ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

House: NREW DP 10-0-0-0 | APPROP DP 14-0-0-4

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2103: appropriation; Colorado River Compact; defense

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19

Caucus & COW

Overview

Appropriates monies from the state General Fund (GF) to the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR).

History

ADWR is tasked with the management, conservation and regulation of Arizona's water resources. ADWR's Director is authorized to act on behalf of state on issues associated with the Colorado River (A.R.S. §§ 45-103 and 45-107).

The Colorado River Compact of 1922 allocated 7.5 million acre feet (MAF) per year to the Upper Basin and Lower Basin respectively, with the Lower Basin given the right to increase its use by one MAF per year.  The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 divided the Lower Basin waters with an allocation of 2.8 MAF per year to Arizona.

Provisions

1.   Appropriates $1,000,000 from the GF in fiscal year 2026 to the ADWR for the purposes of defending and enforcing the state's allocation of Colorado River water under the Colorado River Compact of 1922. (Sec. 1)

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