ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

House: NREW DPA/SE 11-0-1-0 |3rd Read: 59-0-1-0

Senate: NREW DPA 8-0-1-0 | 3rd Read: 26-0-4-0

Final Pass: 58-0-2-0  

HB 2037: expenditures; authority; water; wastewater

NOW: counties; powers; water supply projects

Sponsor: Representative Cook, LD 8

Transmitted to the Governor

Overview

Authorizes a county board of supervisors to enter agreements with federal, state and local governments to enable federal funding for specified projects that increase water supply and availability.

History

Powers of County Boards of Supervisors

Counties have various delegated powers, such as levying and collecting taxes for purposes under its jurisdiction and making contracts to exercise its powers. A county exercises its powers through its boards of supervisors, which is authorized to enter into intergovernmental agreements with cities and towns in certain circumstances, such as to provide emergency fire and medical services (A.R.S. §§ 11-201, 11-251). However, a county board of supervisors is limited in its ability to enter into intergovernmental agreements with the federal government. For example, a county board of supervisors is unable to accept and manage certain federal grant programs, such as the National Resources Conservation Service's Regional Conservation Partnership Program (16 U.S.C. § 58).

Entity Definitions

A municipal water provider is a city, town, special taxing district or private water company that supplies water for non-irrigation use (A.R.S. § 48-5901). An irrigation district is a political subdivision organized for irrigation and water conservation or agricultural improvement that provides water, electricity and other services to its members (A.R.S. § 48-2901 et seq.). A flood control district is a political subdivision organized for floodplain management within an established zone that is governed by a county board of supervisors (A.R.S. §§ 48-3602, 48-3603).

Provisions

1.   Authorizes a county board of supervisors to enter into agreements with federal, state and local governments to enable federal funding of projects to increase water supply and availability for municipal water providers, irrigation districts for agricultural use within the county and county flood control districts for aquifer recharge within the county. (Sec. 1)

 

 

 

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