HB 4100 — municipal water providers; notice; rates

REFERENCEFifty-seventh TITLE:Legislature Natural Resources, Energy & Water Second Regular Session H.B.

municipal4100 waterPROPOSED providers;HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B.

notice;4100 (Reference to printed bill) Amendment instruction key:

rates[GREEN StateUNDERLINING ofIN ArizonaBRACKETS] Houseindicates oftext Representativesadded Fifty-seventhto Legislaturestatute Secondor Regularpreviously Sessionenacted HBsession 4100law. Introduced by Representative Kolodin AN ACT PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF A POTENTIAL WATER RATE INCREASE.

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

MunicipalCity, town or private water providers;

delayed repeal;repeal A.

definitionsOn A.or before April 15, 2026, each [municipal provider] [city, town or private water provider that provides potable water to customers in the Phoenix, Tucson or Pinal active management areas and] that receives or has an allocation of water from the central Arizona project pursuant to a subcontract with the central Arizona water conservation district organized under title 48, chapter 22, Arizona Revised Statutes, or that receives or has an allocation of water from the central Arizona project pursuant to a lease with another person or subcontract with the central Arizona water conservation district shall do both of the following:

On or before April 15, 2026, each municipal provider that receives or has an allocation of water from the central Arizona project pursuant to a subcontract with the central Arizona water conservation district organized under title 48, chapter 22, Arizona Revised Statutes, or that receives or has an allocation of water from the central Arizona project pursuant to a lease with another person or subcontract with the central Arizona water conservation district shall do both of the following:

Estimate the total cost per acre-foot of securing, treating and delivering an alternative water supply if one hundred percent of the water that is[is acquired or leasedleased] [the city, town or private water provider receives] directly or indirectly from the central Arizona project is no longer available.

Provide [written] public notice to each customer of the potential increase in rates resulting from losing one hundred percent of the water that is[is acquired or leasedleased] [the city, town or private water provider receives] directly or indirectly from the central Arizona project.

(b)House TheAmendments potentialto monthlyH.B. bill increase for a typical residential water customer that are served by a five-eighths inch meter with an average monthly usage.

4100 (b) The potential monthly bill increase for a typical residential water customer that are served by a five-eighths inch meter with an average monthly usage.

On or before April 15, 2026, a municipal[municipal providerprovider] [city, town or private water provider] that is subject to this section shall do all of the following:

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For the purposes of this section, "municipal provider" has the same meaning prescribed in section 45-561, Arizona Revised Statutes.Statutes.] Sec.

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