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TUCSON, ARIZONA CHARTER AND GENERAL ORDINANCES
ADOPTING ORDINANCES
PART I CHARTER*
PART II TUCSON CODE
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION*
Chapter 3 RESERVED*
Chapter 4 ANIMALS AND FOWL*
Chapter 5 BICYCLES AND SHARED MOBILITY DEVICES*
Chapter 6 BUILDINGS, ELECTRICITY, PLUMBING, AND MECHANICAL CODE*
Chapter 7 BUSINESSES REGULATED*
Chapter 7A CABLE COMMUNICATIONS*
Chapter 7B COMPETITIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 7C RESERVED*
Chapter 7D LOCATION AND RELOCATION OF FACILITIES IN RIGHTS-OF-WAY
Chapter 8 CITY COURT*
ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL*
Sec. 8-1. Jurisdiction, powers, duties.
Sec. 8-2. Appointment of magistrates; several powers, duties.
Sec. 8-2.1. Methods of appointment of magistrates and qualifications; establishing senior special magistrate status and compensation.
Sec. 8-2.2. Appointment of special magistrates; full-time magistrate pro tempore; terms of office; compensation; powers; duties; qualifications.
Sec. 8-2.3. Appointment of limited special magistrates; term; powers; duties; qualifications; compensation.
Sec. 8-2.4. Criminal history records check prior to appointment of city magistrates.
Sec. 8-2.5. Justices of the peace appointed as special magistrates for weekend arraignments, initial appearances, and conflict and other cases designated by the presiding magistrate.
Sec. 8-3. Conducting business on nonjuridical days.
Sec. 8-4. Magistrates; powers and duties.
Sec. 8-4.1. Authorizing assignment of a presiding magistrate, term, compensation, duties.
Sec. 8-5. Duty to fix bond, bail, fines, penalties, fees and assessments.
Sec. 8-5.2. Probation monitoring fees.
Sec. 8-6. Assumption of chapter 28 procedures.
Sec. 8-6.1. Penalties.
Sec. 8-6.3. Reimbursement of city's costs of incarceration; factors to be considered; exemption for indigent persons; reimbursement separate and distinct from any sentence or probation conditions; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.4. Administrative fee for warrants issued for failure to pay fines or restitution; exemption for indigent persons; fee separate and distinct from any sentence or probation conditions; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.5. Case processing fee; exemption for indigent persons; deposit and use of funds collected; fee separate and distinct from any sentence or probation conditions or civil penalty; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.6. Assessment of administrative charge on persons convicted in city court of violations of A.R.S. § 28-1381 et seq.
Sec. 8-6.7. Administrative default fee; exemption for indigent persons; fee separate and distinct from any fine or other fee; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.8. Post-adjudicated civil motion filing fee; exemption for extraordinary circumstances; fee separate and distinct from any sentence; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-6.9. Defensive Driving School (DDS) rescheduling fee; fee separate and distinct from any sentence; action for recovery authorized.
Sec. 8-7. Fines; collection; abatement.
Sec. 8-8. City court procedures.
Sec. 8-9. When jury trial required.
Sec. 8-10. Summoning jurors.
Sec. 8-11. Number of jurors; challenges for cause.
Sec. 8-12. Pay of jurors.
Sec. 8-13. Execution to collect fine.
Sec. 8-14. Director of finance; powers and duties in relation to city court.
Secs. 8-15--8-34. Reserved.
ARTICLE II. RESERVED*
Chapter 9 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS*
Chapter 10 CIVIL SERVICE--HUMAN RESOURCES*
Chapter 10A COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 10B HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT*
Chapter 10C RESERVED*
Chapter 11 CRIMES AND OFFENSES*
Chapter 11A GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 11B PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 12 ELECTIONS*
Chapter 12A BUSINESS SERVICES DEPARTMENT
Chapter 13 FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION*
Chapter 14 LABOR ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION ELECTION PROCEDURE, MEET AND CONFER AND MEET AND DISCUSS*
Chapter 15 ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT*
Chapter 16 NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION*
Chapter 17 HUMAN RELATIONS*
Chapter 18 SELF-INSURED RISK PROGRAM AND TRUST FUND*
Chapter 19 LICENSES AND PRIVILEGE TAXES*
Chapter 20 MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC*
Chapter 21 PARKS AND RECREATION*
Chapter 22 PENSIONS, RETIREMENT, GROUP INSURANCE, LEAVE BENEFITS AND OTHER INSURANCE BENEFITS*
Chapter 23 LAND USE CODE*
Chapter 23A DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE CODE*
Chapter 23B UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE*
Chapter 24 SEWERAGE AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL*
Chapter 25 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS*
Chapter 26 FLOODPLAIN, STORMWATER, AND EROSION HAZARD MANAGEMENT*
Chapter 27 WATER*
Chapter 28 TUCSON PROCUREMENT CODE*
Chapter 29 ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 30 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION*
DISPOSITION TABLE - 1953 CODE
CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE
Tucson, AZ Unified Development Code
Tucson Administrative Directives
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Sec. 8-11. Number of jurors; challenges for cause.
