REFERENCE TITLE: groundwater model; stormwater recharge; AMAs State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 HB 2270 Introduced by Representative Griffin AN ACT Amending title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-581; RELATING to groundwater MANAGEMENT. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: groundwater model; stormwater recharge; AMAs
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
HB 2270
Introduced by Representative Griffin
REFERENCE TITLE: groundwater model; stormwater recharge; AMAs
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
HB 2270
Introduced by
Representative Griffin
AN ACT
Amending title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-581; RELATING to groundwater MANAGEMENT.
(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 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-581, to read: START_STATUTE45-581. Groundwater model; projected use; stormwater recharge; rules A. The director shall adopt rules to update the department's groundwater modeling for active management areas. The updated rules shall account for any natural, incidental or artificial stormwater recharge to the groundwater basin created through the development of new or existing infrastructure. B. The director shall assume that the stormwater RECHARGE generated by the development of new or existing infrastructure will OFFSET a portion of future groundwater use. C. The director shall annually update the groundwater model for active management areas to reflect new natural, incidental or artificial stormwater recharge. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-581, to read:
START_STATUTE45-581. Groundwater model; projected use; stormwater recharge; rules
A. The director shall adopt rules to update the department's groundwater modeling for active management areas. The updated rules shall account for any natural, incidental or artificial stormwater recharge to the groundwater basin created through the development of new or existing infrastructure.
B. The director shall assume that the stormwater RECHARGE generated by the development of new or existing infrastructure will OFFSET a portion of future groundwater use.
C. The director shall annually update the groundwater model for active management areas to reflect new natural, incidental or artificial stormwater recharge. END_STATUTE