HB 2161 Summary

• Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Section 45-432 regarding the designation of irrigation non-expansion areas outside active management areas.

• Modifies the criteria for director designation to include consideration of future demand for irrigation and non-irrigation uses of water when determining if insufficient groundwater exists for current irrigation rates.

• Requires the director to evaluate the effect of future water demand on supplies for currently irrigated lands and other current uses when making insufficiency determinations.

• Makes conforming language changes from "which" to "that" and "sub-basin" to "subbasin" throughout the statute.