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AZ Rev Stat § 45-318 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-318 - Cease and desist order; hearing; injunctive relief

45-318.  Cease and desist order;  hearing;  injunctive relief A. If the director,  or a local official designated pursuant to section 9-500.08 or 11-251.09,  has reason to believe that a person is violating or has violated this article,  the director or local official may give the person written notice that the person may appear and show cause at an administrative hearing to be held at least thirty days from the date of service of the notice why the person should not be ordered to cease and desist from the violation. The notice shall inform the person of the date,  time and place of the hearing and the consequences of failure to appear. B. The decision and order of the director or the local official under subsection A of this section may take such form as the director or local official determines to be reasonable and appropriate and may include a determination of violation,  a cease and desist order,  a recommendation of a civil penalty and an order directing that positive steps be taken to abate or ameliorate any harm or damage arising from the violation. The person affected may seek judicial review of the final decision of the director as provided in section 45-114,  subsection B in superior court in the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred. C. If the person continues the violation after the director or local official has issued a final decision and order pursuant to subsection B of this section,  the director or local official may apply for a temporary restraining order or preliminary or permanent injunction from the superior court according to the Arizona rules of civil procedure. A decision to seek injunctive relief does not preclude other forms of relief or enforcement against the violator. D. Section 45-114,  subsections A and B govern administrative proceedings,  rehearing or review and judicial review of final decisions of the director under this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-319 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-319 - Exception; preemption

45-319.  Exception;  preemption A. The requirements of this article do not apply to any plumbing fixture that is documented to have been purchased by a plumbing wholesaler,  retailer or end user and that is actually located in this state before January 1,  1994. B. An ordinance adopted by a county,  city or town relating to water conserving low-flow plumbing fixtures is not preempted by this article to the extent that the ordinance sets forth requirements that are at least as restrictive as the requirements of this article or regulates fixtures that are not specified in this article,  but any such ordinance is preempted to the extent that its requirements are less restrictive than the requirements of this article.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-320 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-320 - Rules

45-320.  Rules The director may adopt any rules that are deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. The director may adopt,  by rule,  lists of plumbing fixtures that satisfy the standards prescribed by this article. The director may also adopt,  by rule,  a list of uses for which plumbing fixtures satisfying the requirements of this article are inappropriate and may exempt such uses from further compliance with those requirements. The director may also amend this list as necessary to reflect advances in technology that allow water conserving plumbing fixtures to be employed for such uses. In adopting any rule defining the type,  design or use of any plumbing fixture regulated under this article,  the director shall give due consideration to the availability and affordability of the fixture and the method of its installation.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-331 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-331 - Definitions

45-331.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Consumptive use"  means,  for any water user for any program year,  the consumptive use as recorded in the final accounting for the most recent calendar year for which a final accounting is available,  or if none is recorded,  the amount of diversions so recorded. 2. " Final accounting"  means,  for any calendar year,  the United States bureau of reclamation's final compilation of records of Colorado river diversions,  return flows and consumptive uses for the year,  compiled pursuant to article V(b) of the decree of the United States supreme court in Arizona v. California,  376 U.S. 340 (1964). 3. " Lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program"  or " program"  means the cooperative effort among agencies of the federal government and agencies and political subdivisions of the states of Arizona,  California and Nevada and other local public and private parties with a common interest in the water and related resources of the lower Colorado river,  including the historic floodplain and reservoirs to the full pool elevations,  to provide the basis for compliance with sections 7 and 10(a)(1)(B) of the endangered species act of 1973 (P.L. 93-205;  87 Stat. 884;  16 United States Code sections 1536 and 1539). 4. " Program year"  means the twelve month period beginning October 1 of any calendar year and ending September 30 of the following calendar year.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-332 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-332 - Cooperation in lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program

