Arizona Laws 45-437.01. Substitution of irrigated acreage in an irrigation district; central Arizona project water
In an irrigation non-expansion area, a person who owns acres of land which may be irrigated pursuant to section 45-437 may apply to the director during the central Arizona project contracting period, but no later than January 1, 1995, to permanently retire all or a portion of such acres from irrigation and to irrigate conjunctively with central Arizona project water the same number of substitute acres. The director may approve the substitution of acres if the director determines that all of the following exist:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-437.01
- Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- Irrigate: means to apply water to two or more acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry, as such terms are defined in section 3-1201. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Irrigation district: means a political subdivision, however designated, established pursuant to Title 48, Chapter 17 or 19. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Irrigation non-expansion area: means a geographical area that has been designated pursuant to article 3 of this chapter as having insufficient groundwater to provide a reasonably safe supply for the irrigation of the cultivated lands at the current rate of withdrawal. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society, estate or trust, any other private organization or enterprise, the United States, any state, territory or country or a governmental entity, political subdivision or municipal corporation organized under or subject to the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Private water company: means :
(a) With respect to areas outside an active management area and with respect to an active management area other than the Santa Cruz active management area, any entity that distributes or sells groundwater, except a political subdivision or an 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. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- Service area: means :
(a) With respect to a city or town, the area of land actually being served water, for a non-irrigation use, by the city or town plus:
(i) Additions to such area that contain an operating distribution system owned by the city or town primarily for the delivery of water for a non-irrigation use. See Arizona Laws 45-402
- town: means a city or town incorporated or chartered under the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-402
1. The acres to be retired from irrigation and the substitute acres are located outside of the exterior boundaries of the service area of a city, town or private water company and such acres are located within the same irrigation district and the same sub-basin.
2. Central Arizona project water available to the irrigation district within which the acres are located will be adequate to supply the substitute acres.