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AZ Rev Stat § 45-2201 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2201 - Definitions

45-2201.  Definitions In this chapter,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Agricultural use"  means water used primarily in the commercial production of agricultural crops or livestock,  including domestic uses incidental to those uses,  and used on tracts of land operated in units of more than five acres. 2. " Authority"  means a water authority established under this chapter. 3. " Board"  means the board of directors of the authority. 4. " Central Arizona project"  means the reclamation project and works authorized by section 301 (a) of the Colorado river basin project act and constructed by the United States pursuant to the provisions of the Colorado river basin project act and contract between the United States and central Arizona water conservation district for delivery of water and repayment of costs of the central Arizona project. 5. " Colorado river water"  means water from the main stream of the Colorado river. 6. " Conservation"  means the preservation and planned management of water resources to ensure the future availability of water resources. 7. " Effluent"  means water that has been collected in a sanitary sewer for subsequent treatment in a facility that is regulated pursuant to title 49,  chapter 2. Such water remains effluent until it acquires the characteristics of groundwater or surface water. 8. " Industrial use"  means a nonagricultural use of water not supplied by a city,  town or private water company,  including animal industry use and expanded animal industry use as defined in section 45-402. 9. " Multi-county water conservation district"  means a multi-county district established under title 48,  chapter 22,  which has contracted with the United States for the repayment of the cost and for the delivery of the water supply in accordance with P.L. 90-537. 10. " Municipal use"  means all nonagricultural uses of water supplied by a city,  town,  private water company or irrigation district. 11. " Municipal water provider"  means a city,  town,  private water company or irrigation district that supplies water for a nonagricultural use. 12. " Private water company"  means any entity that distributes or sells groundwater,  except a political subdivision or any entity that is established pursuant to title 48 and that is not regulated as a public service corporation by the Arizona corporation commission under a certificate of public convenience and necessity. 13. " Tentatively allocated"  means water of the main stem of the Colorado river water that has been recommended by the director to the secretary of the interior for allocation,  but for which a contract with the secretary for delivery has not been signed. 14. " United States"  means the secretary of the interior,  acting for the United States department of interior,  or his duly authorized representative.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2202 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2202 - Formation

45-2202.  Formation A. An authority may be formed in any county with a population of more than ninety thousand persons and less than one hundred twenty thousand persons according to the most recent United States decennial census. B. The members of the authority shall include municipal corporations in the county that: 1. Had contracts with the United States for the delivery of Colorado river water as of January 1,  1993. 2. Have adopted resolutions approving the formation of the authority as prescribed by subsection C,  paragraph 1. C. The authority shall be formed on the occurrence of the following events: 1. The adoption of resolutions approving the authority's formation by a majority of the municipal corporations in the county that had contracts with the United States for the delivery of Colorado river water as of January 1,  1993. A municipal corporation shall concurrently appoint the person who will represent the municipal corporation on the authority's board. 2. The transfer to the authority of the right to the delivery of eighteen thousand five hundred acre-feet per year of Colorado river water from a municipal corporation in the county where the authority is to be formed within seven hundred thirty days of the adoption of resolutions as prescribed by paragraph 1 of this subsection. D. On full compliance with subsection C,  the authority shall: 1. Notify the board of supervisors in the county in which the authority is formed of the authority's formation. 2. Publish a notice of the authority's formation once each week for two consecutive weeks in three newspapers of general circulation in the county in which the authority is formed. 3. Notify each authority member that the events prescribed by subsection C have occurred. E. An authority member that in connection with the formation of the authority or after the formation of the authority transfers,  or causes to be transferred,  to the authority all or a portion of its contractual entitlement to the delivery of Colorado river water shall remain an authority member after the transfer. F. By vote of the directors,  the membership of the authority may be expanded to include municipal corporations in the county that obtain contracts for the delivery of Colorado river water from the United States after January 1,  1993.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2203 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2203 - Contest of formation; appeal

