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AZ HB2399

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2024

Primary Sponsor

Quanta Crews

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2024)

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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withdrawers outside active management areas and irrigation non-expansion areas, including well location, quantity withdrawn, fuel or electricity consumed, and uses of the groundwater.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Rules1/17/2024
Natural Resources, Energy & Water1/17/2024

Full Bill Text

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