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House Bill 22

Fee Matrix Table

PURPOSE
If the volume cannot be calculated the fee will be $20 per water right

VOLUME
in acre-feet per year

FEE
per water right

FEE CAP

COMMERCIAL
Where water has no stated volume, the volume will be calculated based on: flow rate x number of days in period of use = acre-feet per year volume.

0-100

$20

fee capped at 20
water rights for each row under volume

>100-5000

$1,000

>5000

$2,000

INDUSTRIAL
Where water has no stated volume, the volume will be calculated based on: flow rate x number of days in period of use = acre feet-per year volume.

0-1000

$20

fee capped at 20
water rights for each row under volume

>1000- 4000

$1,000

>4000

$2,000

MINING
Where water has no stated volume, the volume will be calculated based on: flow rate x number of days in period of use = acre-feet per year volume.

0-1000

$20

fee capped at 20
water rights for each row under volume

>1000-4000

$1,000

>4000

$2,000

MUNICIPAL
Where water has no stated volume, the volume will be calculated based on: flow rate x number of days in period of use = acre-feet per year volume.

0-1000

$20

fee capped at 20
water rights for each row under volume

>1000-4000

$1,000

>4000

$2,000

POWER GENERATION
Where water has no stated volume, the volume will be calculated based on: flow rate x number of days in period of use = acre-feet per year volume.

0-100,000

$20

fee capped at 20
water rights for each row under volume

>100,000-
1 MILLION

$1,000

>1 MILLION

$2,000

INSTREAM FLOW
NON-IRRIGRATION/ OTHER USES
Where water has no stated volume, the volume will be calculated based on: flow rate x number of days in period of use = acre-feet per year volume.

0-50,000

$20

NO FEE CAP.
fee required for each water right

>50,000-
1 MILLION

$1,000

> 1 MILLION

$2,000

GROUPS ALLOCATING IRRIGATION
WATER(Irrigation Districts, Water Users
Association, etc.*

Per User
Not Per Volume

$20

fee capped @ 40 users
or $800

ALL OTHER WATER RIGHTS NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE CATEGORIES (ie. Stock, Domestic, Private Irrigation)

Per Water Right Not Per Volume

$20

fee capped @ 20 water rights or $400

* The fee for an irrigation water right or irrigation claim that is part of an irrigation district, ditch company, canal company, irrigation project, water user's association, or other organized group allocating irrigation water is $20 a user, with the fee capped at 40 users. The fee to a group user will be capped at 40 users or $800 and must be split equally among the users. The group will receive the water adjudication bill and will be responsible for billing and collecting payment from its users.

FEE EXAMPLE: A claimant with 15 mining water rights claims@ 0-1000 acre-feet, 25 mining water rights claims @>1000-4000 acre-feet and 2 mining water rights claims @>4000 acre-feet would pay a total of $24,300.
15 water rights x $20=$300
25 water rights will be capped at 20 water rights :
20 water rights x $1000 =$20,000
2 water rights x $2000=$4000
TOTAL for all mining water rights claims in the example=$24,300