Arizona 55th Legislature - 1st Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 2336 — assured water supply; subdivisions

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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This bill died with 55th Legislature - 1st Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Plain-language change summary

The latest version of HB 2336 has clarified the criteria for assessing "assured water supply" in the Pinal active management area by changing some language regarding groundwater and stored water. Specifically, it streamlined the requirements for evaluating objections related to water availability. This change matters because it simplifies the process for housing subdivisions to demonstrate they have a reliable water supply, which could lead to easier approvals for new development projects in the area.

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HOUSE FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION Bill Number:
HB2336 - 551R - H Ver       House Engrossed   assured water supply;
HB 2336 Griffin Floor Amendment Clarifies that Section 1 only applies to an application to modify a designation of assured water supply in the Pinal Active Management Area (AMA).
subdivisions         State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session       HOUSE BILL 2336       AN ACT   AMENDING Title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 45-576.08 and 45-576.09;
Clarifies that, when modifying a designation of assured water supply in the Pinal AMA, the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director should compare the following to determine if the bill's provisions related to the physical availability of groundwater and stored water apply:
amending section 45-579, Arizona Revised Statutes;
• the total volume of groundwater and stored water recovered outside the area of impact of storage and the total volume from those sources in the previous designation and • the sum of groundwater actually withdrawn (instead of net groundwater actually withdrawn) and the volume of stored water recovered outside the area of impact of storage since the previous designation was issued.
amending Title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-579.01;
Makes a conforming change.
relating to the groundwater code.
Prohibits the ADWR Director from considering any change in the number of housing units or lots when determining if there are material changes to a plat with a certificate of assured water supply in any AMA (instead of just the Pinal AMA).
    (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)   Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Deletes the legislative intent clause.
Section 1.
Amendment explanation prepared by Paul Bergelin Phone Number 6029263458 ls 2/1/2021 Fifty-fifth Legislature Griffin First Regular Session H.B.
Title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 45-576.08 and 45-576.09, to read:
2336 GRIFFIN FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.
START_STATUTE45-576.08.
2336 (Reference to printed bill) Page 1, line 7, after "SUPPLY" insert a colon strike remainder of line Strike lines 8 and 9 Line 13, strike "NET" Page 2, line 12, strike "TO SECTIONS" insert "SECTION" Line 13, strike "AND 45-579.01" Page 4, line 18, strike "THE PINAL" insert "AN" Strike lines 22 through 27 Amend title to conform GAIL GRIFFIN 2336FloorGRIFFIN2 02/01/2021 09:55 AM H:
Pinal active management area;
PAB/ra
assured water supply;
physical availability;
definitions A.
All of tHE FOLLOWING APPLY IN THE PINAL ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA FOR AN APPLICATION TO MODIFY A DESIGNATION OF ASSURED WATER SUPPLY:
1.
IF THE TOTAL VOLUME OF GROUNDWATER AND STORED WATER TO BE RECOVERED OUTSIDE THE AREA OF IMPACT of storage SOUGHT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGNATION DOES NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL VOLUME OF THOSE SOURCES OF WATER INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS DESIGNATION MINUS THE SUM OF THE VOLUME OF GROUNDWATER ACTUALLY WITHDRAWN AND THE VOLUME OF STORED WATER RECOVERED OUTSIDE THE AREA OF IMPACT OF STORAGE BY THE APPLICANT SINCE ISSUANCE OF THE PREVIOUS DESIGNATION ORDER:
(a) THE DIRECTOR SHALL NOT REVIEW THE PHYSICAL AVAILABILITY OF THE GROUNDWATER AND STORED WATER TO BE RECOVERED OUTSIDE OF THE AREA OF IMPACT OF STORAGE SOUGHT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGNATION.
(b) THE PHYSICAL AVAILABILITY OF THE GROUNDWATER AND STORED WATER TO BE RECOVERED OUTSIDE THE AREA OF IMPACT OF STORAGE SOUGHT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGNATION SHALL NOT BE GROUNDS FOR AN OBJECTION.
2.
PARAGRAPH 1 OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE DIRECTOR'S REVIEW OF ASSURED WATER SUPPLY CRITERIA OTHER THAN THE PHYSICAL AVAILABILITY OF GROUNDWATER AND STORED WATER TO BE RECOVERED OUTSIDE THE AREA OF IMPACT OF STORAGE.
3.
Both of tHE FOLLOWING ARE DEEMED PHYSICALLY AVAILABLE FOR PURPOSES OF AN ASSURED WATER SUPPLY DESIGNATION:
(a) STORED WATER THAT IS TO BE RECOVERED BY THE APPLICANT WITHIN THE AREA OF IMPACT OF STORAGE PURSUANT TO EXISTING LONG-TERM STORAGE CREDITS PLEDGED TO THE DESIGNATION OF ASSURED WATER SUPPLY.
(b) STORED WATER THAT IS TO BE RECOVERED BY THE APPLICANT WITHIN THE AREA OF IMPACT OF STORAGE EITHER ON AN ANNUAL BASIS PURSUANT TO SECTION 45-851.01 OR AS LONG-TERM STORAGE CREDITS TO BE EARNED IN THE FUTURE IF THE WATER TO BE STORED MEETS THE PHYSICAL AVAILABILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE WATER SUPPLY UNDER RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 45-576, SUBSECTION H.
B.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
1.
"AREA OF IMPACT OF STORAGE" MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(a) WITHIN ONE MILE OF AN EXISTING OR PROPOSED UNDERGROUND STORAGE FACILITY WHERE THE WATER TO BE RECOVERED IS OR WILL BE STORED.
(b) WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF AN IRRIGATION DISTRICT THAT HAS A PERMIT FOR A GROUNDWATER SAVINGS FACILITY AND WHERE THE WATER TO BE RECOVERED IS OR WILL BE STORED.
(c) AN AREA NOT DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION (a) OR (b) OF THIS PARAGRAPH THAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY THE STORAGE OF THE WATER TO BE RECOVERED AS DEMONSTRATED BY A HYDROLOGIC MODEL APPROVED BY THE DIRECTOR.
2.
"Long-term storage credit" has the same meaning prescribed in section 45-802.01.
3.
"Stored water" has the same meaning prescribed in section 45-802.01.
END_STATUTE START_STATUTE45-576.09.
Active management areas;
director's authority to change assured water supply rules NOTWITHSTANDING any other law, the director may revise the rules adopted pursuant to section 45-576, subsection H to apply section 45-576.08 to other active management areas.
END_STATUTE Sec. 2.
