arizona text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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