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AZ HB2753
Bill
Status
5/23/2025
Primary Sponsor
Teresa Martinez
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AI Summary
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Amends Arizona Revised Statutes section 48-3771 to extend groundwater replenishment requirements to the Pinal active management area in addition to the Phoenix AMA.
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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.
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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.
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Establishes a phase-in schedule where municipal providers assume groundwater replenishment obligations incrementally (minimum 10% annually) until all obligations transfer within ten years.
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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