Arizona § 45-874.01 Long-term storage credit recovery fee; amount; notice; payment; penalty

Arizona Statutes

§ 45-874.01 — Long-term storage credit recovery fee; amount; notice; payment; penalty

Arizona § 45-874.01

Title 45Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 3UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE, SAVINGS AND REPLENISHMENT

Art. 5Permit Application Procedures, Financial Provisions and Enforcement

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 45-874.01 (2026).

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A.The director shall levy and collect a long-term storage credit recovery fee from each person who recovers long-term storage credits pursuant to a recovery well permit issued under section 45-834.01. The amount of the long-term storage credit recovery fee is equal to the amount of the groundwater withdrawal fee levied for administration and enforcement of chapter 2 of this title pursuant to section 45-611, subsection A, paragraph 1.

B.Not later than October 1 of each year the director shall file in the department an order setting the long-term storage credit recovery fee for the following calendar year.

C.Within thirty days after the director sets the long-term storage credit recovery fee for the following calendar year, the director shall give written notice of the fee to all holder

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A. The director shall levy and collect a long-term storage credit recovery fee from each person who recovers long-term storage credits pursuant to a recovery well permit issued under section 45-834.01. The amount of the long-term storage credit recovery fee is equal to the amount of the groundwater withdrawal fee levied for administration and enforcement of chapter 2 of this title pursuant to section 45-611, subsection A, paragraph 1.

B. Not later than October 1 of each year the director shall file in the department an order setting the long-term storage credit recovery fee for the following calendar year.

C. Within thirty days after the director sets the long-term storage credit recovery fee for the following calendar year, the director shall give written notice of the fee to all holders of recovery well permits issued under this chapter.

D. A person shall pay the long-term storage credit recovery fee to the department at the time the person holding a recovery well permit files an annual report pursuant to section 45-875.01. If a person who is required to pay a long-term storage credit recovery fee fails to pay the fee when due, the director may assess and collect a penalty of ten per cent of the unpaid fee, without compounding, for each month or portion of a month that the fee is delinquent. The total penalty assessed under this subsection shall not exceed sixty per cent of the unpaid fee.

E. The director shall deposit, pursuant to sections 35-146 and 35-147, all monies collected pursuant to subsection A of this section in the water resources fund established by section 45-117 and all monies collected pursuant to subsection D of this section in the state general fund.