37-202. Selection board; powers and duties;
distribution of central Arizona project water to state trust
lands
A. There is established a selection board composed of the governor, the state
treasurer exercising those powers of the surveyor-general with respect to the selection
of lands as provided in this section and the attorney general.
B. The selection board shall do all things necessary to comply with the laws of the
United States and of the state in securing title to the lands granted to the state in
quantity or as indemnity by the enabling act, or to any other lands which may be granted
to the state.
C. The board shall file upon and select, and cause to be withdrawn and surveyed for
selection, lands the commissioner from time to time recommends for selection or for
withdrawal and survey.
D. The selection board shall cancel, relinquish and release the claim of the state
and reconvey to the United States any tract of land erroneously listed to the state or
any tract upon which, at the time of selection or withdrawal, a bona fide claim has been
initiated by an actual settler.
E. The board shall designate which of the lands selected shall be assigned to each
specific fund designated in the grants made to the state by the United States. The
selections shall be apportioned among the various grants so that each fund shall receive
as nearly as possible its pro rata share of the different classes of land selected.
F. The board shall determine the distribution of all central Arizona project water
allocated for the benefit of state trust lands. All allocations of central Arizona
project water made by the selection board shall be used on state trust lands except that
if state trust lands to which central Arizona project waters have been allocated are
sold, then the central Arizona project water allocated to those lands may be used on
those lands. All allocations of central Arizona project water made by the selection board
shall conform to the Arizona state water plan administered by the department of water
resources. Allocations greater than ten per cent of the total amount of central Arizona
project water available to the state for the benefit of state trust lands shall require
legislative approval by concurrent resolution before such allocation is available for
use.
G. If state land is included in a proposed corporate limit of a municipality, the
selection board, at the commissioner's request, may render a determination approving or
rejecting the inclusion of the state land in the proposed corporate limit.
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