Bill Text: AZ HB2552 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Desalination action study committee

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-03 - Assigned to House RULES Committee [HB2552 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2018-HB2552-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: desalination action study committee

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-third Legislature

Second Regular Session

2018

 

 

HB 2552

 

Introduced by

Representative Bowers

 

 

AN ACT

 

ESTABLISHING the DESALINATION action study committee.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1.  Desalination action study committee; membership; duties; report; delayed repeal

A.  The desalination action study committee is established consisting of the following members:

1.  Three members of the house of representatives, not more than two of whom are members of the same political party.  The speaker of the house of representatives shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee.

2.  Three members of the senate, not more than two of whom are members of the same political party.  The president of the senate shall designate one of these members to serve as cochairperson of the committee.

3.  One person who represents an electrical power provider that is regulated by the corporation commission and who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

4.  One person who represents a multi-county water conservation district and who is appointed by the president of the senate.

5.  One person who represents an agricultural improvement district and who is appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

6.  One person who represents a city with a population of more than four hundred thousand persons and who is appointed by the president of the senate.

7.  The director of the University of Arizona water resources research center.

8.  The director of environmental quality or the director's designee.

9.  The director of water resources or the director's designee.

B.  Committee members are not eligible for compensation.

C.  The committee shall:

1.  Take testimony regarding state statutory or regulatory impediments to the use and reuse of high salinity water in this state.

2.  Review studies or receive reports and recommendations regarding the economic impact on this state resulting from the amount and effects of high salinity water.

3.  Submit a report regarding the committee's activities, findings and recommendations, including recommendations for statutory and regulatory changes, on or before December 31, 2018 to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

D.  This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2019.