House Engrossed Senate Bill

 

water use; prohibition; landscaping

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

First Regular Session

2025

 

 

 

SENATE BILL 1523

 

 

 

 

An Act

 

amending title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 45-563.03; relating to water management.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

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

Section 1. Title 45, chapter 2, article 9, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 45-563.03, to read:

START_STATUTE45-563.03. Turf and plant installation; prohibition; exception; definition

A. Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality that is located in an initial Active Management Area may not adopt or enforce any requirement that establishes, directly or indirectly, any of the following:

1. Minimum turf requirements, except for functional turf requirements that are associated with public recreational use areas or other public spaces that are regularly used for civic, community or recreational purposes, INCLUDING playgrounds, sports fields, cemeteries, schoolyards and stormwater management but not including stormwater drainage areas that are located in subdivisions.

2. The installation of plants that are not included on the Low-Water-Use and Drought-Tolerant Plant List that is published by the Department for the current Management Plan in the initial Active Management Areas.

B. For the purposes of this section, "subdivision" has the same meaning prescribed in section 32-2101.END_STATUTE