Arizona Laws 45-421. Administrative duties of the groundwater users advisory councils
The groundwater users advisory council shall:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-421
- 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or, in the case of the Santa Cruz active management area, active management of any water, other than stored water, withdrawn from a well.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
- 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
- Groundwater: means water under the surface of the earth regardless of the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving. See Arizona Laws 45-101
- Person: means an individual, public or private corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, society, estate or trust, any other private organization or enterprise, the United States, any state, territory or country or a governmental entity, political subdivision or municipal corporation organized under or subject to the constitution and laws of this state. See Arizona Laws 45-402
1. Advise the area director for the active management area, make recommendations on groundwater management programs and policies for the active management area and comment to the area director and to the director on draft management plans for the active management area before they are promulgated by the director.
2. Keep the minutes of its meetings and all records, reports and other information relative to its work and programs in permanent form indexed and systematically filed.
3. Elect from its members a chairman and vice-chairman for terms of two years expiring on the third Monday of January of each even numbered year.
4. Designate the person or persons who shall execute all documents and instruments on behalf of the council.
5. Manifest and record its actions by motion, resolution or other appropriate means.
6. Make a complete record of its proceedings which shall be open to public inspection during regular business hours in the branch office of the department in the active management area.
7. Provide comment to the Arizona water banking authority with regard to draft plans for additional storage facilities and draft plans of operation in accordance with sections 45-2453 and 45-2456.