Bill Text: AZ HB2551 | 2018 | Fifty-third Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Judgment; liability damages; appeal
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-10 - House minority caucus: Conference [HB2551 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2018-HB2551-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: water; desalination action plan. |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-third Legislature Second Regular Session 2018
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HB 2551 |
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Introduced by Representative Bowers
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AN ACT
amending title 45, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-118; relating to the department of water resources.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 45, chapter 1, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-118, to read:
45-118. Desalination action plan; report; definition
A. THE DIRECTOR SHALL PREPARE A DESALINATION ACTION PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL THE FOLLOWING:
1. AN IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS WITHIN THis STATE WHERE BRACKISH GROUNDWATER EXISTS IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS.
2. AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST TO TREAT AND DELIVER THE BRACKISH GROUNDWATER FOR AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE USE.
3. AN IDENTIFICATION OF AREAS of this state THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE USE OF THE TREATED BRACKISH GROUNDWATER.
4. aN IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES FOR THE TREATMENT AND DELIVERY OF THE BRACKISH GROUNDWATER.
5. AN EVALUATION OF THE FEASIBILITY AND COST OF DISPOSal of THE BRINE PRODUCT that results from TREATing BRACKISH GROUNDWATER.
B. A DESALINATION ACTION PLAN MAY ALSO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE POTENTIAL BINATIONAL AGREEMENTS or projects RELATED TO the TREATMENT OF BRACKISH GROUNDWATER or sea water USING THE CRITERIA prescribed in SUBSECTION A OF THIS SECTION.
c. THE DIRECTOR SHALL SUBMIT THE INITIAL DESALINATION ACTION PLAN ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 30, 2019 TO THE GOVERNOR, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE NATURAL RESOURCES, ENERGY AND WATER COMMITTEE, OR ITS SUCCESSOR COMMITTEE, AND THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE, OR ITS SUCCESSOR COMMITTEE, and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state. The director shall submit subsequent REPORTS on the desalination action plan and its results by December 31 every two years there‑after.
d. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "BRACKISH GROUNDWATER" MEANS GROUNDWATER THAT DUE TO ITS SALINITY REQUIRES TREATMENT FOR AN ECONOMICALLY VIABLE USE.
