PREFILED    DEC 06 2023

REFERENCE TITLE: groundwater model; unpledged effluent

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

HB 2029

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.

(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 45-581, to read:

START_STATUTE45-581. Groundwater model; unpledged effluent

The director shall ensure that any hydraulic modeling the department uses to determine projected groundwater levels for the purposes of evaluating an application for a certificate or designation of assured water supply assumes any effluent created within the active management area and not pledged to a specific user will be used to replace the groundwater demand in the basin. END_STATUTE