SB 1300
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: FIN 5-2-0-0 | 3
rd
Read: 18-11-1-0
House: FMAE W/D
SB 1300: unclaimed property; department of revenue
S/E: San Simon Valley; groundwater; election
Sponsor: Senator Petersen, LD 14
Committee on Appropriations
Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to SB 1300
Overview
An emergency measure to allow the Cochise County Board of Supervisors to call a special
election to designate a portion of the San Simon Valley groundwater subbasin an Irrigation
Non-expansion Area (INA).
History
Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (INA)
Arizona’s Groundwater Code, enacted in 1980, prescribed uses of groundwater "to conserve,
protect and allocate its use" and provide a framework for the comprehensive management
and regulation of the withdrawal, transportation, use, conservation and conveyance of rights
to use groundwater in this state (A.R.S. § 45-401).
As part of the management framework, the Code initially designated two INAs, the Joseph
City INA and the Douglas INA with the third, the Harquahala INA, being created in 1981.
(A.R.S. §§ 45-431 and 45-432) (ADWR).
Initiation of an INA Designation
Current law prescribes that an INA designation process can be initiated by either:
1) the Director of ADWR;
2) a petition of voters; or
3) a petition of irrigation users of groundwater (A.R.S. § 45-433).
Provisions
1. Authorizes the Cochise County Board of Supervisors, within 90 days of the effective date
of this measure, to call a special election to vote on designation of the San Simon Valley
groundwater subbasin as an INA. (Sec. 1)
2. Classifies eligible electors for the special election. (Sec. 1)
3. Outlines requirements pertaining to the special election for:
a) Cochise County and county recorder;
b) the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR); and
c) the ballot. (Sec. 1)
4. Prescribes the language to be on the ballot. (Sec. 1)
5. Contains an emergency clause. (Sec. 2)
☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☒ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note