Ariz. Admin. Code § 12-15-720

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 36, September 6, 2024

Section R12-15-720 - Financial Capability

A. The Director shall determine that an applicant for a certificate or a water report has the financial capability to construct adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works if the applicant demonstrates one or more of the following:

1. The applicant will submit its final plat to a qualified platting authority;

2. The applicant has constructed adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works, and water service is available to each lot; or

3. The applicant has posted a performance bond with the platting authority for the entire cost of adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works.

B. Upon receiving evidence that a platting authority has established standards for proof of financial capability to construct adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works, pursuant to A.R.S. § 9-463.01(C)(8) or A.R.S. § 11-806.01(G), the Director shall classify the platting authority as a qualified platting authority. The Director shall maintain a list of qualified platting authorities.

C. The Director shall determine that an applicant for a designation has the financial capability to construct adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works if the applicant demonstrates one or more of the following for each of those facilities:

1. The applicant has constructed adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works;

2. The applicant has entered into written agreements requiring a potential developer to construct adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works;

3. If the applicant is a city or town, the applicant has:

a. Adopted a five year capital improvement plan that provides for the construction, or the commencement of construction, of adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works in a timely manner, and has submitted a certification by the applicant's chief financial officer that finances are available to implement that portion of the five-year plan; or

b. Submitted evidence demonstrating that financing mechanisms are in place to construct adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works in a timely manner; or

4. If the applicant is a private water company, the applicant has received approval from the Arizona Corporation Commission for financing the construction of adequate delivery, storage, and treatment works.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R12-15-720

Adopted effective February 7, 1995 (Supp. 95-1). Section repealed; new Section made by final rulemaking at 12 A.A.R. 3475, effective September 12, 2006 (Supp. 06-3).