45-2203.  Contest of formation;  appeal A. Any aggrieved person or entity may contest the formation of the authority under this chapter by filing an action in the superior court in the county in which the authority is formed. Any contest must be filed within thirty days after the second publication of notice of the authority's formation as provided in section 45-2202. If more than one contest is pending,  they shall be consolidated for trial. B. The superior court shall try all contests without delay and shall determine whether the formation of the authority and appointment of the board occurred in substantial compliance with this article. C. The formation of the authority is lawful and conclusive against all persons if an action is not filed as provided in subsection A of this section. If an action is filed as provided in subsection A of this section and that action is unsuccessful,  the formation of the authority is lawful and conclusive against all persons on the date that the judgment dismissing the action is no longer subject to judicial review. D. The authority may exercise all of the powers provided by this chapter notwithstanding the pendency of any contest.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2204 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2204 - Corporate existence; exemption from regulation

45-2204.  Corporate existence;  exemption from regulation A. The authority is a corporate and political body that may act in its official corporate name and shall have all of the rights and immunities of municipal corporations that are granted by the constitution and statutes of this state,  including immunity of its property from taxation. B. The authority is not a public service corporation subject to regulation by the Arizona corporation commission.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2205 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2205 - Dissolution of authority

45-2205.  Dissolution of authority A. The authority may be dissolved only by a unanimous vote of the directors who are appointed by authority members pursuant to section 45-2221,  subsection B and only if all contractual obligations and debts of the authority are satisfied and another governmental entity or entities accept dedication of all authority projects. B. After unanimously voting to dissolve the authority as provided in subsection A of this section,  the directors who are appointed by authority members pursuant to section 45-2221,  subsection B shall adopt by resolution a plan of termination to be executed within a stated period of time after it is adopted. The plan of termination is judicially enforceable and shall contain the following provisions: 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection,  all rights to the delivery of water that were transferred to the authority in connection with the formation of the authority shall be returned to the municipal corporation that transferred these rights,  subject to approval of the secretary of the interior in consultation with the director. 2. If,  before the dissolution of the authority,  an authority member has either paid to the authority all of its pro rata share of the amount prescribed by section 45-2281,  subsection C,  as prescribed in its subcontract with the authority or has entered into a contract to pay that amount to the entity entitled to the payment of that amount,  the authority member retains the right to the delivery of Colorado river water for which the member's payment was made and the right to the delivery of Colorado river water shall not be returned as provided in paragraph 1 of this subsection. C. All property of the authority that is not dedicated to another governmental entity shall be transferred to the department for use in the county in which the authority is formed. All monies of the authority deposited in the grant fund as of the date of dissolution of the authority shall be disbursed as provided in section 45-2281. All other unexpended and unencumbered monies of the authority shall be disbursed among authority members as provided in a resolution of the board.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2261 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2261 - Construction work and purchases by bid only; exceptions; award of contract

45-2261.  Construction work and purchases by bid only;  exceptions;  award of contract A. The authority shall undertake the construction of projects or facilities by contract and not by force account. For construction contracts exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars,  notice shall be published for at least two days in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the authority is formed,  except in emergency cases to prevent imminent loss or danger. All contracts shall be let by public bid to the lowest responsible bidder. The authority may call for sealed bids and may accept or reject any bid. Bids shall be accompanied by a reasonable bid bond in an amount determined by the authority. The authority shall require that a bond or bonds as are required under title 34,  chapter 2,  article 2 shall be provided and secured for construction contracts exceeding two hundred thousand dollars. B. All purchases and contracts made by the authority for material or services other than personal or professional services shall be made after advertising in a manner and time sufficiently in advance of opening bids as the authority deems adequate to ensure appropriate notices and an opportunity for competition. Advertisement is not required,  and the purchase may be made in the open market in any of the following cases: 1. An emergency requiring immediate delivery of materials or performance of the services. 2. Repair parts,  accessories or supplemental equipment or services that are required for material or services previously furnished or contracted for. 3. If the aggregate amount involved in the purchase of material or procurement of services does not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars. C. In comparing bids and making awards the authority shall give due consideration to such factors as: 1. The relative quality and adaptability of materials or services. 2. The bidder's financial responsibility,  skill,  experience,  record of integrity in dealing and ability to furnish repair and maintenance services. 3. The time of delivery or performance offered. 4. Whether the bidder has complied with the specifications. D. Subsections A,  B and C do not apply to any contracts entered into with a state or federal agency,  a political subdivision or an Indian tribe. E. The board may cause the review and approve or reject all specifications,  plans and construction contracts before their finalization.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2282 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2282 - Operating budget

