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PREFILED DEC 02 2025 REFERENCE TITLE: physical availability; review; designated providers State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 HB 2027 Introduced by Representative Griffin AN ACT amending section 45-576.09, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to groundwater management. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 45-576.09, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 45-576.09. Active management areas; director's authority to change assured water supply rules Notwithstanding any other law, the director may revise the rules adopted pursuant to section 45-576, subsection H to apply section 45-576.08 to other active management areas. the director may not adopt rules to apply section 45-576.08 to a city or town in the Phoenix active MANAGEMENT area that has received a DESIGNATION of assured water supply PURSUANT to section 45-576, subsection e. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Phoenix active management area; designation of assured water supply; review Within thirty days after the effective date of this act, the director of the department of water resources shall review the physical availability of groundwater and stored water of each city or town in the Phoenix active management area that has received a designation of assured water supply pursuant to section 45-576, subsection E, Arizona Revised Statutes, and section 45-576.09, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act.