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unlawful camping; stock; wildlife; access

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL 2197

 

 

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-2931; amending section 17-308, Arizona Revised Statutes; RELATING to water access.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


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

Section 1. Title 13, chapter 29, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-2931, to read:

START_STATUTE13-2931. Unlawful camping; classification

A. It is unlawful for a person to camp within three hundred yards of a natural water hole containing water or a man-made watering facility containing water in such a place that domestic stock could be denied access.

B. A person who violates this section is guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor.END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Section 17-308, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE17-308. Unlawful camping

It is unlawful for a person to camp within one-fourth mile three hundred yards of a natural water hole containing water or a man-made watering facility containing water in such a place that wildlife or domestic stock will could be denied access to the only reasonably available water. END_STATUTE