Section 10730.2 Of Chapter 8. Financial Authority From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 2.74. >> Chapter 8.
10730.2
. (a) A groundwater sustainability agency that adopts a
groundwater sustainability plan pursuant to this part may impose fees
on the extraction of groundwater from the basin to fund costs of
groundwater management, including, but not limited to, the costs of
the following:
(1) Administration, operation, and maintenance, including a
prudent reserve.
(2) Acquisition of lands or other property, facilities, and
services.
(3) Supply, production, treatment, or distribution of water.
(4) Other activities necessary or convenient to implement the
plan.
(b) Until a groundwater sustainability plan is adopted pursuant
to this part, a local agency may impose fees in accordance with the
procedures provided in this section for the purposes of Part 2.75
(commencing with Section 10750) as long as a groundwater management
plan adopted before January 1, 2015, is in effect.
(c) Fees imposed pursuant to this section shall be adopted in
accordance with subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 6 of Article XIII
D of the California Constitution.
(d) Fees imposed pursuant to this section may include fixed fees
and fees charged on a volumetric basis, including, but not limited
to, fees that increase based on the quantity of groundwater produced
annually, the year in which the production of groundwater commenced
from a groundwater extraction facility, and impacts to the basin.
(e) The power granted by this section is in addition to any powers
a groundwater sustainability agency has under any other law.