The Arizona Revised Statutes have been updated to include the revised sections from the 57th Legislature, 1st Regular Session. Please note that the next update of this compilation will not take place until after the conclusion of the 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, which convenes in January 2026.
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Attachor" means any cable television system or provider of telecommunications or broadband communication services that owns or operates equipment that is attached to a pole, duct or conduit or that is otherwise located within a right-of-way that is owned or controlled by an electric utility, provided that the attaching entity is a current party to and in compliance with an attachment agreement with the electric utility.
2. "Electric utility":
(a) Means:
(i) Any person, business organization, public service corporation, electric cooperative or other legal entity that owns and operates facilities for the generation, transmission or distribution of electric energy for sale to retail customers in this state.
(ii) Any generation and transmission cooperative operating in this state.
(b) Does not include a public power entity.
3. "Public power entity" means a public power entity as defined in section 30-901.
4. "Wildfire" means any unwanted, unplanned or uncontrolled fire that ignites vegetation within a wildland or natural area, including:
(a) Forests.
(b) Grasslands.
(c) Prairies.
(d) Any areas that interface between wildland or natural and urban areas.
5. "Wildfire mitigation plan" means a plan that is submitted to the state forester in accordance with this chapter and section 37-1311.