In trials for offenses within the jurisdiction of this court which are triable by jury, the jury shall consist of six (6) persons but may, by consent of both parties, consist of any number less than six (6) and not under three (3). Any juror shall be subject to challenge for cause, which challenge for cause shall be tried by the court. At the time appointed for a jury trial in the city court, the list of jurors summoned shall be called; and if they all attend they shall constitute the jury unless excused or successfully challenged, in which case enough others to complete the jury shall be forthwith summoned in the manner hereinbefore provided.
(1953 Code, ch. 9A, § 15; Ord. No. 7733, § 7, 12-9-91)
   Note: Formerly, § 8-12. Renumbered § 8-11 by § 7 of Ord. No. 7733.
Sec. 8-12. Pay of jurors.
   (a)   Jurors who serve one (1) session shall receive the sum of five dollars ($5.00). Jurors who serve the morning session and the afternoon session shall receive the sum of eight dollars ($8.00); and in addition thereto the jurors shall receive free parking either by having parking spaces allocated for their vehicles or through the validation of their parking tickets, the sums to be paid by the city.
   (b)   A session of court shall be designated as a morning session or an afternoon session. The morning session will be between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 12:00 noon, and the afternoon session shall be between the hours of 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m.
   (c)   In the alternative, jurors may be paid as authorized in A.R.S. section 21-221, as amended.
(1953 Code, ch. 9A, § 20; Ord. No. 2852, § 1, 3-7-66; Ord. No. 4064, §§ 1, 2, 7-16-73; Ord. No. 5091, § 2, 1-21-80; Ord. No. 7733, § 6, 12-9-91)
   Note: Formerly, § 8-13. Renumbered § 8-12 and the text amended by § 6 of Ord. No. 7733.
Sec. 8-13. Execution to collect fine.
The city may, if a fine is imposed for the violation of its Charter, ordinances or the statutes of the state within the jurisdiction of the city court, have execution against the property of the defendant as in civil actions.
(1953 Code, ch. 9A, § 23; Ord. No. 7733, § 7, 12-9-91)
   Note: Formerly, § 8-14. Renumbered § 8-13 by § 7 of Ord. No. 7733.
Sec. 8-14. Director of finance; powers and duties in relation to city court.
The director of finance shall at his discretion inspect and audit any accounts or records of the financial transactions of the city court and prepare from time to time such financial reports of the court's transactions as are deemed necessary and appropriate.
(Ord. No. 4679, § 13, 6-27-77; Ord. No. 5169, § 4, 6-16-80; Ord. No. 7733, § 7, 12-9-91)
   Note: Formerly, § 8-15. Renumbered § 8-14 by § 7 of Ord. No. 7733.
Secs. 8-15--8-34. Reserved.
   Editors Note: Ord. No. 2754, § 1, enacted Apr. 5, 1965, repealed § 8-15, formerly derived from 1953 Code, ch. 9A, § 24 and Ord. No. 2582, § 1, 2-17-64. The section authorized the mayor and council to appoint and remove bailiffs and determine their compensation and term of office.
ARTICLE II.
RESERVED*
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*   Editors Note: Section 1 of Ord. No. 5950, adopted Feb. 13, 1984, repealed art. II, §§ 8-35--8-39, relating to unclaimed property, derived from the 1953 Code, ch. 2, §§ 40--43; Ord. No. 3225, §§ 1, 2, adopted Mar. 3, 1969; Ord. No. 4021, §§ 1--4, adopted May 1, 1973; and Ord. No. 4679, § 5, adopted June 27, 1977.
   Cross References: Disposition of surplus, obsolete, lost, unclaimed and confiscated property, 2-53.
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