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AB-1972 • 2026

Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.

Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.

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Sponsor
Patterson
Last action
Official status
Assembly - Water, Parks and Wildlife
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.

AB 1972, as amended, Patterson.

What This Bill Does

  • AB 1972, as amended, Patterson.
  • Water right applicant: permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.
  • Existing law requires each person or entity who holds a permit or license to appropriate water, leases water pursuant to specified provisions of law, or files a specified application, registration, or petition to pay a fee according to a fee schedule established by the State Water Resources Control Board.
  • This bill would require the board to exempt a water right applicant person who holds a water right permit or license from paying the annual fee pursuant to a specified regulation for a pond with 20 acre-feet or less of water.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Assembly - Water, Parks and Wildlife

Official Summary Text

Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.