A. If the director initiates the procedure for designating a subsequent active management area or the board of supervisors calls an election to establish an active management area, an irrigation user may irrigate within the proposed active management area only acres of land which were legally irrigated at any time during the five years preceding the date of the notice of the initiation of designation procedures or the call for the election.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-416

  • Active management area: means a geographical area that has been designated pursuant to article 2 of this chapter as requiring active management of groundwater or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Director: means the director of water resources, who is also the director of the department. See Arizona Laws 45-101
  • Irrigate: means to apply water to two or more acres of land to produce plants or parts of plants for sale or human consumption, or for use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry, as such terms are defined in section 3-1201. See Arizona Laws 45-402
  • Subsequent active management area: means an active management area established after June 12, 1980 pursuant to article 2 of this chapter. See Arizona Laws 45-402

B. The limitation on the acres which may be irrigated shall continue in effect until the director makes a final determination pursuant to section 45-414 or the final results of an election to establish an active management area pursuant to section 45-415 are certified by the board of supervisors of the county or counties in which the proposed subsequent active management area is located.

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