HB 2022
Initials EM/BSR Page 1 Transmitted
ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-sixth Legislature
First Regular Session
House: NREW DP 10-0-0-0 | 3
rd
Read 58-2-0-0
Senate: NREW DP 7-0-0-0 | 3
rd
Read 28-0-2-0
Final Pass: 60-0-0-0
HB 2022: water resources; annual report
NOW: water; report; fees; levee
Sponsor: Representative Dunn, LD 25
Transmitted to the Governor
Overview
Extends the deadline for the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) Director to submit
an annual report of the department's operations and suggestions for legislative changes from July
1 to August 15 each year and requires this report to be published on ADWR's website.
History
The ADWR Director is required to submit an annual report of the department operations to the
Legislature and Governor by July 1. This report must include suggestions on changing current
law or enacting new legislation and other information, suggestions and recommendations that
provide value to the public. This report must be available to the public (A.R.S. § 45-111). It is
currently available on ADWR's website and can be accessed here.
Provisions
1. Extends the deadline for the ADWR Director to submit an annual report of the department's
operations from July 1 to August 15 each year. (Sec. 1)
2. Requires the annual report to include operations relating to dam safety, levee repairs and
other flood control activities. (Sec. 1)
3. Requires ADWR to publish this annual report on its website. (Sec. 1)
4. Amends the FY 2024 General Appropriations Act by directing the Water Infrastructure Finance
Authority to distribute the $20,000,000 in the Little Colorado River levee line item to Navajo
County, rather than to the City of Winslow. (Sec. 2)
5. Directs ADWR to reduce, to not more than $100 per application, fees for an application for:
a) a certificate of grandfathered right in an active management area established after
January 1, 2022; and
b) a notice of authority to irrigate land in an irrigation non-expansion area established after
January 1, 2022.
6. Exempts ADWR from rulemaking requirements for one year after this act's effective date to
establish the reduced application fees.
7. Adds an emergency clause.
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☒ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note