Bill Text: AZ HB2031 | 2013 | Fifty-first Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Federal patent easements; counties; abandonment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-04-05 - Governor Signed [HB2031 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2013-HB2031-Introduced.html

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PREFILED    JAN 08 2013

REFERENCE TITLE: federal patent easements; counties; abandonment

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature

First Regular Session

2013

 

 

HB 2031

 

Introduced by

Representative Dial

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 11‑251.16; relating to county powers and duties.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Title 11, chapter 2, article 4, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 11-251.16, to read:

START_STATUTE11-251.16.  Federal patent easements; county abandonment

A county, at the request of a property owner, may abandon a federal patent easement established by the small tract act of 1938 that the county determines, after notifying and obtaining the consent of all affected utilities, is not being used by the public or is no longer necessary in the same manner as other easements are abandoned.END_STATUTE