Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact implications if a pond size exceeds 20 acre-feet after initially being exempted are unclear from the provided text.

Water Right Permits and Licenses: Annual Fee Exemption

This law exempts people who have permits for small ponds with 20 acre-feet or less of water from paying an annual fee.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the State Water Resources Control Board to exempt a person holding a permit or license for a pond with 20 acre-feet or less of water from paying an annual fee.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who have permits or licenses for small ponds with 20 acre-feet or less of water
• The State Water Resources Control Board

Terms To Know

Water right permit/license

A document that allows someone to use a certain amount of water from a source like a river or pond.

Annual fee

Money that must be paid every year for the right to use water.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if someone with an exempted permit increases their pond size beyond 20 acre-feet.
• Does not change other requirements for permits and licenses related to water rights.

Official Summary Text

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.

Current Bill Text

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