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AZ HB2063
Bill
Status
4/30/2024
Primary Sponsor
Gail Griffin
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AI Summary
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Adds subsection M requiring the director to issue a "certificate of water rights" to groundwater users who register exempt wells with the department, allowing them to pump not more than 35 gallons per minute.
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Specifies that groundwater users with exempt well certificates cannot appropriate subflow or surface water out of priority.
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Clarifies that withdrawn groundwater from exempt wells is not exempt from general stream adjudication proceedings.
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Maintains that the certificate does not preempt or affect decreed or appropriative rights, surface water rights, water subject to appropriation, or general adjudications of water rights.
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Makes technical corrections to existing exempt well provisions by replacing outdated language ("which") with current grammar ("that").
Legislative Description
Exempt wells; certificate; groundwater use
Exempt Wells
Last Action
Governor Vetoed
4/30/2024