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SB1311 • 2026

technical correction; conservation easements; applicability

SB1311 - technical correction; conservation easements; applicability

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Janae Shamp
Last action
2026-06-12
Official status
Senate Rules: None
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The statute text contains awkward phrasing ('created after its effective which August 7, 1985') suggesting a formatting error in the draft that this bill aims to fix, but the specific corrected wording is not fully clear from the excerpt alone.

SB1311: Fixing Rules for Conservation Easements

This bill fixes a mistake in the text describing when Arizona laws about conservation easements apply.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends section 33-276 of the state law book to correct how applicability is described.
  • Clarifies that rules apply to interests created after August 7, 1985, if they follow this article.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People creating conservation easements or similar land restrictions in Arizona

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official effective date of the bill is not listed in this document.
  • This change only affects section 33-276 and does not create new rules for other types of property agreements.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate Rules: None

  2. 2026-06-12 Senate

    Senate first read

Official Summary Text

SB1311 - technical correction; conservation easements; applicability

Current Bill Text

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SB1311 - 572R - I Ver

REFERENCE TITLE:
technical correction; conservation easements; applicability

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SB 1311

Introduced by

Senator
Shamp

AN
ACT

amending section 33-276, Arizona
Revised Statutes; relating to conservation easements.

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Section 33-276, Arizona Revised
Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE
33-276
.
Applicability

A. This article applies to any interest created
after
its effective date which

August 7,
1985 that
complies with this article, whether designated as a
conservation easement or as a covenant, equitable servitude, restriction,
easement or otherwise.

B. This article does not invalidate any interest,
whether designated as a conservation or preservation easement or as a covenant,
equitable servitude, restriction, easement or otherwise, that is enforceable
under any other law of this state.
END_STATUTE