Arizona Laws 48-4467. Drought relief account
A. The district shall establish and maintain a drought relief account for the district beginning January 1 of the third calendar year following the year in which the district is established with a balance of zero on that date.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-4467
- District: means a groundwater replenishment district established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Drought year: means :
(a) A year in which the district member's actual central Arizona project water supply is less than eighty per cent of the district member's normal central Arizona project water supply, if the district member's actual central Arizona project water supply is also less than the amount of central Arizona project water ordered by the district member from a multi-county water conservation district. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- Historic annual net natural recharge: means the average annual net natural recharge of the groundwater basin beneath a groundwater replenishment district during a thirty year period, as established by the director in the most recent management plan for the active management area in which the district is located pursuant to Title 45, Chapter 2, Article 9, or a proportionate share established by the director, if the groundwater basin is partially located beneath a district. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
- member: means a municipality that contains a service area and petitions for the formation of the district or petitions for the expansion of the district pursuant to this title. See Arizona Laws 48-4401
B. At the end of each calendar year, beginning with the third calendar year following the year in which the district is established, the district shall register a credit to the account in the amount of the district’s historic annual net natural recharge.
C. Beginning with the fifth calendar year following the year in which the district is established, the district shall register a debit to the account not later than May 15 of a calendar year if the preceding calendar year was a drought year for any district member and the district member withdrew drought replacement groundwater during that preceding calendar year. The amount of the debit shall equal the total amount of drought replacement groundwater withdrawn by all district members during that preceding calendar year, up to the amount of any credits in the account. A district member’s share of the debit shall be computed by dividing the amount of drought replacement groundwater withdrawn by the district member during that preceding calendar year by the total amount of drought replacement groundwater withdrawn by all district members during that preceding calendar year and multiplying the quotient by the amount of the debit.