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Bill¹	Sponsor	Description	AMWUA Position^II	Last Action³

HB2025: Home Sales; Water Supply Disclosure	Ableser	Requires a subdivider selling lots outside an active management area to record with the county recorder a document containing a statement of water adequacy or inadequacy for that subdivision. A substantial committee amendment addresses HOA issues, accuracy issues and liability issues.	Support	1-19-2012 – Passed Committee Amended
HB2337: Well Driller Continuring Education	Jones	Establishes continuing education requirements for licensed water well drillers. Applies to license renewals beginning July 1, 2013.	Support	1-19-2012 – Passed Committee
HB2363: Harvested Water; Committee	Fann	Establishes a 28-member Joint Legislative Study Committee on Macro-Harvested Water. Numerous cities and AMWUA are included on the committee. Committee will study and evaluate issues arising from the collection and recovery of macro-harvested water and submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by September 30, 2013. A committee amendment adds one more member to the committee, making it 29.	Monitor	1-19-2012 – Passed Committee Amended
HB2492: White Mountain Apache; Settlement	Jones	Appropriates $2 million from the General Fund in FY2012-13 to comply with the state's obligation in the settlement of the White Mountain Apache Tribe's water rights claims. Conditionally enacted on the U.S.	Support	1-18-2012 – Referred to House Appropriations
HB2493: Water Resources Department; Funding	Jones	Repeals municipal funding of ADWR effective July 1, 2014. Establishes a 10-member study committee to consider alternative funding. Committee members include: • 3 members of Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development • 3 members of House Ag & Water • ADEQ Director • ADWR Director • State Land Commissioner • JLBC Director • ACC Executive Secretary • Judicial Official	* Pursue Amendment *	1-17-2012 – Referred to House Agriculture & Water; House Appropriations; Add Emergency Clause
HB2658: Flood Control Authority; Relinquishment; Districts	Pratt	Clarifies liability issues for cities and towns that, by resolution, relinquish the powers and duties of floodplain management and regulation.	Monitor	1-25-2012 – Referred to House Agriculture and Water
HJR2002: Surplus Water Forbearance Agreements	Jones	Allows the state to forbear its rights to use certain quantities of surplus Colorado River water in an effort to enter into agreements with Mexico.	Monitor	1-17-2012 - Referred to House Agriculture & Water; Government Reform

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Bill¹	Sponsor	Description	AMWUA Position^II	Last Action³

SB1055: Exempt Wells, Emergency Use	McComish	Provides an additional exemption to the prohibition on exempt wells within the service area of a municipal water provider. With the consent of the provider, the bill would allow the use of an exempt well on agricultural land during an emergency temporary system outage, as determined by the provider, for the sole purpose of livestock watering. This bill, informally referred to as the “horse bill,” was introduced in the 2011 session, but was never passed.	Monitor	1/10/12 – Referred to Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1154: Water Banking Authority; Report	Biggs	Moves from July 1st to April 1st the annual report the Arizona Water Banking Authority submits to the Governor and the Legislature.	Monitor	1/25/12 – Passed Committee
SB1236: Harvested Water; Recharge	Griffin	Allows a person to recover fifty percent of “harvested water”, which is defined as rainfall captured before reaching a channel, drainage way or navigable waterway.	Oppose	02-02-2012 – Passed Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1287: Aquifer Protection Permits; Waste	Griffin	Makes two changes to complex modifications to an aquifer protection permit (APP) for purposes of payment of permit fees. All changes in points of compliance would be considered complex modifications. In addition, new or expanded waste rock piles will not automatically be considered complex modifications unless they meet certain criteria as determined by ADEQ.	Monitor	01-26-2012 – Referred to Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1288: Municipal Water Fees; Repeal; Appropriation	Griffin	Repeals the ADWR fees assessed on municipalities and replaces the fees with an appropriation of $6.3 million from the State’s General Fund to ADWR.	Support	02-02-2012 – Passed Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1289: Storm Water Discharges; Construction Sites	Griffin	Makes changes to the AZPDES program relating to stormwater general permits and non-discharging facilities. Makes modifications to the stormwater management general permit and requires the ADEQ director to develop a system to certify non-discharging facilities that will not be required to obtain an AZPDES permit. Allows a general permit to be issued for stormwater management from construction sites under certain criteria.	Monitor	02-02-2012 – Passed Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1298: Water Quality Appeals Board; Continuation	Nelson	Extends the statutory life of the Water Quality Appeals Board to July 1, 2022.	Monitor	1-26-2012 – Referred to Senate Natural Resources & Transportation (NRT)
SB1319: Corporation Commission; Municipal Water; Jurisdiction	Antenori	Requires the Arizona Corporation Commission to regulate the fees charged by a municipal water provider to users outside the municipal limits.	Oppose	1-26-2012 – Referred to Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1349: Water Utilities; Disclosures	Melvin	Requires private water companies to annually disclose to its customers and file with the county recorder certain plans, expenditures and agreements it has with developers.	Monitor	1-26-2012 – Referred to Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1417: Mining Operations; Long-Term Storage Credits	Griffin	Expands the definition of water that cannot reasonably be used directly to allow certain mining companies to obtain long-term storage credits for the underground storage of CAP water.	Monitor	1-30-2012 – Referred to Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1418: Environment; State Primacy; Section 404	Griffin	Authorizes ADEQ to adopt by rule a state permit program regarding the discharge of dredge or fill material into navigable waters to replace the current program that is administered by the Army Corps of Engineers. Requires the rule to be consistent with the Clean Water Act.	Monitor	1-30-2012 – Referred to Senate Water, Land Use & Rural Development (WRLD)
SB1422: Water Quality Programs; Fees	Nelson	Requires ADEQ to establish fees for the following: design review services, reviewing and processing information on a determination of whether a pesticide has the potential to pollute the groundwater, and annual registration of public water systems.	Monitor	1-30-2012 – Referred to Natural Resources and Transportation and Appropriations
SB1454: San Simon Grounwater Sub-Basin; Designation	Griffin	Requires ADWR to designate the San Simon Groundwater Sub-Basin and divide it from the Bowie Groundwater Sub-Basin and make the designation available on a map for public examination.	Monitor	1-31-2012 - Referred to Senate Water, Land Use and Rural Development
SCR1001: Rosemont Copper Mine; Support	Melvin	Expresses support for the Rosemont Copper Mine in Pima County.	Monitor	1-31-2012 - Referred to Senate Water, Land Use and Rural Development
SM1001 : Corporation Commission; Water Ratepayers	Melvin	Encourages the Arizona Corporation Commission to adopt more efficient rate processes and establish reasonable rate structures.	Monitor	1-26-2012 - Referred to Senate Rules

^I Hyperlink connects to the State Legislature's website for the bill where you can find sponsor information, bill text, amendments, votes and the status history of the bill.

^II Hyperlink connects to the AMWUA factsheet for the bill. Positions in * BOLD * reflect high-attention measures.

^III Hyperlink connects to the vote detail for the last major vote activity, where applicable. Ref= Referred to Committee (example, ref: HWE; HApprop means Referred to House Water and Energy and House Appropriations.

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