(a) Each person or entity who holds a permit or license to
appropriate water, and each lessor of water leased under Chapter 1.5
(commencing with Section 1020) of Part 1, shall pay an annual fee
according to a fee schedule established by the board.
(b) Each person or entity who files any of the following shall pay
a fee according to a fee schedule established by the board:
(1) An application for a permit to appropriate water.
(2) A registration of appropriation for a small domestic use,
small irrigation use, or livestock stockpond use.
(3) A petition for an extension of time within which to begin
construction, to complete construction, or to apply the water to full
beneficial use under a permit.
(4) A petition to change the point of diversion, place of use, or
purpose of use, under a permit, license, or registration.
(5) A petition to change the conditions of a permit or license,
requested by the permittee or licensee, that is not otherwise subject
to paragraph (3) or (4).
(6) A petition to change the point of discharge, place of use, or
purpose of use, of treated wastewater, requested pursuant to Section
1211.
(7) An application for approval of a water lease agreement.
(8) A request for release from priority pursuant to Section 10504.
(9) An application for an assignment of a state-filed application
pursuant to Section 10504.
(c) The board shall set the fee schedule authorized by this
section so that the total amount of fees collected pursuant to this
section equals that amount necessary to recover costs incurred in
connection with the issuance, administration, review, monitoring, and
enforcement of permits, licenses, certificates, and registrations to
appropriate water, water leases, and orders approving changes in
point of discharge, place of use, or purpose of use of treated
wastewater. The board may include, as recoverable costs, but is not
limited to including, the costs incurred in reviewing applications,
registrations, petitions and requests, prescribing terms of permits,
licenses, registrations, and change orders, enforcing and evaluating
compliance with permits, licenses, certificates, registrations,
change orders, and water leases, inspection, monitoring, planning,
modeling, reviewing documents prepared for the purpose of regulating
the diversion and use of water, applying and enforcing the
prohibition set forth in Section 1052 against the unauthorized
diversion or use of water subject to this division, and the
administrative costs incurred in connection with carrying out these
actions.
(d) (1) The board shall adopt the schedule of fees authorized
under this section as emergency regulations in accordance with
Section 1530.
(2) For filings subject to subdivision (b), the schedule may
provide for a single filing fee or for an initial filing fee followed
by an annual fee, as appropriate to the type of filing involved, and
may include supplemental fees for filings that have already been
made but have not yet been acted upon by the board at the time the
schedule of fees takes effect.
(3) The board shall set the amount of total revenue collected each
year through the fees authorized by this section at an amount equal
to the amounts appropriated by the Legislature for expenditure for
support of water rights program activities from the Water Rights Fund
established under Section 1550, taking into account the reserves in
the Water Rights Fund. The board shall review and revise the fees
each fiscal year as necessary to conform with the amounts
appropriated. If the board determines that the revenue collected
during the preceding year was greater than, or less than, the amounts
appropriated, the board may further adjust the annual fees to
compensate for the over or under collection of revenue.
(e) Annual fees imposed pursuant to this section for the 2003-04
fiscal year shall be assessed for the entire 2003-04 fiscal year.
Each person or entity who files a notice pursuant to Part 5
(commencing with Section 4999) shall pay an annual fee according to a
fee schedule established by the board. The board shall adopt the
schedule of fees pursuant to Section 1530. The board shall set the
filing fees in an amount that is sufficient, on the average, to pay
the administrative expenses of the board in processing, compiling,
and retaining the notices.
(a) The board shall adopt a schedule of fees pursuant to
Section 1530 to recover costs incurred in administering Chapter 11
(commencing with Section 10735) of Part 2.74 of Division 6.
Recoverable costs include, but are not limited to, costs incurred in
connection with investigations, facilitation, monitoring, hearings,
enforcement, and administrative costs in carrying out these actions.
(b) The fee schedule adopted under this section may include, but
is not limited to, the following:
(1) A fee for participation as a petitioner or party to an
adjudicative proceeding.
(2) A fee for the filing of a report pursuant to Part 5.2
(commencing with Section 5200) of Division 2.
(c) Consistent with Section 3 of Article XIII A of the California
Constitution, the board shall set the fees under this section in an
amount sufficient to cover all costs incurred and expended from the
Water Rights Fund for the purposes of Part 5.2 (commencing with
Section 5200) and Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 10735) of Part
2.74 of Division 6. In setting these fees, the board is not required
to fully recover these costs in the year or the year immediately
after the costs are incurred, but the board may provide for recovery
of these costs over a period of years.
(a) The board shall adopt, by emergency regulation, the
schedules of fees authorized under this article. The emergency
regulation may include provisions concerning the administration and
collection of the fees. The fee schedules may be graduated in
accordance with the number of diversions or the amount of water
involved. The board shall periodically adjust the amount of the fees
specified in the schedule in accordance with this article.
(b) The emergency regulations adopted pursuant to this section,
any amendment thereto, or subsequent adjustments to the regulations,
shall be adopted by the board in accordance with Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code. The adoption of these regulations is an
emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law
as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace,
health, safety, and general welfare. Notwithstanding Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code, any emergency regulations adopted by the board,
or any adjustment to an annual fee made by the board pursuant to
this section, shall remain in effect until revised by the board.