45-332.  Cooperation in lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program On behalf of the department,  the director may enter into one or more agreements with a multi-county water conservation district and other parties for participation in the lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program,  including the collection of one or more fees under this article for purposes of the lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-333 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-333 - Colorado river water use fee; purpose

45-333.  Colorado river water use fee;  purpose A. The director may assess and collect annual Colorado river water use fees from each person who diverts and consumptively uses water in this state from the mainstream of the Colorado river as recorded in the final accounting. This fee does not apply to persons who are paying fees and are current in their payments under agreements with a multi-county water conservation district and other parties for participation in the lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program with respect to the use of Colorado river water. B. The director shall set the amount of a fee under this section each year according to the guidelines in section 45-334. C. Any monies collected pursuant to this section shall be segregated from other revenues and deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in a fund designated as the Colorado river water use fee clearing account. Each month,  on notification by the director,  the state treasurer shall pay all of the monies in the clearing account to an account designated by a multi-county water conservation district established under title 48,  chapter 22 to be used solely for the lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program and for no other purpose.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-334 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-334 - Setting Colorado River water use fee

45-334.  Setting Colorado River water use fee A. In setting Colorado River water use fees under this article: 1. Not later than July 1 of each year,  the director shall set the Colorado River water use fees for the following program year. The director shall consider the following in setting the amount of the fees:  (a) The consumptive use for that program year by the persons to whom the fee will be assessed. (b) The payment obligations that apply to similar water users under agreements to fund the lower Colorado River multispecies conservation program. (c) The amount of monies necessary to fund the lower Colorado River multispecies conservation program for that program year. (d) The amount of monies expected to be available to fund the lower Colorado River multispecies conservation program during the program year from other sources. 2. The director may establish classes of water users for the purpose of assigning graduated fee rates to the respective classes. 3. The director shall consider the date of any contract or other right to use Colorado River water and the type of water use when assigning fee rates. 4. The director shall enter in the department's records a statement of the fees for the following program year and transmit a copy of the statement to the state treasurer. 5. Before setting the fees,  the director shall consult with representatives of the water users which will be assessed for the fees. The director shall publish notice of the fees and provide a comment period of at least thirty days before setting the final fee amounts. 6. Within thirty days after the director sets fees for a program year,  the director shall give written notice of the fees to each person with consumptive use. 7. The director shall calculate the total amount of the fee that a person must pay for the consumptive use of Colorado River water for a program year by multiplying the applicable annual fee for that program year by the consumptive use for the person for the program year. The director may reduce the amount of a person's fee by the value of any services or tangible assets,  including land or water,  contributed by the person to,  and accepted by,  the federal government for use in the lower Colorado River multispecies conservation program. B. The director shall give written notice of the total amount of the fee that a person must pay under this section no later than August 15 before the beginning of the program year.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-335 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-335 - Payment of fee; penalty for delinquency

45-335.  Payment of fee;  penalty for delinquency A. If the director assesses a fee pursuant to this article in any year,  a person to whom the fee is assessed must pay the fee within forty-five days after the person receives written notice of the total amount of the fee from the director. B. If a person fails to pay the fee when due,  the director may assess and collect a penalty of ten per cent of the unpaid fee,  without compounding,  for each month or portion of a month that the fee is delinquent. The total penalty assessed shall not exceed sixty per cent of the unpaid fee. An action to recover penalties under this subsection shall be brought in the superior court in Maricopa county. Any penalties collected shall be deposited,  pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147,  in the Colorado river water use fee clearing account established pursuant to section 45-333.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-341 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-341 - Definitions

45-341.  Definitions In this article,  unless the context otherwise requires: 1. " Community water system"  means a public water system that serves at least fifteen service connections used by year-round residents of the area served by the system or that regularly serves at least twenty-five year-round residents of the area served by the system. A person is a year-round resident of the area served by a system if the person s primary residence is served water by that system. 2. " Large community water system"  means a community water system that serves water to more than one thousand eight hundred fifty persons. 3. " Public water system"  means an entity that distributes or sells water and that qualifies as a public water system under section 49-352,  subsection B. 4. " Small community water system"  means a community water system that does not qualify as a large community water system.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-351 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-351 - Watershed improvement program; purpose; projects; funding

