House Engrossed

 

commercial; industrial; conservation requirements; rules

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2008

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-571.03; relating to groundwater.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-571.03, to read:

START_STATUTE45-571.03. Industrial water use; conservation; efficiency

A. for each initial and SUBSEQUENT active management area, the director, not later than January 1, 2025, shall Modify the fourth and fifth management plans adopted PURSUANT to sections 45-567 and 45-568 to include conservation REQUIREMENTS for INDUSTRIAL uses that are within and outside the service area of a DESIGNATED service provider and that Meet all of the following criteria:

1. are located outside the service area of a MUNICIPAL provider.

2. Beginning on the EFFECTIVE date of this section, are not subject to any conservation requirements for industrial uses PURSUANT to an active management area management plan.

3. Use greater than TWO HUNDRED fifty acre-feet of water per year.

b. NOTWITHSTANDING any other law, the fourth and fifth management plans, the department, any other POLITICAL SUBDIVISION of this state or any modifications to the fourth and fifth management plans may not require a person who uses water for an industrial use to obtain a certificate of assured water supply, enroll as member land in a multi-county water conservation district or otherwise meet a REPLENISHMENT obligation pursuant to title 48, chapter 22, article 4.

C. CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS adopted PURSUANT to this section shall include on-site water reuse, RECYCLING and efficiency REQUIREMENTS. END_STATUTE