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AZ HB2063

Bill

Status

Vetoed

4/30/2024

Primary Sponsor

Gail Griffin

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Specifies that groundwater users with exempt well certificates cannot appropriate subflow or surface water out of priority.

  • Clarifies that withdrawn groundwater from exempt wells is not exempt from general stream adjudication proceedings.

  • 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.

  • Makes technical corrections to existing exempt well provisions by replacing outdated language ("which") with current grammar ("that").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

Committee Referrals

Rules2/28/2024
Natural Resources, Energy and Water2/28/2024
Rules1/8/2024
Natural Resources, Energy & Water1/8/2024

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