Groundwater: de minimis extractors: fees: exemption.
Sent for signature: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Sent for signature
- Started in
- Assembly
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Sep 4, 2026
What it does
Existing law authorizes a groundwater sustainability agency to impose fees, including, but not limited to, permit fees and fees on groundwater extraction or other regulated activity, to fund the costs of a groundwater sustainability program, and investigations, inspections, compliance assistance, enforcement, and program administration, as provided. Existing law prohibits a groundwater sustainability agency from imposing those fees on a de minimis extractor, as defined, unless the agency has regulated the user, as provided.
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