To provide funds for the supervision of geothermal resource wells, the supervisor shall establish an annual well fee, and penalties for late payment, to be applied on an equal basis to all wells as provided under this section.
The annual well fee shall be imposed upon each producing, service, and idle well that existed at any time during the calendar year preceding the statewide fee-assessment date. However, the annual well fee shall not be imposed on any temperature-gradient or observation well, irrespective of its depth, and any low-temperature well, including any well drilled for the purpose of filling a hot
water spa or pool intended for human immersion, or any well for which the supervisor has approved suspension.
The annual well fee shall be established so that the sum of the annual well fees plus the estimated sum of those well permit fees provided in Sections 3724 and 3724.1 and pursuant to any regulation adopted under Section 3724.35 are equal to the appropriation for the supervision of geothermal resource wells as provided in the Governor’s Budget. The establishment of the annual well fee shall take into account any budget adjustments for actual expenditures in the current and prior fiscal years. Any budget change proposal for support of the provisions of this chapter shall be submitted by the supervisor to geothermal operators for review and comment. A system for determining the fee and penalties and administering the fee and penalty collection shall be adopted by the supervisor by regulation after public hearing.
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3701
3702
3703
3703.1
3704
3705
3706
3707
3708
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3710
3711
3712
3714
3714.5
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3715.5
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3721
3722
3723
3723.5
3724
3724.1
3724.2
3724.3
3724.4
3724.5
3724.6
3724.32
3724.35
3725
3725.5
3726
3728
3728.5
3729
3730
3731
3732
3733
3734
3735
3736
3737
3739
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3741
3742.2
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3744
3745
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3748
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3750
3751
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3754
3754.5
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3757.1
3757.2
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3759
3760
3761
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3770
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3772
3772.2
3772.4
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3776
3701
3702
3703
3703.1
3704
3705
3706
3707
3708
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3712
3714
3714.5
3715
3715.5
3716
3717
3718
3719
3720
3721
3722
3723
3723.5
3724
3724.1
3724.2
3724.3
3724.4
3724.5
3724.6
3724.32
3724.35
3725
3725.5
3726
3728
3728.5
3729
3730
3731
3732
3733
3734
3735
3736
3737
3739
3740
3741
3742.2
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3744
3745
3746
3747
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3749
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3751
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3753
3754
3754.5
3755
3756
3757
3757.1
3757.2
3758
3759
3760
3761
3762
3763
3764
3765
3766
3767
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3769
3770
3771
3772
3772.2
3772.4
3772.6
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3774
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3776