Section 45-579, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
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START_STATUTE45-579.
Assignment of certificate of assured water supply;
definition A.
A holder of a certificate of assured water supply issued pursuant to section 45-576 may assign the certificate, in whole or in part, to another person if the holder applies to the director for approval within ten years after the original certificate was issued and the director approves the application.
An application may be filed under this section more than ten years after the original certificate was issued if a minimum of five hundred lots within the subdivision covered by the certificate have been sold to individual home buyers by the holder of the certificate and any previous holders of the certificate.
An application filed under this section shall be on a form prescribed by the director.  The director shall approve a timely application for assignment of a certificate of assured water supply if the director determines that all of the following apply:
1.
The proposed assignee owns or is acquiring the subdivision to which the current certificate applies, or if the application is for a partial assignment, the portion of the subdivision to which the current certificate applies that is the subject of the proposed assignment.
2.
There has not been any material change in the subdivision plat, plan or map since the certificate was originally issued, including an increase in the total number of housing units or an increase in the total water demand for the subdivision, including all assignments.
For the purpose of this paragraph, a change in the total number of housing units or lots does not constitute a material change in a subdivision plat, plan or map if there is a reduction in the total water demand for the subdivision.
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Either there is water delivery infrastructure in place that is capable of delivering water to each lot within the subdivision or the proposed assignee has demonstrated financial capability to complete the infrastructure.
In determining whether the proposed assignee has demonstrated financial capability to complete the infrastructure, the director shall apply the same standards that are used in evaluating financial capability for a new certificate application.
4.
The water provider serving the subdivision and the source of supply have not changed since the current certificate was issued and the water provider has agreed to serve the subdivision after the assignment.
5.
Water rights, permits, licenses, contracts and easements other than the municipal provider’s service area rights at the time the current certificate was issued have been assigned and may be used to support water service to the portion of the subdivision that is the subject of the assignment and to any remaining portions of the subdivision that are retained by the subdivider.
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There has not been any change in the manner in which the consistency with management goal requirements were satisfied at the time the original certificate was issued.
B.
After a change of ownership has occurred and on approval of an assignment, the director shall issue a certificate of assured water supply in the name of the assignee, retaining the date of the original certificate as the date of issuance.
C.
In the case of a partial assignment, the director shall issue a certificate in the name of the assignee for the portion of the subdivision that is the subject of the proposed assignment, and shall issue a certificate in the name of the assignor for the portion of the subdivision retained, each with the date of the original certificate as the date of issuance.
The new certificates shall include all water demand for the subdivision represented by the current certificate.
The allocation of demand between the certificates shall be based on a reasonable plan for allocation of the total subdivision demand as approved by the director.
D.
Section 45-578 does not apply to an application filed under this section.
Section 45-114, subsections A and B govern administrative proceedings, rehearing and review and judicial review of final decisions of the director under this section.  If an administrative hearing is held, it shall be conducted in the active management area in which the use is located.
E.
Within two business days after receiving an application under subsection A of this section, the director shall post notice of the application on the department's web site website until the director issues a decision on the application.
The notice shall include notice of the right to submit comments on the application as provided in this subsection, including a toll free number where comments may be submitted by telephone and the addresses where comments may be submitted by United States mail, electronic mail and hand delivery.
Any person may submit comments on the application within fourteen calendar days after the first day that notice of the application is posted on the department's web site website.
The director shall consider all timely comments submitted on the application before issuing a decision on the application.
Within two business days after issuing a decision on the application, the director shall post notice of the decision on the department's web site website for a minimum of fourteen days.
Notwithstanding title 41, chapter 6, article 10 and section 45-114, a person who submits comments on an application pursuant to this subsection is not a party for purposes of title 41, chapter 6, article 10, is not entitled to an administrative hearing before or after the director's decision on the application and is not entitled to judicial review of the director's decision.
F.
For the purposes of this section, "original certificate" means the initial certificate of assured water supply that is issued by the director for a subdivision.
END_STATUTE Sec. 3.
Title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-579.01, to read:
START_STATUTE45-579.01.
Certificate of assured water supply;
material change;
plat FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER CHANGES TO A PLAT FOR WHICH A CERTIFICATE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN an ACTIVE MANAGEMENT AREA ARE MATERIAL UNDER RULES ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 45-576, SUBSECTION H, THE DIRECTOR SHALL NOT CONSIDER ANY CHANGE IN THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS OR LOTS if there is a reduction in the total water demand for the subdivision.
END_STATUTE
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HB 2336 is sponsored by Frank Pratt.
What is the current status of HB 2336?
This bill died with 55th Legislature - 1st Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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