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REFERENCE TITLE: Colorado River fourth
priority water |
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State of
Arizona House of
Representatives Fifty-fourth
Legislature Second Regular
Session 2020 |
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HB 2405 |
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Introduced by Representatives Cobb: Biasiucci |
AN ACT
amending Title
45, chapter 1, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-142;
relating to use of Colorado river water.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 45, chapter 1, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-142, to read:
45-142. Limitation on Colorado
River water transfers
A person with a claim for rights to use any
amount of the 164,652 acre feet of fourth PRIORITY COLORADO river water that is
subject to the Boulder Canyon project act (45 Stat. 1057) and that was
allocated by the United States bureau of reclamation for agricultural,
municipal and industrial uses for Colorado River communities may not transfer
or otherwise convey that claim for use of that water to any location or use
other than an agricultural, municipal or industrial use in a Colorado River community.