Arizona Laws 48-4806. Powers and duties of initial board; recommendation as to permanent organization or dissolution
A. The initial board has all of the powers and responsibilities prescribed by this chapter unless specifically limited to the permanent board.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-4806
- Active management area: means an active management area established under Title 45, Chapter 2. See Arizona Laws 48-4801
- Board: means either the initial board of directors or the permanent board of directors of a district. See Arizona Laws 48-4801
- District: means an active management area water district established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 48-4801
- Initial board: means the initial board of directors of a district organized under section 48-4803 for the purpose of establishing and managing the district preliminary to its permanent establishment under article 2 of this chapter or its dissolution under section 48-4806, subsection B, paragraph 2. See Arizona Laws 48-4801
- Permanent board: means the permanent board of directors of a district organized under section 48-4831. See Arizona Laws 48-4801
- Resolution: means a resolution, adopted by the governing body of a city or town, by the board of directors of a private water company that is a corporation, by the general partners of a private water company that is a partnership or by the individual owners of a private water company that is individually owned. See Arizona Laws 48-4801
- Water company: means either a private water company as defined in section 45-402 or an irrigation district that primarily serves municipal water. See Arizona Laws 48-4801
B. Not later than thirty months after the initial board conducts its organizational meeting under section 48-4803, subsection E, it shall either:
1. Prepare, and adopt by resolution, a plan of permanent operation and administration. Before finally adopting the plan the board shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed plan. The resolution must be approved by a majority of the initial board, and the approving majority must include the members serving on the initial board pursuant to section 48-4803, subsection A, paragraphs 1 and 2. The plan shall include a water resource augmentation plan under section 48-4854 and foreseeable water augmentation projects for the active management area and financing alternatives for each of the projects. The plan shall also prescribe transition procedures for converting to a permanent district under this chapter, to be completed not later than a stated period of time after adopting the resolution. The initial board shall send copies of the proposed plan and the finally adopted plan to each county, city, town, water company and irrigation district in the active management area, the active management area groundwater users advisory council, the director of water resources and each legislator whose district is in the active management area.
2. After a hearing and finding that a permanent district cannot feasibly function to the advantage of the water interests in the active management area, recommend that the district be terminated and outline a plan to conclude the affairs of the district pursuant to section 48-4807 within a stated period of time after making the recommendation.