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AZ SB1197
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Tim Dunn
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AI Summary
- Allows owners of irrigation grandfathered rights in subsequent active management areas (AMAs) to use, sell, transfer, or lease their irrigation rights and associated water duty
- Permits landowners to choose not to irrigate certain portions of their land and either sell/transfer/lease the associated water duty to other irrigators in the same AMA, or retain and use that water duty elsewhere on their farm unit
- Recipients of sold, leased, or transferred water duty may use it anywhere in the subsequent AMA for irrigation and may further convey the rights to others
- Requires owners proposing to use, sell, transfer, or lease irrigation rights to notify the Arizona Department of Water Resources director using a prescribed form detailing acreage, conveyance type, water volume, and intended irrigation locations
- Directs the director to adopt rules, including flexibility accounts or similar accounting methods, to implement the water duty portability provisions
Legislative Description
Subsequent AMAs; groundwater portability
Rules
Last Action
Senate minority caucus: Do pass
2/3/2026
Committee Referrals
Rules1/20/2026
Natural Resources1/20/2026
Full Bill Text
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