5-1102

5-1102. Formation of district; board of
directors; duties

(Conditionally Rpld.)

A. A sports authority district is established in each county having a population of
more than five hundred thousand but less than two million persons. The boundaries of the
district are the boundaries of the county.

B. The county board of supervisors shall serve as the board of directors of the
district. The directors shall not receive compensation or reimbursement of expenses for
their services as the board of directors.

C. The board of directors shall:

1. Call an election for the establishment of a sports authority in the county as
provided by section 5-1103, subsection A.

2. Appoint certain members of the governing board of the sports authority as
provided by section 5-1103, subsection D.

3. Approve a budget of the authority pursuant to section 5-1131.

4. Approve the issuance of revenue bonds of the authority pursuant to article 3 of
this chapter.

D. The district is a corporate and political body, separate and independent of this
state or the county, and except as otherwise limited, modified or provided by this
chapter, has all of the rights, powers and immunities of municipal corporations except to
acquire real property by eminent domain. The board of directors and the district do not
have the authority to levy or otherwise impose any tax or assessment, other than charges
for the use of facilities owned or managed by the district. The qualified electors
residing in the district may levy a tax for the fiscal needs of the authority as provided
by this chapter, but the board of directors has no independent authority to impose a tax.
Subject to that limitation, the district is considered to be a tax levying public
improvement district for the purposes of article XIII, section 7, Constitution of
Arizona.