45-494.01. Addition and exclusion of area by irrigation districts in initial active management areas
A. In an initial active management area, an irrigation district established pursuant to title 48, chapter 19 existing and engaged in the withdrawal, delivery and distribution of groundwater as of January 1, 1977 may add to the service area of the district acres of land which have irrigation grandfathered rights to replace other lands that have irrigation grandfathered rights of similar area for the purpose of maintaining the same acreage as of June 12, 1980, if both of the following apply:
1. The added and excluded acres are outside the exterior boundaries of the service area of an incorporated city or town.
2. The added and excluded acres are either within the franchised area of a private water company or are contiguous to the franchised area of a private water company designated as having an assured water supply pursuant to section 45-576, subsection D and the contiguous acres may, in the judgment of the director, be added without adversely affecting the assured water supply of the private water company.
B. No greater quantity of water may be transported annually to the added acres than the annual stored surface water allotment for that year. For purposes of this section, store surface water does not include central Arizona project allotment water. This section does not prohibit the transportation to the added acres of any quantity of floodwater or effluent available in addition to the stored surface water allotment.
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