HB 2103 — water improvements program; water hauling

ARIZONAHouse HOUSEEngrossed OFwater REPRESENTATIVESimprovements FLOORprogram; AMENDMENT EXPLANATION 57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session Majority Research Staff HB 2103:

water improvementshauling program;State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session HOUSE BILL 2103 AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 11-254.09 AND 45-556, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES;

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Adds(TEXT anOF exceptionBILL thatBEGINS theON countyNEXT BOSPAGE) may- usei general- countyH.B. monies for grants for certain water improvements programs.

2.2103 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Stipulates that monies collected through groundwater transportation fee are to be deposited in the county General Fund.

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Authorizes a county that establishes a water improvements program to designate a portion of the total groundwater transportation fees received to be used under the water improvements program for qualified owners of residential property who reside within the related groundwater basin or subbasin.

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States that the county must separately account for monies received from the groundwater transportation fees and any excess monies must be deposited in the county General Fund.

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Makes technical and conforming changes.

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2/25/2026 (602) 926-3848 Fifty-seventh Legislature Griffin Second Regular Session H.B.

2103 ADDITIONAL COW GRIFFIN FLOOR AMENDMENT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.

2103 (Reference to House engrossed bill) Amendment instruction key:

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[Green underlining in brackets] indicates text added to new session law or text restoring existing law.

[GREEN STRIKEOUT IN BRACKETS] indicates new text removed from statute or previously enacted session law.

[Green strikeout in brackets] indicates text removed from existing statute, previously enacted session law or new session law.

<<Green carets>> indicate a section added to the bill.

<<Green strikeout in carets>> indicates a section removed from the bill.

The bill as proposed to be amended is reprinted as follows:

[EXCEPTEXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 45-556, SUBSECTION G,]G, Thethe board of supervisors may not use general county monies for grants under the program.

HouseE. Amendments to H.B.

2103 E.

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Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person who directly or indirectly transports groundwater, withdrawn in a groundwater basin or [sub-basin]sub-basin [SUBBASIN]SUBBASIN as provided by this article or in the Pinal active management area, away from the county in which it was withdrawn to an initial active management area shall pay annually to the county a groundwater transportation fee determined by the director for each acre-foot- of1 groundwater- transportedH.B. directly or indirectly away from the county, less any amount of central Arizona project water actually used on the property from which the groundwater is transported.

[THE2103 FEESacre-foot COLLECTEDof PURSUANTgroundwater TOtransported THISdirectly SUBSECTIONor AREindirectly CONSIDEREDaway GENERALfrom COUNTYthe MONIEScounty, ANDless SHALLany BEamount DEPOSITEDof INcentral THEArizona COUNTYproject GENERALwater FUND.]actually B.used on the property from which the groundwater is transported.

THE FEES COLLECTED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION ARE CONSIDERED GENERAL COUNTY MONIES AND SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN THE COUNTY GENERAL FUND.

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-2-1. House Amendments to H.B.

2103 1.

The amount of the credit for any year is the sum of the amounts computed under subdivisions (a) and (b) [OFOF THIS PARAGRAPH]PARAGRAPH as follows:

(a) Delete from consideration under this subdivision any property with respect to which an amount is computed under subdivision (b) [OFOF THIS PARAGRAPH].PARAGRAPH.

Subtract the amount of property tax or in lieu revenues that would- have2 been- derivedH.B. from the remaining property during the immediately preceding tax year if the use of and improvements to the property had remained unchanged since the date the city or town acquired the property from the amount of property tax or in lieu revenues actually derived from that property during the immediately preceding tax year.

2103 would have been derived from the remaining property during the immediately preceding tax year if the use of and improvements to the property had remained unchanged since the date the city or town acquired the property from the amount of property tax or in lieu revenues actually derived from that property during the immediately preceding tax year.

-3-3. House Amendments to H.B.

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