Bill > HB2146

This bill amends existing Arizona law regarding groundwater management, specifically focusing on restrictions for municipalities within initial active management areas, which are regions designated for managing groundwater resources. The bill prohibits these municipalities from enforcing requirements that mandate minimum turf, with an exception for functional turf in public recreational or civic use areas like playgrounds and sports fields, but not for stormwater drainage areas in subdivisions. Crucially, it also prevents municipalities from requiring the installation of plants not on the department's published list of low water use and drought tolerant plants, and it explicitly forbids the inclusion of any mesquite species on this list.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/83799