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AZ HB2895
Bill
Status
2/12/2020
Primary Sponsor
Regina Cobb
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AI Summary
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Amends procedures for designating "subsequent irrigation non-expansion areas" where groundwater is insufficient to reliably supply irrigation for 100 years, allowing consideration of future changes to withdrawal rates.
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Requires petitions to include a numeric groundwater flow model and hydrologic report signed by a registered professional geologist or engineer, submitted within one year of receiving the petition form from the county recorder.
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Establishes that irrigation users eligible to petition must be landowners (not lessees) who irrigated two or more acres within the five preceding years and are capable of future irrigation.
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Limits irrigation to acres that were irrigated during the five years before the hearing notice is published, with the limitation continuing until the director makes a final determination.
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Specifies that the director's final order is not appealable but is subject to judicial review starting on the thirty-first day after publication; only petitioners and those who submitted evidence at the hearing may seek judicial review, limited to issues they raised.
Legislative Description
Subsequent irrigation non-expansion areas; procedures.
Last Action
House APPROP Committee action: Discussed and Held, voting: (0-0-0-0-0-0)
2/24/2020