Bill Text: AZ SB1447 | 2023 | Fifty-sixth Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Well drilling; groundwater basins

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-09 - Senate read second time [SB1447 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2023-SB1447-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: well drilling; groundwater basins

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

 

 

 

SB 1447

 

Introduced by

Senators Sundareshan: Epstein, Fernandez, Gonzales, Mendez, Miranda, Terán; Representative Travers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 45, chapter 2, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-596.02; relating to wells.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1. Title 45, chapter 2, article 10, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-596.02, to read:

START_STATUTE45-596.02. Well drilling moratorium; upper San Pedro and Verde Valley groundwater basins; exemptions

Beginning on the effective date of this section, a person may not construct and the department may not issue a permit or drilling card for a new well in the upper San Pedro groundwater basin or the Verde Valley groundwater subbasin except for:

1. A replacement well as prescribed in rules adopted by the director.

2. A well that the director determines will not pump the subflow of a river system or source.

3. A well that is constructed after the conclusion of the general adjudication of water rights in the Gila River. END_STATUTE