45-351.  Watershed improvement program;  purpose;  projects;  funding A. The watershed improvement program is established in the department under the authority of the director for the purpose of selective control,  reduction or removal of noxious brush and other vegetation and for the revegetation of land on which brush and vegetation has been controlled,  reduced or removed. B. The watershed improvement program may provide funding for projects that are designed to control,  reduce or remove brush from a watershed or a portion of a watershed,  consistent with the purposes of the program. C. Any person,  organization or political subdivision is eligible to apply for project funding from the program. D. The watershed improvement program shall be funded from any monies made available for that purpose from the Arizona water protection fund established by section 45-2111,  from any monies made available for that purpose from the department and from any other monies received by the program.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-352 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-352 - Program administration; rules; project criteria; report

45-352.  Program administration;  rules;  project criteria;  report A. The department shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this article,  including rules that prescribe criteria for project proposals and that establish priorities for projects for each funding cycle,  including a priority for projects that balance the most critical needs. B. The department may employ or contract with persons as reasonably necessary to implement this article. C. The department shall report to the speaker of the house of representatives,  the president of the senate and the governor on or before December 31 each year regarding the activities of the watershed improvement program during the preceding fiscal year and shall provide a copy of the report to the secretary of state. The department shall make the report available to the public by posting the report on the department's website.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-401 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-401 - Declaration of policy

45-401.  Declaration of policy A. The legislature finds that the people of Arizona are dependent in whole or in part upon groundwater basins for their water supply and that in many basins and sub-basins withdrawal of groundwater is greatly in excess of the safe annual yield and that this is threatening to destroy the economy of certain areas of this state and is threatening to do substantial injury to the general economy and welfare of this state and its citizens. The legislature further finds that it is in the best interest of the general economy and welfare of this state and its citizens that the legislature evoke its police power to prescribe which uses of groundwater are most beneficial and economically effective. B. It is therefore declared to be the public policy of this state that in the interest of protecting and stabilizing the general economy and welfare of this state and its citizens it is necessary to conserve,  protect and allocate the use of groundwater resources of the state and to provide a framework for the comprehensive management and regulation of the withdrawal,  transportation,  use,  conservation and conveyance of rights to use the groundwater in this state.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-403 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-403 - Designation of groundwater basins and sub-basins; hearing

45-403.  Designation of groundwater basins and sub-basins;  hearing A. Within eighteen months of the effective date of this section,  the director shall propose boundaries for all groundwater basins and sub-basins of groundwater basins in this state not included within initial active management areas established pursuant to section 45-411. B. Within twenty-four months of the effective date of this section,  the director shall hold public hearings to consider the final boundaries of groundwater basins and sub-basins in this state not included within initial active management areas established pursuant to section 45-411. The director shall give reasonable notice of the hearing appropriate to the circumstances which shall include the publication once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the proposed groundwater basin is located. Any notice shall contain the time and place of the hearing,  the legal description and a map clearly identifying and describing all lands to be included in the proposed groundwater basin and any sub-basin and any other information the director deems necessary. C. The hearings shall be held at the county seat of the county in which the major portion of the land in the proposed groundwater basin is located as soon as practicable but no less than thirty days and no more than sixty days after the first publication of the notice of the hearing. At the hearing,  the director shall present the factual data in his possession in support of the proposed action. Any person may appear at the hearing,  either in person or by representative,  and submit oral or documentary evidence for or against the proposed action. In making his determination,  the director shall give full consideration to public comment and to recommendations made by local political subdivisions.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-404 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-404 - Findings on hearing; maps; order for boundaries of groundwater basin; review and modification of boundaries

