AZ SB1108

Changes the Director of Water Resources authority from discretionary ("may") to mandatory ("shall") when designating subsequent active management areas.

Director must designate areas outside initial active management areas as subsequent active management areas if groundwater preservation is necessary, land subsidence or fissuring endangers property, or groundwater quality degradation is occurring or threatened.

Subsequent active management areas may include multiple groundwater basins but must encompass complete basins or larger, except for northern Arizona regional aquifer systems.

Director required to periodically review all areas outside active management areas to determine if they meet criteria for designation as active management areas.