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insert:
"Section 1. Section
45-2103, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE45-2103. Arizona water protection fund commission
A. The Arizona water
protection fund commission is established and consists of two ex officio
members, two advisory members
and fifteen nine appointed members who are residents of
this state, who have demonstrated an interest in natural resources and who are
appointed as follows:
1. One person representing who represents a multi-county water
conservation district established pursuant to title 48, chapter 22 and named by
that district's governing board.
2. Three persons representing municipalities that have entered
into subcontracts for central Arizona project water. One person
shall be from a county with a population of less than five hundred thousand
persons according to the most recent United States decennial census and
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one person shall be
from a county with a population of five hundred thousand or more persons but
less than one million two hundred thousand persons according to the most recent
United States decennial census and appointed by the president of the senate and
one person shall be from a county with a population of one million two hundred
thousand or more persons according to the most recent United States decennial
census one person who
represents a state association of natural resource conservation districts
and who is appointed by
the governor.
3. One person representing agriculture and
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
4. 3. One person representing fOUR PERSONS who represent natural resource
conservation districts established pursuant to title 37, chapter 6, and appointed by the governor and who represent geographically diverse areas of this
state, two of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate and two of
whom are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
5. 4. Four members One member of the public with who
has at least a bachelor's degree in biology, botany, ecology, geology, geography,
hydrology, resource economics or zoology
and who have significant work related experience in the area of water resources
management and conservation or natural resources management and
conservation. One person shall be appointed by the speaker of the
house of representatives, two persons shall be appointed by the president of
the senate who represents
a city that is served by the central Arizona project and one person shall be who is appointed by the
governor. At least one of the
members shall be from a county with a population of less than five hundred
thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census.
6. 5. Two persons One person who are is knowledgeable
in natural resource conservation issues
or in water resource issues related to riparian ecosystems, who have been recommended by at least one
environmental organization that is incorporated under the laws of this state or
that for federal tax purposes files under section 501(c)(3) of the internal
revenue code and whose purpose includes the protection, conservation or
restoration of this state's rivers and streams and associated riparian
habitats, including fish and wildlife resources that are dependent on these
habitats, represents an
agricultural improvement district established pursuant to title 48, chapter 17 and
who are is appointed by the governor.
7. One person representing an agricultural
improvement district established pursuant to title 48, chapter 17, who has at
least a bachelor's degree in biology, botany, ecology, geology, geography,
hydrology, resource economics or zoology, who has significant work related
experience in the area of natural resources conservation and who is appointed
by the governor.
8. 6. One person representing who represents an Indian tribe and who is appointed by the chairman of the
intertribal council of Arizona.
9. One person representing an industrial water
user who has entered into a subcontract for central Arizona project water
appointed by the governor.
10. 7. As nonvoting ex officio members,
the director of the department of water resources and the state land
commissioner.
8. As nonvoting advisory members, one member of
the house of representatives who is appointed by the speaker of the house of
representatives and one member of the senate who is appointed by the president
of the senate. Advisory members may not be considered for purposes of
establishing a quorum.
B. Members of the
commission appointed pursuant to subsection A, paragraphs 1 through 9 6 of this section shall be appointed for
staggered terms of three years. A member may serve more than one
term and may continue to serve beyond the expiration of the term until a
successor is appointed and assumes office.
C. On request, members
who are not ex officio members of the commission are eligible to receive
compensation pursuant to section 38-611, not to exceed three thousand dollars
in any calendar year, and are eligible for reimbursement for expenses pursuant
to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.
D. Members of the
commission are immune from liability for any action necessary to carry out the
purposes of this chapter."END_STATUTE
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"Sec. 3. Commission membership; concurrent
terms
A. Notwithstanding
section 45‑2103, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, the
appointed members of the Arizona water protection fund commission who are
currently serving shall continue to serve until their terms expire.
B. The members of the
Arizona water protection fund commission who are appointed on or after the
effective date of section 45‑2103, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended
by this act, shall serve terms concurrently with existing members of the
commission until the existing members' terms are completed."
Amend title to conform
Bill
Number: S.B. 1288