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AZ HB2399
Bill
Status
1/17/2024
Primary Sponsor
Quanta Crews
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AI Summary
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Expands groundwater reporting requirements to include persons withdrawing groundwater from nonexempt wells outside active management areas and irrigation non-expansion areas, with exemptions for irrigation uses on ten or fewer contiguous acres not part of integrated farming operations.
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Applies water measuring device requirements to persons withdrawing groundwater from nonexempt wells outside active management areas and irrigation non-expansion areas, with exemptions for small non-irrigation uses (ten or fewer acre-feet per year) and small irrigation uses under the same conditions as specified.
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Requires annual reporting from groundwater withdrawers outside active management areas and irrigation non-expansion areas, including well location, quantity withdrawn, fuel or electricity consumed, and uses of the groundwater.
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Amends definitions in Arizona Revised Statutes Section 45-402 to change references from "such" to "those" and "non-exempt" to "nonexempt" for consistency and clarity.
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Adjusts section numbering in reporting requirements sections to accommodate new subsections addressing groundwater management outside traditional active management area designations.
Legislative Description
Reporting; groundwater pumping; measuring
Reporting
Last Action
House read second time
1/22/2024