Fifty-fourth Legislature                        Natural Resources, Energy & Water

First Regular Session                                                 H.C.R. 2019

 

PROPOSED

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.C.R. 2019

(Reference to proposed GRIFFIN s/e dated 2/12/19; 1:47 PM)

 

 

 


Page 1, between lines 9 and 10, insert:

"1. The establishment of the Salt River Project by farmers in 1903, pledging their lands to construct the Roosevelt Dam as one of the nation's first Reclamation projects in 1911 and to provide a secure water and electricity supply in support of expanding agricultural production and a burgeoning economy."

Renumber to conform

Page 3, between lines 29 and 30, insert:

"Whereas, recognizing the value of preexisting water rights, the Arizona Constitution provides that all existing rights to the use of any of the waters in this state for all useful or beneficial purposes are hereby recognized and preserved; and

Whereas, the Arizona Territorial Legislature recognized the value and importance of protected and well-managed forests in the watershed to Arizona's ability to become a state; and"

Amend title to conform


 

GAIL GRIFFIN

 

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02/18/2019

08:16 AM

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