Bill Text: CA AB1972 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Water right permits and licenses: annual fee: exemption.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-04-22 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB1972 Detail]
Download: California-2025-AB1972-Amended.html
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Amended
IN
Assembly
March 17, 2026 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1972
| Introduced by Assembly Member Patterson |
February 13, 2026 |
An act to add Section 1526 to the Water Code, relating to water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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.
