Arizona Revised Statutes Title 40. Public Utilities and Carriers § 40-1113. Procedures required to organize an authority

1. The governing body of a municipality or county or the governing bodies of more than one municipality or county may pass an ordinance or ordinances declaring that the public convenience and necessity require the incorporation of a metropolitan public transit authority.  Such ordinance shall state that it is proposed to incorporate the authority under the provisions of this article and shall include the name of the municipalities or counties, the area or portion of whose area is to be included within the operating area of the authority and a description of the unincorporated area of the county to be included within operating area of the authority.  The ordinance shall have no force and effect unless the proposed contracting municipalities and counties described in such ordinance and qualified to participate shall have approved participation by ordinance or resolution similarly worded.

2. The articles of incorporation of a metropolitan public transit authority shall set forth: