The district, after the levying of the replenishment assessment, shall give notice thereof to the operators of all water-producing facilities in the district as disclosed by the records of such district, which notice shall state the rate of replenishment assessment for each acre-foot of ground water to be produced during the ensuing fiscal year. The notice may be sent by postal card or by other first-class mail with postage prepaid by the district.
Water Replenishment AssessmentCollection of Assessments
Section § 60325
This law requires that after setting a replenishment assessment rate, the district must notify all operators of water-producing facilities within the district. The notice will inform them of the rate to be charged per acre-foot of groundwater produced in the upcoming fiscal year. Notifications can be sent using a postal card or other first-class mail, with postage paid by the district.
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Section § 60326
If you run a facility that produces water within a specific district in California, you need to submit a sworn statement to the district every quarter. This statement should include how much groundwater your facility produced, a description or number to identify your facility, and how you calculated the water production.
The statements are due by the last day of the month after each quarter ends (March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st). The district may require additional details in the statement.
If the district board decides more reports are necessary, they can make a resolution, publish it, and require you to submit additional reports 30 days after publication, following the guidelines in their resolution.
The operator of each water-producing facility within the district, on or before the last day of the month immediately following the respective quarterly periods ending March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, and December 31st of each year, shall file with the district a sworn statement setting forth the total production in acre-feet of ground water from such water-producing facility during the respective quarterly periods immediately preceding the filing of the respective statements, a general description or number locating such water-producing facility, and the method or basis of the computation of such ground water production. Each statement also shall contain such other information as the district may require. The first such statement required to be filed after the formation of such district shall cover the first calendar quarter commencing not less than thirty (30) days after such formation.
If the board by its resolution determines that additional reports or statements are necessary or useful to carry out the purposes of this act and to administer the replenishment of the ground water supplies within the district, then the board shall by its resolution so declare and shall give notice of the adoption of said resolution by immediately publishing the same in each affected county pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code. Effective thirty (30) days after such publication, the operator of each water-producing facility in such district shall file with the district the report or statement required by such resolution, at such times and in such manner and form as are provided in such resolution.
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Section § 60326.1
This law states that if you run a water-producing facility in the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, you must submit a sworn statement to the district every month.
In this statement, you need to detail how much groundwater your facility produced in the previous month (in acre-feet), provide a general description or identifier of where the facility is located, describe how you calculated the groundwater production, and include any additional information the district asks for.
Notwithstanding Section 60326, the operator of each water-producing facility in the Water Replenishment District of Southern California shall file with the district, by the last day of the month following the statement period, a sworn statement declaring all of the following:
(a)CA Water Code § 60326.1(a) The facility’s total groundwater production, measured in acre-feet, during the month preceding the filing of the statement.
(b)CA Water Code § 60326.1(b) A general description or number locating the facility.
(c)CA Water Code § 60326.1(c) The method used to compute the groundwater production.
(d)CA Water Code § 60326.1(d) Other information that the district may require.
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Section § 60327
This law requires that groundwater producers pay a replenishment assessment to the water district. The payment is due every quarter, coinciding with when the producer files a statement of how much groundwater they have extracted. To figure out how much to pay, you multiply the amount of groundwater (in acre-feet) reported by the assessment rate set by the district for that year.
Any replenishment assessment levied pursuant to this act shall be due and payable to the district by each producer in quarterly installments on the last day for filing the statement of the production of ground water from the water-producing facility operated by such producer during the quarterly period required to be covered by such statement. The amount so due and payable shall be computed by multiplying the production in acre-feet of ground water so produced from such water-producing facility, as reported in such statement, by the rate of the replenishment assessment fixed and levied by the board of the district for the fiscal year in which such production shall occur.
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Section § 60327.1
This law requires water producers in the Water Replenishment District of Southern California to pay a replenishment fee for the amount of groundwater they extract. The fee is calculated by multiplying the amount of water produced, measured in acre-feet, by a rate set by the district board. Payments are due monthly at the same time as filing the groundwater production statement.
Notwithstanding Section 60327, each producer shall pay the Water Replenishment District of Southern California a replenishment assessment, imposed pursuant to this act, in monthly installments due on the last day for filing the groundwater production statement required by Section 60326.1. The assessment amount shall be computed by multiplying the facility’s stated groundwater production, measured in acre-feet, by the replenishment assessment rate imposed by the district board for the fiscal year in which the production occurs.
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Section § 60328
If a producer unintentionally overstated their groundwater production and overpaid their replenishment assessment, they can request a refund within one year from the statement's filing date. They must submit a verified application to the district using the district's form, providing requested information. If the application lacks information or more details are needed, the producer has 30 days to supply it or the request will be considered abandoned.
The board can approve refunds without a hearing, but no requests will be denied without one. Refunds come from replenishment assessment funds and can be credited towards future assessments at the producer's request. No refunds are granted outside these rules.
The board shall authorize, and the district shall make, refunds in whole or in part of replenishment assessments theretofore paid, to any producer who has erroneously overstated his production of ground water in any sworn statement for a quarterly period required under the provisions of Section 60326, and who has overpaid his replenishment assessment for that quarter, but only upon compliance by the producer with the procedure hereinafter set forth and within the time hereinafter provided.
Any such producer, within one year of the last day for filing of the said sworn statement for the quarterly period in question, may file a verified application with the district on a form to be furnished by the district, containing such information as the district may require, requesting a refund of that portion of any replenishment assessment claimed to have been paid by reason of that producer’s erroneous overstatement of ground water production. If incomplete information is contained in said application, or if the board desires other or further information than called for by that application, the same shall also be furnished by a verified statement within 30 days of mailing of written notice of request therefor to the producer at his address as shown by the district’s records, or the application shall be deemed abandoned. Such request by the board shall not cause any application otherwise timely filed to be considered as not filed within said one-year period. The board may authorize, and the district may pay, any refund claimed without a hearing thereon, but no application shall be denied in whole or in part without a hearing being accorded to the applicant in which he shall have the burden of proof. Any determination by the board on any matter in connection with said application shall be final and conclusive upon the producer.
Any refund authorized to be paid under the provisions of this section may be paid only out of moneys realized from replenishment assessments levied pursuant to Section 60317, then or thereafter raised. Upon election of the producer, any refund determined by the board to be owing may be credited to the producer against any subsequent replenishment assessments which might become due and owing from him. No refunds shall be made except as authorized by this section.
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Section § 60329
This law allows the board to decide, before any quarter starts, that producers don't have to pay any quarterly fees that are less than $3 for groundwater production from all their water-producing facilities during that quarter.
The board, by action uniformly applicable as to any quarter, and adopted prior to the commencement of the quarter, may provide that there shall not be due or payable any quarterly installment of less than three dollars ($3) otherwise payable by a producer under Section 60327 with respect to production of groundwater from all water-producing facilities operated by the producer during the quarterly period.
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