ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

House: NREW DP 6-4-0-0

☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note

HB 2028: DWR; application; administrative completeness

Sponsor: Representative Griffin

Caucus & COW

Overview

Removes an exemption for an application to the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) to be appealed if found not to be administratively complete. 

History

Under current administrative procedure statute, a state agency is required to issue written notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies to an applicant for a license within the administrative completeness review time frame. If an agency determines an application for a license is not administratively complete, the agency is required to include a comprehensive list of the specific deficiencies in the written notice.

If the agency issues a written notice of deficiencies within the administrative completeness timeframe, the administrative completeness review time frame and the overall time frame are suspended from the date the notice is issued until the date that the agency receives the missing information from the applicant.

If an agency does not issue a written notice of administrative completeness or deficiencies within the administrative completeness review time frame, the application is deemed administratively complete. If an agency issues timely written notice of deficiencies, an application is not complete until the agency receives all requested information. 

Currently, except for an application submitted to ADWR, a determination by an agency that an application is not administratively complete is an appealable agency action, which, if timely initiated, entitles the applicant to an adjudication on the merits of the administrative completeness of the application (A.R.S. § 41-1074).

Provisions

1.   Removes the exemption of an application to ADWR from being eligible for appeal if determined to be not administratively complete. (Sec. 1)

2.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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6.   Initials CW/RS                HB 2028

7.   2/13/2026  Page 0 Caucus & COW

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