PREFILED NOV 21 2023 REFERENCE TITLE: grandfathered right; subsequent AMA; extension State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HB 2016 Introduced by Representative Griffin An Act providing for an application extension for grandfathered water rights. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) PREFILED NOV 21 2023 REFERENCE TITLE: grandfathered right; subsequent AMA; extension State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HB 2016 Introduced by Representative Griffin REFERENCE TITLE: grandfathered right; subsequent AMA; extension State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024 HB 2016 Introduced by Representative Griffin An Act providing for an application extension for grandfathered water rights. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Douglas active management area; certificate of grandfathered right; time extension; delayed repeal Notwithstanding section 45-476, subsection A, Arizona Revised Statutes, a person claiming the right to withdraw or receive and use groundwater in the Douglas active management area pursuant to a grandfathered right shall file an application for a certificate of grandfathered right with the department of water resources not later than twenty-one months after the date of the designation of the active management area on a form provided by the department. B. This section is repealed from and after December 31, 2024. Sec. 2. Emergency This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Douglas active management area; certificate of grandfathered right; time extension; delayed repeal Notwithstanding section 45-476, subsection A, Arizona Revised Statutes, a person claiming the right to withdraw or receive and use groundwater in the Douglas active management area pursuant to a grandfathered right shall file an application for a certificate of grandfathered right with the department of water resources not later than twenty-one months after the date of the designation of the active management area on a form provided by the department. B. This section is repealed from and after December 31, 2024. Sec. 2. Emergency This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.