Bill Text: AZ SB1438 | 2023 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Active management; non-expansion area; fees

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-09 - Senate read second time [SB1438 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2023-SB1438-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: active management; non-expansion area; fees

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

 

 

 

SB 1438

 

Introduced by

Senators Sundareshan: Borrelli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

providing for a rulemaking exemption for the department of water resources.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1. Department of water resources; fees; active management area; irrigation non-expansion area; exemption; delayed repeal

A. Notwithstanding any other law, the department of water resources is exempt from the rulemaking requirements prescribed in title 41, chapter 6, Arizona Revised Statutes, for one year after the effective date of this act for the purpose of reducing fees for the following:

1. An application for a certificate of grandfathered right in an active management area that is established after January 1, 2022.

2. An application for a notice of authority to irrigate land in an irrigation non-expansion area that is established after January 1, 2022.

B. This section is repealed from and after December 31, 2024.

Sec. 2. Emergency

This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.