45-2282.  Operating budget A. On or before the third Monday of July of each year,  the authority shall adopt a budget for the fiscal year that begins on July 1 of that year. The budget shall include: 1. A complete statement of the sources and amount of all revenues received by the authority during the year ending June 30 and the funds into which the revenues were deposited. 2. A complete statement of expenditures and disbursements identified by class that were made by the authority during the year ending June 30 and the funds from which the expenditures were made. 3. An estimate of all revenues to be received by the authority during the year beginning July 1 and a listing of the funds into which the estimated revenues will be deposited. 4. An itemized estimate of the amount of expenditures or disbursements that the authority may make from each fund during the year beginning July 1 that,  subject to the provisions of this section,  may include expenditures for contingencies and emergencies. B. The authority shall not budget any expenditure or disbursement from a fund that exceeds the amount of revenues estimated to be received by the fund during the year beginning July 1 except that revenues deposited in the grant fund may be expended for the purposes specified in section 45-2281,  subsection C. The authority shall not make any expenditure or disbursement from a fund during the year that exceeds the amount budgeted to be expended or disbursed from the fund during the year. C. Subject to the requirements in section 45-2281,  subsection C,  the authority may allocate unexpended revenues among funds on or before June 30 and include the unexpended revenues of a fund in the budgeted amount of expenditures or disbursements to be made in the fiscal year that begins July 1. D. The allocation of revenues into the funds and the budgeting,  expenditure and disbursement of the funds is at all times subject to section 45-2281,  subsection C. E. On or before the third Monday of July of each year,  in connection with the preparation of the budget required by subsection A of this section the authority shall prepare a comprehensive statement of the authority's assets and liabilities and sources and application of funds. F. The board at any time may authorize the preparation of an audited financial statement of the authority according to generally accepted accounting principles applicable to public bodies. G. The authority shall file copies of the budget and financial statements with each member of the authority within thirty days of their adoption by the authority.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2283 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2283 - Investment of revenues

45-2283.  Investment of revenues The authority may invest revenues of the authority in securities and deposits with a maximum maturity of three years. All revenues shall be invested in eligible investments. Eligible investments include: 1. Certificates of deposit in eligible depositories as provided in title 35,  chapter 2,  article 2.1. 2. Interest-bearing savings accounts in banks and savings and loan institutions doing business in this state whose accounts are insured by federal deposit insurance for their industry. 3. Repurchase agreements with a maximum maturity of one hundred eighty days. 4. Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities if the obligations are guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States or by any agency or instrumentality of the United States. 5. Bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of this state or any of its counties,  incorporated cities or towns or school districts. 6. Deposits placed in accordance with the procedures prescribed in section 35-323.01.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2402 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2402 - Definitions

45-2402.  Definitions Unless the context otherwise requires,  the terms defined in sections 45-101,  45-402 and 45-802.01 have the same meaning in this chapter and for purposes of this chapter: 1. " Authority"  means the Arizona water banking authority. 2. " Banking fund"  means the Arizona water banking fund. 3. " Central Arizona water conservation district"  or " CAWCD"  means the multi-county water conservation district established under title 48,  chapter 22. 4. " Commission"  means the Arizona water banking authority commission. 5. " Decree"  means the decree entered by the United States supreme court in Arizona v. California,  376 U.S. 340 (1964). 6. " Excess central Arizona project water"  means central Arizona project water that in any year would otherwise not be used,  resold or exchanged pursuant to long-term contracts and subcontracts for central Arizona project water. 7. " Indian firming"  means measures taken to ensure that central Arizona project non-Indian agricultural priority water that is made available to Indian tribes pursuant to Public Law 108-451 may be delivered during water shortages in the same manner that water with a municipal and industrial priority in the central Arizona project system is delivered during water shortages. 8. " Water banking services"  means services provided by the authority to persons and Indian communities in this state to facilitate for those persons and Indian communities storage of water and stored water lending arrangements. Water banking services include the direct delivery of water to Indian communities in this state in replacement of or supplemental to the accrual of long-term storage credits pursuant to article 5 of this chapter. Water banking services include only arrangements by which water will be made available for use in this state. Water banking services do not include interstate water banking undertaken by the authority pursuant to article 4 of this chapter. Water banking services may include: (a) Storage of water. (b) Obtaining water storage permits. (c) Accruing,  exchanging and assigning long-term storage credits. (d) Lending and obtaining repayment of long-term storage credits. 9. " Water banking services agreement"  means an agreement entered into between the authority and a person or Indian community in this state under which the authority will provide water banking services to that person or Indian community.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2421 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2421 - Arizona water banking authority

