ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

57th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session

Majority Research Staff

Senate: NR DP 7-0-1-0 | Third Read 26-1-3-0

House: NREW DPA/SE 5-4-0-1

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

SB 1335: water banking; annual report; posting

Sponsor: Senator Dunn, LD 25

Caucus & COW

 

Summary of the Strike-Everything Amendment to SB 1335

Overview

Allows a groundwater savings credits holder to irrigate land pursuant to their relinquished grandfathered rights for up to two years from the issuance of the groundwater savings credits.

History

A land-owner within the Phoenix or Pinal Active Management Area (AMA) can apply to the Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources to permanently relinquish all of the irrigation grandfathered right in exchange for groundwater savings credits (A.R.S. § 45-465.05).

The right to withdraw or receive and use groundwater in an AMA is known as a grandfathered right. There are three categories of grandfathered rights: 1) non-irrigation grandfathered rights associated with retired irrigated lands; 2) non-irrigation grandfathered rights not associated with retired irrigated land; and 3) irrigation grandfathered rights as determined by statute (A.R.S. § 45-462).

Provisions

1.   Enables a groundwater savings credits holder to continue to irrigate the land related to the relinquished irrigation grandfathered right for a period no longer than two years after the issue date of the groundwater savings credits. (Sec. 1)  

2.   Makes technical changes. (Sec. 1)

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6.   Initials CW/HC               SB 1335

7.   3/25/2026  Page 0 Caucus & COW

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