HB2055

THE CONTEXT: Laws 1989, Chapter 280 established the Wastewater Management Authority of Arizona (WMA) and allowed cities, town, counties and sanitary districts to borrow money or receive financial assistance from the WMA. Laws 1998, Chapter 72 repealed the WMA and established the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA).

WHAT THE BILL DID: The final vetoed version would expand the purposes for which monies and assets in the LTWAF may be used to include developing one or more brackish groundwater recovery projects that create new sources of potable water within the boundaries of this state. Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund, establish the Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund (Fund) under WIFA, and specifies the monies that constitute the Fund.

WHY IT MATTERED: The practical reason for this bill was to put public resources toward the named state purpose through an accountable appropriation. It would expand the purposes for which monies and assets in the LTWAF may be used to include developing one or more brackish groundwater recovery projects that create new sources of potable water within the boundaries of this state. Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund, and would also establish the Brackish Groundwater Recovery Program Fund (Fund) under WIFA, rather than leave the current rule unchanged.