45-404.  Findings on hearing;  maps;  order for boundaries of groundwater basin;  review and modification of boundaries A. Within sixty days after the hearing,  the director shall make and file in the director's office written findings with respect to matters considered during the hearing. For each groundwater basin,  the director shall prepare and file in the director's office: 1. A map clearly identifying all lands included within the groundwater basin and its sub-basins. 2. Factual data justifying the boundaries of the groundwater basin and its sub-basins. 3. An order designating the boundaries of each groundwater basin and its sub-basins. B. The findings and order shall be published in the manner and for the length of time prescribed for the publication of notice of the public hearing,  and the order is effective when published for the final time. The materials required by subsection A of this section and a transcript of the hearing are public records of the department and shall be available for examination by the public during regular business hours. The findings and order of the director are subject to rehearing or review and to judicial review as provided in section 45-114,  subsection C. C. The director shall file a true copy of the map in the office of the county recorder of the county or counties in which the groundwater basin is located. D. The director may,  as conditions require and factual data justify,  review and modify the boundaries of any groundwater basin or any sub-basin of a groundwater basin except for groundwater basins and sub-basins of a groundwater basin that are included within an initial active management area. The review and modification of boundaries of a groundwater basin or sub-basin included within a subsequent active management area or irrigation non-expansion area shall follow procedures set forth in sections 45-417 and 45-438. Any modification of boundaries designated pursuant to this article shall follow as closely as practicable the procedural requirements of section 45-403 and this section.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-405 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-405 - Judicial review of decisions of the director; assignment of actions for judicial review

45-405.  Judicial review of decisions of the director;  assignment of actions for judicial review A. This section and sections 45-406 and 45-407 govern all actions for judicial review of decisions of the director under this chapter,  except those decisions made pursuant to section 45-476.01,  subsection E. An action for judicial review under this chapter extends to all questions of law and fact presented by the record. B. Administrative and public hearings shall be recorded manually or electronically. If the person seeks judicial review of a decision of the director,  a transcript shall be made as provided by law. C. Each action for judicial review under this chapter shall be assigned to a judge whom the chief justice of the supreme court has specifically designated,  pursuant to section 45-406,  to hear actions for judicial review under this chapter.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-406 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-406 - Designation of judges; publication of designated judges

45-406.  Designation of judges;  publication of designated judges A. The chief justice of the supreme court shall designate at least one judge,  but not more than five judges,  of the superior court to hear actions for judicial review under this chapter. The chief justice of the supreme court shall also specify the particular county or counties for which each designated judge will be available for assignment. B. The supreme court shall publish in the rules of the supreme court the name of each designated judge and the county or counties in which each designated judge will be available for assignment. C. The presiding judge for the county in which an action for judicial review has been filed under this chapter shall assign the action for judicial review to the appropriate judge designated by the chief justice of the supreme court and shall advise in writing the presiding judge and clerk of the superior court in the county in which the designated judge ordinarily sits about the assignment.
AZ Rev Stat § 45-407 (2021)
2021 Arizona Revised Statutes|Title 45 - Waters|§ 45-407 - Stay of director's decision; precedence of actions for judicial review; review by the court of appeals

45-407.  Stay of director's decision;  precedence of actions for judicial review;  review by the court of appeals A. The decision of the director shall not be stayed pending an action for judicial review,  except that the judge to whom the action for judicial review has been assigned may stay the decision of the director with or without bond upon a showing of good cause. In determining if good cause exists under the circumstances,  the court may consider whether: 1. The public interest will be adversely affected by a stay. 2. The stay will harm others. 3. There is a high probability that the appellant will succeed on the merits. 4. The appellant will suffer irreparable harm before a decision on the merits can be rendered. B. For the benefit of the people of this state,  actions for judicial review under this chapter have precedence,  in every court,  over all other civil proceedings. C. The final decision of the superior court is appealable in the same manner as in civil actions generally and shall be governed by the rules of appellate procedure.