A. The director may designate an irrigation non-expansion area as an active management area if the director determines that the irrigation non-expansion area meets any of the criteria for designating an active management area specified in section 45-412, subsection A.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-439

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Active management area: means a geographical area that has been designated pursuant to article 2 of this chapter as requiring active management of groundwater or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Groundwater: means water under the surface of the earth regardless of the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • 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

B. Any action taken under this section is subject to the procedures for notice and hearing prescribed by sections 45-413 and 45-414.

C. An irrigation non-expansion area may be designated an active management area upon petition and election pursuant to section 45-415 by the registered voters residing in the groundwater basin which is or includes the irrigation non-expansion area.

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