In this article, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-2621

  • Authority: means the Arizona water banking authority established by section 45-2421 or its successor. See Arizona Laws 45-2621
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.

1. "Authority" means the Arizona water banking authority established by section 45-2421 or its successor.

2. "Community’s account" means the account established for the community in the southside replenishment bank pursuant to section 45-2624.

3. "Industrial acre" means the acre or acres in an eastern protection zone or in the western municipal and industrial protection zone on which water is used for an industrial use and for which the water use is reported to the director under section 45-632, 45-875.01 or 45-2602.

4. "Southside replenishment obligation" means a replenishment obligation calculated under section 45-2622.