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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session |
House: NREW DP 6-4-0-0 |
HB 2985: CAP water; state land; allocation
Sponsor: Representative Griffin, LD 19
Caucus & COW
Overview
Mandates the Arizona State Land Department (ASLD) begin a public stakeholder process for the adoption of a procedure for allocating Central Arizona Project (CAP) water to parcels of State Trust land.
History
Established in 1915, the ASLD manages more than 9 million acres of State Trust lands. These lands are held in trust and are managed for the sole purpose of generating revenue for the 13 beneficiaries. Additionally, the ASLD administers laws related to lands owned by, belonging to and under control of the state, which includes both trust land and sovereign land. The ASLD also manages and controls the products and uses of state land including timber, stone, gravel, grazing and farming (A.R.S. § 37-102).
The CAP was established on September 30, 1968 by the Colorado River Basin Project Act (USPL 1967, Chapter 57, page 380). CAP is a water delivery system that runs roughly 300 miles to bring Colorado River water to central and southern Arizona. The corresponding Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD), a special taxing district, was established for the purposes of:
1) contracting with the U.S. Secretary of Interior for delivery of Arizona’s CAP water;
2) repaying the federal government for the state’s share of CAP construction costs; and
3) operation and maintenance of the CAP aqueduct (A.R.S. Title 48, Chapter 22)(CAP).
In a 1983 Record of Decision, notice of final decisions made by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior for the allocations of CAP water, at the time, apportioned the SLD 39,006 acre-feet of water. Through amendments made, between 1997 and 2023, to ASLD's CAP subcontract the ASLD's current entitlement is 28,176 acre-feet of water (CAP Subcontract Status Report April 2025).
Provisions
1. Requires the ASLD initiate a public stakeholder process to adopt a procedure for allocating CAP water to parcels of State Trust land that may be sold or leased. (Sec. 1)
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