Assigned to NR FOR COMMITTEE
ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, First Regular Session
FACT SHEET FOR H.C.R. 2016
reinstatement; WIFA monies
Purpose
Expresses the Legislature's commitment to long-term water security and to reinstating the
full appropriation envisioned for the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA).
Background
WIFA is an independent state authority established to help meet Arizona's existing and future
water needs. In 2022, the Legislature expanded the powers and duties of WIFA and restructured
state-funded WIFA funds to expand fund eligibility and fund purposes (Laws 2022, Ch. 366). These
purposes include developing or facilitating water conservation, reuse and augmentation projects.
WIFA may accomplish its purpose individually, through collaboration or by partnering with public
or private entities. If possible, WIFA can leverage existing resources and infrastructure while not
interfering with already available usable water resources (A.R.S. ยง 49-1205).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Expresses Arizona's commitment to investing in long-term solutions to alleviate the impacts
of water scarcity in urban and rural Arizona.
2. Deems that WIFA's mission is critical to Arizona's current and future economic and
environmental health.
3. Declares that WIFA's solicitation for procurement is an effective way to facilitate the
development of sustainable, effective and responsible projects to augment Arizona's water
supply.
4. Declares that the scale of infrastructure needed to secure new water supplies will require
private capital and private sector partnership to be economically feasible.
5. Expresses, as budgetary conditions improve, the Legislature's commitment to working with
WIFA to reemphasize its commitment to long-term water security and to reinstating the full
appropriation envisioned and needed to secure new water supplies and enter strategic
partnerships with the private sector.
House Action
NREW 1/21/25 DP 6-2-0-2
3
rd
Read 2/11/25 38-20-2
Prepared by Senate Research
February 28, 2025
SB/SN/slp