45-2421.  Arizona water banking authority A. The Arizona water banking authority is established. The purposes,  powers and duties of the authority shall be executed by a commission to be known as the Arizona water banking authority commission. B. The commission consists of the following members who are residents of this state: 1. The director of water resources who serves as chairperson of the commission. 2. The president of CAWCD or a representative designated by that president. 3. One person who is appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211 and who is knowledgeable in water resource management. 4. One person appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211 who represents an entity that holds a central Arizona project municipal and industrial subcontract. 5. One person appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211 who represents an entity located in a county adjacent to the mainstream of the Colorado river that holds a valid contract with the secretary of the interior executed before June 1,  1996,  for diversion and beneficial consumptive use of Colorado river water in that county. C. The commission members appointed by the governor shall serve a six year term of office. A member may serve more than one term and may continue to serve beyond the expiration of the term until a successor is appointed and assumes office. The term of office for the commission members appointed by the governor begins and ends on the third Monday in January. The commission members appointed pursuant to subsection B,  paragraphs 3,  4 and 5 may be removed by the governor for cause. D. The commission members appointed by the governor serve without compensation but are eligible for reimbursement for expenses from the banking fund pursuant to title 38,  chapter 4,  article 2. E. In order to qualify for office members of the commission shall take and subscribe to an official oath to perform the duties of their office. The oath shall be filed with the director. The official oaths shall be in the form prescribed by law for official oaths of state officers. F. The president of the senate,  or a senator designated by the president,  and the speaker of the house of representatives,  or a representative designated by the speaker,  shall each serve as nonvoting ex officio members of the commission. G. Members of the commission are public officers and are subject to all provisions of law applicable to these officers. H. Members of the commission are immune from liability for any action necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2422 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2422 - Organization of commission; powers and duties; exemption

45-2422.  Organization of commission;  powers and duties;  exemption A. The commission shall select a vice-chairperson and a secretary from among its membership who shall each hold office for terms of two years to begin and end on the third Monday in January. B. The powers and authority vested in and the duties imposed on the authority shall be exercised by a minimum of three voting members of the commission voting in agreement. C. The authority is not a public service corporation subject to regulation by the Arizona corporation commission.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-2424 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-2424 - Administration

45-2424.  Administration A. The director shall provide administrative,  technical and legal support to the authority to the extent requested by the authority. The director may hire staff,  who shall be employees of the department of water resources,  necessary to provide the level of support requested by the authority. B. The director may employ a person in the capacity of Arizona water banking authority manager who shall be an employee of the department of water resources. The person employed in this capacity shall possess a high level of expertise and experience in Colorado river and water resource management in Arizona. C. The director,  on an annual basis,  shall prepare and submit to the authority a budget showing the cost of providing the services requested by the authority for the following fiscal year. The authority may adjust its request for services,  or when satisfied with the budget,  may adopt it. The authority shall reimburse the department of water resources with monies from the banking fund for the services provided the authority in accordance with an adopted budget. D. The CAWCD shall provide technical support to the authority to the extent requested by the authority. That technical support shall include expertise in the annual operation and capacity of the central Arizona project aqueducts and on the use of those aqueducts to fulfill the purposes of this chapter without impeding other water deliveries by CAWCD. The CAWCD,  on an annual basis,  shall prepare and submit to the authority a budget showing the cost of providing the services requested by the authority for the following fiscal year. The authority may adjust its request for services,  or when satisfied with the budget,  may adopt it. The authority shall reimburse the CAWCD with monies from the banking fund for the services provided the authority in accordance with an adopted budget.