Arizona Revised Statutes Title 42 — Taxation
A.R.S. § 42-17151
County, municipal, community college and school tax levy
County, municipal, community college and school tax levy A. On or before the third Monday in August each year, the governing body of each county, city, town, community college district anndary property taxation. This amount, plus all other sources of revenue, as estimated, and restricted and unrestricted unencumbered balances from the preceding fiscal year, shall equal the total of amounts proposed to be spent in the budget for the current fiscal year. 2. Designate the amounts to be levied for each purpose appearing in the adopted budget. 3. Fix and determine a primary property tax rate and a secondary property tax rate, each rounded to four decimal places on each $100 of taxable property shown by the finally equalized valuations of property, minus exemptions, that appear on the tax rolls for the fiscal year, as determined by the assessor on or before February 10 of the tax year pursuant to section 42-17052, and that when extended on those valuations will produce, in the aggregate, the entire amount to be raised by direct taxation for that year. Amounts levied for debt service on bonds payable from the secondary tax are and shall be considered special revenues of the county, city, town or district, shall be kept in a special, segregated fund, are not and shall not be general property taxes and may not be used for any other purpose of the county, city, town or district. B. The governing body of a county, city, town or community college district shall not fix, levy or assess an amount of primary property taxes in excess of the amount permitted by section 42-17051, subsection A, paragraph 7 or section 42-17005 as determined by the property tax oversight commission. C. The governing board of a common school district, a high school district or a unified school district shall not fix, levy or assess a primary property tax rate higher than the current year's rate if the district meets both of the following criteria, as determined by the property tax oversight commission:
# 1.
The total primary property taxes levied for all taxing jurisdictions on at least one-half of the residential property of the district exceed the limitation described in section 15-972, subsection E.
# 2.
The school district primary property tax rate exceeds one hundred fifty percent of the applicable qualifying tax rate pursuant to section 41-1276. For the purposes of this paragraph, the school district primary property tax rate does not include the tax rates computed pursuant to section 15-992, subsections B and F. D. Not later than December 31, the property tax oversight commission shall notify those school districts that meet the criteria described in subsection C of this section and the county school superintendents and boards of supervisors of the counties in which the school districts are located. E. Within three days after the final levies are determined for a county, city, town or community college district, the chief county fiscal officer shall notify the property tax oversight commission of the amount of the primary property tax levied. F. Pursuant to section 15-465.01, subsection E, an accommodation school governing board shall not levy a primary or secondary property tax. The property tax oversight commission shall consider any amount of property tax levied by a county in support of an accommodation school to be part of the county's primary levy for the purposes of determining the county's compliance with subsection B of this section.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 42-17004 · Hearing and appeals of commission findings
- 42-17005 · Adjustments to levy
- 42-17051 · Limit on county, municipal and community college primary…
- 42-17052 · Values furnished by county assessor and fire districts
- 42-17053 · Estimate of personal property tax roll
- 42-17054 · Levy limit worksheet
- 42-17055 · Public inspection of values used in computing levy limitation
- 42-17056 · Initial base levy limit if no primary property taxes were…
- 42-17057 · Computing new levy limits in the case of county division or…
- 42-17058 · Values for computing levy limit in the case of a merger of a…
- 42-17101 · Annual county and municipal financial statement and estimate…
- 42-17102 · Contents of estimate of expenses
- 42-17103 · Public access to estimates of revenues and expenses; notice…
- 42-17104 · Public hearing on expenditures and tax levy
- 42-17105 · Adoption of budget
- 42-17106 · Expenditures limited to budgeted purposes; transfer of monies
- 42-17107 · Truth in taxation notice and hearing; roll call vote on tax…
- 42-17108 · Encumbering municipal monies to pay obligations after close…
- 42-17109 · Alternative and additional method of leasing municipal…
- 42-17110 · Budget of a newly incorporated city or town
- 42-17151 · County, municipal, community college and school tax levy
- 42-17152 · Extending tax roll; limitation on residential property tax;…
- 42-17153 · Lien for taxes; time lien attaches; priority
- 42-17154 · Attachment of lien to real and personal property,…
- 42-17155 · County property tax information worksheet
- 42-17201 · County levy limit override
- 42-17202 · Community college district levy limit override
- 42-17203 · County levy for community college; election
- 42-17251 · Extension of assessment roll to all taxing jurisdictions in…
- 42-17252 · Municipal assessment and tax roll
- 42-17253 · Computing municipal tax rate; levy
- 42-17254 · Assessment and collection of municipal taxes
- 42-17255 · Remitting tax collections to municipality
- 42-17256 · Application of tax law to municipal taxes; special taxes and…
- 42-17257 · Notice of establishment or change in city, town or taxing…
- 42-17301 · Definitions
- 42-17302 · Election to defer residential property taxes; qualifications
- 42-17303 · Property entitled to tax deferral
- 42-17304 · Deferral claim
- 42-17305 · Filing the claim for deferral; appealing denied claim