ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

 

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

HCR2017: for-sale housing; development; groundwater replenishment

Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19

Committee on Natural Resources, Energy & Water

Overview

The Legislature urges for homes to be built to meet the housing shortage as long as the groundwater that is used to serve the homes is replenished.

History

 The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) in 2022 reported that Arizona has a housing shortage of nearly 270,000 units. (ADOH) The Central Arizona Groundwater Replenishment District (CAGRD) creates a groundwater replenishment authority. CAGRD utilizes renewable water supplies to replenish the aquifer for excess groundwater to be used by the members of the area.

Provisions

1.   States the Legislatures support of building houses if the new developments are enrolled in CAGRD and the groundwater is used to serve the new homes. (Sec. 1)

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