§ 45-331 Definitions
§ 45-332 Cooperation in lower Colorado river multispecies conservation program
§ 45-333 Colorado river water use fee; purpose
§ 45-334 Setting Colorado River water use fee
§ 45-335 Payment of fee; penalty for delinquency

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 45 > Chapter 1 > Article 13 - Colorado River Water Use Fee

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Consumptive use: means , for any water user for any program year, the consumptive use as recorded in the final accounting for the most recent calendar year for which a final accounting is available, or if none is recorded, the amount of diversions so recorded. See Arizona Laws 45-331
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Department: means the department of water resources. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Final accounting: means , for any calendar year, the United States bureau of reclamation's final compilation of records of Colorado river diversions, return flows and consumptive uses for the year, compiled pursuant to article V(b) of the decree of the United States supreme court in Arizona v. See Arizona Laws 45-331
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Month: means a calendar month unless otherwise expressed. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • program: means the cooperative effort among agencies of the federal government and agencies and political subdivisions of the states of Arizona, California and Nevada and other local public and private parties with a common interest in the water and related resources of the lower Colorado river, including the historic floodplain and reservoirs to the full pool elevations, to provide the basis for compliance with sections 7 and 10(a)(1)(B) of the endangered species act of 1973 (P. See Arizona Laws 45-331
  • Program year: means the twelve month period beginning October 1 of any calendar year and ending September 30 of the following calendar year. See Arizona Laws 45-331
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215