HB2572

THE CONTEXT: Assured & Adequate Water Supply for Subdivided Lands The Groundwater Management Code of 1980's Assured and Adequate Water Supply Program requires a developer who plans to sell or lease subdivided lands in an AMA to obtain a certificate of assured water supply from the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) or obtain a commitment for water service from a municipality or private water company with an assured water supply designation. Without a certificate, a municipality or county cannot approve the subdivision plat and the State Real Estate Commissioner will not issue a public report authorizing the sale...

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would expand the adequate water supply program to include subsequent AMAs, modify the statement relating to water supplies made on the face of an approved subdivision plat, and provide that in areas outside of an initial AMA, developers of proposed subdivided lands are required to demonstrate adequacy of water supply.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to define the water, land, energy, or environmental rule for subsequent amas more clearly. It would expand the adequate water supply program to include subsequent AMAs, and would also modify the statement relating to water supplies made on the face of an approved subdivision plat, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.