The director must keep a water-right registry, affected persons must report changes and assignments, and the department/director must follow notice, objection, hearing, and decision deadlines for reissued permits or certificates.
45-164 - Registry; reporting 45-164 . Registry; reporting A. The director shall establish and maintain a registry of applications, permits and certificates of water right filed or issued pursuant to this chapter and statements of claim filed pursuant to article 7 of this chapter. B. A person who has filed an application or a statement of claim or a person to whom the director has issued a permit or a certificate of water right shall notify the director of a change in name or mailing address or an assignment pursuant to section 45-163. A person to whom an application, permit, certificate of water right or statement of claim is assigned shall notify the director of the assignment and shall furnish information as required by the director to keep the registry current and accurate. The director shall have continuing jurisdiction and shall issue revised permits and certificates as necessary. C. If an appropriator of water filed an application for a permit to appropriate water pursuant to this article or an application for certification under article 10 of this chapter but the permit or certificate was issued or subsequently reissued to the United States or the state of Arizona, an appropriator of water may file a written application with the department to request that a permit or certificate be reissued in accordance with section 37-321.01, subsection A. Within thirty days after receiving the application, the department shall provide notice of the application to the state or federal agency that owns the land on which the water is used and, if applicable, to the owner of patented land from which the water is diverted or on which the water is stored. A person who is entitled to this notice from the department may file written objections to the application within forty-five days after the department mails the notice. If no timely objection is received by the department, the director shall approve or deny the application within ninety days from the date of filing of the application. If an objection is received, and on written request of either the applicant or the objector, an administrative hearing shall be held on the application and objections. If a request for a hearing is not received, the director shall grant or deny the relief sought in the application based upon the application and objections filed. A final decision of the director is subject to judicial review as provided in section 45-114, subsection B in the superior court in the county that has jurisdiction over the water right as part of a general adjudication conducted pursuant to article 9 of this chapter, or if the right is not subject to a general adjudication in the superior court pursuant to title 12, chapter 7, article 6. The form of the application and objection shall be prescribed by the director, but the department shall not charge a fee for processing an application. D. Section 45-114, subsections A and B govern administrative proceedings, rehearing or review and judicial review of final decisions of the director under this section.