SB 1663 — state permitting council

SB1663 - 542R - S-AppropriationsS -Ver Strike  Everything-Proposed    Fifty-fourthSenate Legislature                                          Engrossed Appropriations        State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session                                                 Session S.B.      SENATE BILL 1663       AN ACT   amending Title 41, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding chapter 16;

 repealing PROPOSEDtitle SENATE41, AMENDMENTSchapter TO16, S.B.Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act;

1663relating (Reference to printed bill)   Strike everything after the enactingstate clausepermitting anddashboard. insert:

"Section 1.  Title  41,  Arizona(TEXT RevisedOF Statutes,BILL isBEGINS amendedON NEXT PAGE)   Be it enacted by addingthe chapterLegislature 16,of tothe read:State of Arizona:

CHAPTERSection 1.  Title STATE41, PERMITTINGArizona DASHBOARDRevised ARTICLEStatutes, 1.  GENERALis PROVISIONSamended START_STATUTE41-2101.  Definitionsby Inadding thischapter chapter,16, unlessto theread: context otherwise requires:

CHAPTER 16 STATE PERMITTING DASHBOARD ARTICLE 1.  GENERAL PROVISIONS START_STATUTE41-2101.  Definitions In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)  Means any executive department of this statestate. and the state mine inspector.

C.  This chapter does not authorize the director to require any agency action.

C.  Not later than forty‑five days after the date of the determination made in subsection B of this section, each agency identified by the project sponsor shall submit to the director all anticipated authorizations required for each participating project, includeincluding both of the following:

permitting timetable A.  The director shall establish and maintain an online database to be known as the permitting dashboard that displays the progress to completion for state authorizations for participating projects. projects.  The The permitting dashboard must include a visual interface that tracks the status of each authorization required for participating projects.

B.  The director shall coordinate with the Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Transportation, State Land Department, Department of Water Resources, Arizona Commerce Authority, Arizona Game and Fish Department,Department AND State Historic Preservation Office and State Mine Inspector and any other agency that requires authorization for a participating project.

B.  If no resolution is reached pursuant to subsection A of this section, the director shall notify the governor's regulatory review council and review the dispute with the directors of the relevant agency.  Within fifteenTHIRTY days after the director notifies the governor's regulatory review council of the dispute, the governor's regulatory review council shall recommend a course of action to the director, and the director may require agency action to resolve the dispute.

report On or before December 1, 2021, the director as defined in section 41‑2101, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, shall submit a report of findings from administering the permitting dashboard, including authorization completion times by agency, permitting completion times for participating projects and frequency of statements of cause for additional authorizations, to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairperson of the senate natural resources and energy committee, or its successor committee, and the house of representatives natural resources, energy and water committee, or its successor committee, and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state."state. Amend title to conform     DAVID GOWAN   1663GOWAN 02/21/2020 9:40 AM C:

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