HB 2274 — technical correction; assured water supply

Senate Engrossed House BillEngrossed technical correction;

OnWithin orninety beforedays Julyafter 2,the 2026,effective date of this section, the Cochise county board of supervisors may votecall to place a questionspecial on the 2026 general election ballot for the residents of Cochise county that reside within the Willcox groundwater basin to voteplace on the ballot the question of whether to establish a domestic water improvement district that would operate under title 48, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes.

The Cochise county board of supervisors shall establish the proposed boundaries of the domestic water improvement district if the board of supervisors votescalls a special election to place the question on the ballot as prescribed by subsection A of this section and shall make the boundaries of the proposed domestic water improvement district publicly available before the election.

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Notwithstanding any other statute, the formation election prescribed by this section is sufficient to establish the domestic water improvement district and a petition and related procedures to establish the domestic water improvement district are not required.

2274 Sec.E.

Notwithstanding any other statute, the formation election prescribed by this section is sufficient to establish the domestic water improvement district and a petition and related procedures to establish the domestic water improvement district are not required.

(ENACTED WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY) Sec.

Cochise county;

water improvements program;

vote On or before July 2, 2026, the Cochise county board of supervisors shall place on an open meeting agenda and may vote on the issue of whether to establish a water improvements program as provided in section 11-254.09, Arizona Revised Statutes, and, if established, what the program parameters should be.

(EMERGENCY NOT ENACTED) Sec.

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