REFERENCE TITLE: city water provider; requirements; service

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-sixth Legislature

First Regular Session

2023

 

 

 

HB 2561

 

Introduced by

Representatives Kolodin: Chaplik, Griffin, Senator Kavanagh

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 9-500.40; repealing section 9-500.40, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to municipal water service.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 9, chapter 4, article 8, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 9-500.40, to read:

START_STATUTE9-500.40. Water service outside city or town; requirements

A city or town that provides water service shall provide water service through a standpipe for water HAULING to persons residing outside the city's or town's water service area who do not have access to SUFFICIENT water if all of the following apply:

1. The number of households to be serviced is not more than seven hundred fifty.

2. The city or town previously provided water service to the persons who do not have access to sufficient water.

3. There is no other source of water for those persons within ten miles of their households.

4. The city or town is reimbursed for the costs of providing and delivering the water.

5. Providing the water at the standpipe does not reduce the amount of water AVAILABLE to households within the city's or town's water SERVICE area or to households OUTSIDE of the CITY'S or town's water SERVICE area with whom the city or town has contracted to provide water. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2. Delayed repeal

Section 9-500.40, Arizona Revised Statutes, as added by this act, is repealed from and after December 31, 2025.

Sec. 3. Emergency

This act is an emergency measure that is necessary to preserve the public peace, health or safety and is operative immediately as provided by law.