PREFILED    NOV 30 2023

REFERENCE TITLE: groundwater model; public inspection; challenge

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

HB 2019

Introduced by

Representative Griffin

An Act

amending title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-581; relating to groundwater management.

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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 45-581, to read:

START_STATUTE45-581. Groundwater model; public inspection; challenge

A. The department shall make available at no cost for public inspection any hydraulic modeling that the department uses to determine projected groundwater levels for the purposes of evaluating an application for a certificate or designation of assured water supply, including the hydraulic model's findings, conclusions, methods and assumptions.

B. The director shall establish a process for a party to challenge any hydraulic model that the department makes available for public inspection. END_STATUTE