HB 2015 — subsequent water management areas; basins

The election shall be called by the board of supervisors of the county in which the petition is filed, and the board shall immediately notify the board of supervisors of any other county included in the groundwater basin of the date of the election.

The election shall be held not less than sixty days or more than ninety days from the date of the call.

The board of supervisors so notified shall then call the election in that county for the same date and follow the procedures for conducting the general elections in this state.

All election expenses incurred pursuant to this subsection are the responsibilities of the counties involved on a proportional basis considering the number of registered voters of each county that are residents of the groundwater basin AND WHO RECEIVE THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM THE GROUNDWATER BASIN.

F.

The ballot shall be worded, "should the (insert name of basin) groundwater basin be designated an active management area?" followed by the words "yes" and "no".

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3.

Section 45-433, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

45-433.

Local initiation for designation;

procedures A.

The designation of a subsequent irrigation non-expansion area may be initiated by the director or by petition to the director signed by either:

1.

Not less than twenty-five irrigation users of groundwater, or one-fourth of the irrigation users of groundwater within the boundaries of the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN specified in the petition.

2.

Ten per cent PERCENT of the registered voters residing WHO RESIDE within the boundaries of the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN AND WHO RECEIVE THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM THE GROUNDWATER BASIN OR SUBBASIN specified in the petition as of the most recent report compiled by the county recorder in compliance with section 16-168, subsection G H.

The form of the petition shall be the same as for an initiative petition, and the applicant for such THE petition shall comply with the provisions of section 19-111, BE A RESIDENT OF THE GROUNDWATER BASIN OR SUBBASIN AND RECEIVE THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM THE GROUNDWATER BASIN OR SUBBASIN.

If a groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN is located in two or more counties, the number of registered voters required to sign the petition shall be ten per cent PERCENT of the registered - 3 - H.B.

2015 voters residing WHO RESIDE within the boundaries of the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN AND WHO RECEIVE THEIR DRINKING WATER FROM THE GROUNDWATER BASIN OR SUBBASIN, as of the most recent report compiled by the county recorder in compliance with section 16-168, subsection G H, within the county in which the plurality of the registered voters in the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN resides.

B.

Upon ON receipt of a petition pursuant to subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section, the director shall transmit the petition to the county recorder of each county in which the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN is located for verification of signatures.

In addition, the director shall transmit a map of the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN to the county recorder of each such county included.

The map shall be on a scale adequate to show with substantial accuracy where the boundaries of the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN cross the boundaries of county voting precincts.

The director shall also transmit to the county recorder all other factual data concerning the boundaries of the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN that may aid the county recorder in the determination of DETERMINING which registered voters of the county are residents of the groundwater basin or sub-basin SUBBASIN AND ARE ELIGIBLE VOTERS OR PETITIONERS, INCLUDING A MAP OF THE RESIDENCES THAT RECEIVE DRINKING WATER FROM THE GROUNDWATER BASIN OR SUBBASIN.

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The director shall give reasonable notice of the hearing under the circumstances which shall include BY the publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county -2-in Housewhich Amendmentsthe toproposed H.B.irrigation non-expansion area is located.

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The hearing shall be held at a location in the county in which the major portion of the proposed irrigation non-expansion area is located no NOT less than thirty days but no NOT more than sixty days after the first- publication4 of- theH.B. notice of the hearing.

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AT ANY PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION, STAKEHOLDER PROCESS OR PUBLIC HEARING THE DEPARTMENT INITIATES OR HOSTS, THE DIRECTOR SHALL EXPLAIN TO ALL INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF THE DESIGNATION AS A SUBSEQUENT IRRIGATION NON-EXPANSION AREA."AREA. Renumber to conform Amend title to conform GAIL GRIFFIN 2015GRIFFIN.docx 01/26/2024 03:55 PM C:

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5.

Section 45-439, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

45-439.

Conversion from irrigation non-expansion area to active management area;

director;

local initiation;

procedures A.

The director may designate an irrigation non-expansion area as an active management area if the director determines that the irrigation non-expansion area meets any of the criteria for designating an active management area specified in section 45-412, subsection A.

B.

Any action taken under this section is subject to the procedures for notice and hearing prescribed by sections 45-413 and 45-414.

C.

An irrigation non-expansion area may be designated an active management area upon ON petition and election pursuant to section 45-415 by the registered voters residing WHO RESIDE in AND WHO OBTAIN DRINKING WATER FROM the groundwater basin which THAT is or THAT includes the irrigation non-expansion area.

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