Filed
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF
THIRD APPELLATE DISTRICT
(Sacramento)
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Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. Defendant and Respondent. | C050289 (Super. Ct. Nos. 03CS01776, 04CS00473) |
STORY CONTINUED FROM PART I……….
f. Sections 1540 and 1560
Sections 1540 and 1560 concern the allocation of annual fees, or an appropriate portion of the fees, to persons who have contracts with fee payers who decline to pay based on their sovereign immunity.[1]
g. Section 1551
Section 1551 creates a Water Rights Fund into which the BOE must deposit the fees it collects on behalf of the SWRCB. The Water Rights Fund is separate from the General Fund and the fees collected may be used only for programs specified in section 1552. These include the expenditures by the BOE in connection with collecting the SWRCB fees, payment of refunds pursuant to the Revenue and Taxation Code, and expenditures by the SWRCB â€