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PREFILED JAN 07 2026 REFERENCE TITLE: surface water; irrigation; definition State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2026 HB 2151 Introduced by Representative Griffin AN ACT Amending section 45-151, Arizona Revised Statutes; RELATING to water rights. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 45-151, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE 45-151. Right of appropriation; permitted uses; water rights in stockponds; definition A. Any person, the this state of Arizona or a political subdivision thereof of this state may appropriate unappropriated water for domestic, municipal, irrigation, stock watering, water power, recreation, wildlife, including fish, nonrecoverable water storage pursuant to section 45-833.01 or mining uses, for his personal use or for delivery to consumers. The person, the this state of Arizona or a political subdivision thereof of this state first appropriating the water shall have the better right. B. To effect the beneficial use, the person, the this state of Arizona or a political subdivision thereof of this state appropriating the water may construct and maintain reservoirs, storage facilities pursuant to chapter 3.1 of this title, dams, canals, ditches, flumes and other necessary waterways. C. A water right in a stockpond, certified pursuant to article 10 of this chapter, shall be recognized as if such water had been appropriated pursuant to this article. D. For the purposes of this section, "irrigation" means the use of water on lands to produce plants or parts of plants for any of the following: 1. Sale. 2. Human consumption. 3. Use as feed for livestock, range livestock or poultry. For the purposes of this paragraph, "livestock", "range livestock" and "poultry" have the same meanings prescribed in section 3-1201. END_STATUTE