House Engrossed

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Forty-ninth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2010

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2661

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

establishing the water resources development commission.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Water resources development commission; members; responsibilities; report; delayed repeal

A.  The director of the department of water resources shall appoint a water resources development commission.  The commission membership shall be made up of no more than fifteen members with knowledge about a variety of water resource and water management issues around the state and representing a regional and geographic cross-section of the state.  The director or designee of the director shall act as chair of the commission.  A co-chair shall be appointed by the director from the membership of the commission.

B.  The commission shall:

1.  Compile and consider the projected water needs of each county in the next twenty-five, fifty and one hundred years.

2.  Identify and quantify the water supplies currently available in each county.

3.  Identify potential water supplies that could be used to meet additional demands in the next twenty-five, fifty and one hundred years.

4.  Identify any legal and technical issues associated with use of those supplies.

5.  Identify potential mechanisms to finance the acquisition of water supplies and any infrastructure necessary to treat or deliver the water supplies.

6.  Make recommendations regarding the need for further studies and evaluations.

C.  The department of water resources, central Arizona water conservation district, Arizona water banking authority, and rural water study groups shall provide technical support for the commission.

D.  The commission shall prepare a report of its findings and recommendations, including recommendations for suggested legislation, and submit it to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, on or before October 1, 2011.  The commission shall provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state.

E.  This section is repealed from and after September 30, 2012.