PROPOSED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2592
(Reference to printed bill)
Page 1, after line 36, insert:
"Sec. 2. Laws 2016, chapter 164, section 1 is amended to read:
Section 1. Water infrastructure; state land department; department of
water resources; duties; report; delayed repeal
A. The state land commissioner and the director of the department of water resources shall consult, use the resources of their respective departments and cooperate to do all of the following:
1. Develop a plan to create additional water storage in this state that includes a preliminary investigation of acceptable sites to construct new water storage facilities on state trust land and the identification of at least the six most potentially acceptable sites. The new water storage facilities may be water storage facilities on the earth's surface or underground storage facilities as defined in section 45-802.01, Arizona Revised Statutes.
2. Submit a report regarding the departments' activities, findings and recommendations on or before December 31, 2017 to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the members of the senate water and energy committee and the members of the house of representatives agriculture, water and lands committee and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.
B. This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2018 december 31, 2021."
Amend title to conform