House Engrossed

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fiftieth Legislature Second Regular Session 2012

HOUSE BILL 2492

 

AN ACT

 

making an appropriation to the department of administration for the White Mountain Apache Tribe water settlement; providing for conditional enactment.

 

 

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

Section 1.  Appropriation; purpose; exemption

A.  The sum of $2,000,000 is appropriated from the state general fund in fiscal year 2012-2013 to the department of administration to comply with this state's obligation relating to the settlement of the White Mountain Apache Tribe's water rights claims pursuant to the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-291; 124 Stat. 3064).

B.  The appropriation made in subsection A of this section is exempt from the provisions of section 35-190, Arizona Revised Statutes, relating to lapsing of appropriations.

Sec. 2.  Conditional enactment; secretary of interior; notice

Section 1 of this act is effective on receipt of notice by the executive director of the Arizona legislative council from the United States department of interior that the secretary of interior has issued a record of decision approving the construction of the White Mountain Apache Tribe rural water system as provided in section 309(d)(1)(E) of the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-291, title III; 124 Stat. 3064, 3073).