{"data":{"id":"us-az/a.r.s.-45-563","jurisdiction":"us-az","citation":"A.R.S. § 45-563","heading":"Management plans in active management areas; management periods; general provisions","body":"A. The director shall develop a management plan for each initial active management area for each of five management periods pursuant to the guidelines prescribed in sections 45-564 through 45-568 and shall adopt the plans only after public hearings held pursuant to sections 45-570 and 45-571. The plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program for all persons withdrawing, distributing or receiving groundwater designed to achieve reductions in withdrawals of groundwater.\n\nB. The director shall develop a management plan for the Santa Cruz active management area for the third, fourth and fifth management periods pursuant to the guidelines prescribed in sections 45-566, 45-566.01, 45-567, 45-567.01, 45-568 and 45-568.01 and shall adopt the plans only after public hearings held pursuant to sections 45-570 and 45-571. The plans shall include a continuing mandatory conservation program designed to achieve the management goal of the active management area for all persons withdrawing water, other than stored water, from a well and all persons distributing or receiving water, other than stored water, from a well. The plans shall also include criteria for the location of new wells and replacement wells in new locations consistent with the management goal of the active management area.","path":["Title 45 Waters"],"source_url":"https://www.azleg.gov/ars/45/00563.htm","current_through":"2026-09-04","vintage":"2026-08-09","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:49:56Z","sha256":"3f016493d053e3a6b3338de29486b0ff7adb18d92a0cfbd6e1929f28b319f7b9","source_id":"us-az","stale":false,"prev":"us-az/a.r.s.-45-562","next":"us-az/a.r.s.-45-563.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}
