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AZ HB2753

Bill

Status

Passed

5/23/2025

Primary Sponsor

Teresa Martinez

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 48-3771 to extend groundwater replenishment requirements to the Pinal active management area in addition to the Phoenix AMA.

  • Allows municipal providers applying for assured water supply designations in the Phoenix and Pinal AMAs after September 14, 2024, to elect whether member lands retain their replenishment obligations.

  • Requires member lands that retain replenishment obligations to do so for the lesser of either ten years from the designation start date or the first term of the designation.

  • Establishes a phase-in schedule where municipal providers assume groundwater replenishment obligations incrementally (minimum 10% annually) until all obligations transfer within ten years.

  • Permits municipal providers to use groundwater allowance and extinguishment credits from assumed member lands according to the terms of their member service area agreements.

Legislative Description

Groundwater replenishment; Pinal AMA

Special Taxing Districts - Title 48

Last Action

Chapter 216

5/23/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules3/10/2025
Natural Resources3/4/2025
Rules2/10/2025
Natural Resources, Energy & Water2/10/2025

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