California Public Resources Code

§ 10005

PRC § 10005 Effective Jan 1, 2026Div. 10

Statute text

(a)The Department of Fish and Wildlife shall impose and collect a filing fee of eight hundred fifty dollars ($850) to defray the costs of identifying streams and providing studies pursuant to this division.

(b)The filing fee shall be proportional to the cost incurred by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and shall be annually reviewed and adjustments recommended to the Legislature in an amount necessary to pay the costs of the Department of Fish and Wildlife as specified in subdivision (a).

(c)Any user of water, including a person or entity holding riparian or appropriative rights, shall pay the filing fee to the Department of Fish and Wildlife upon application to the State Water Resources Control Board for any permit, transfer, extension, or change of point of diversion, place of use, or purpose of use, if there is a diversion of water from any waterway where fish reside. No permit, or other entitlement identified in this section, is effective until the filing fee is paid. The State Water Resources Control Board shall, every six months, forward all fees collected to the Department of Fish and Wildlife and provide the location for each entitlement for which a filing fee has been collected.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2025, Ch. 401, Sec. 12. (AB 1520) Effective January 1, 2026.