Arizona Revised Statutes Title 45. Waters § 45-616. Water quality assurance fee; disposition of revenue

A. The director shall levy and collect, in a form prescribed by the department, an annual water quality assurance fee from each person who owns a type 1 or a type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered right pursuant to article 5 of this chapter  1 or who holds a groundwater withdrawal permit for beneficial use issued pursuant to article 7 of this chapter.  2

B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section and § 45-411.01, subsection C, the fee is levied in an amount of two dollars twelve cents per acre-foot and at a proportionate rate for any lesser or greater quantity of groundwater withdrawn for beneficial use during the calendar year.

C. A person who, under § 45-604, subsection B, is not required to use and does not use a water measuring device to measure withdrawals made pursuant to a type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered right or a groundwater withdrawal permit shall pay an amount equal to the water quality assurance fee of two dollars twelve cents per acre-foot multiplied by the number of acre-feet of the grandfathered right or the groundwater withdrawal permit.

D. This section does not apply to any water that is subject to the tax on potable water imposed by § 42-5302.

E. The water quality assurance fee shall be paid to the department at the time the person withdrawing groundwater for beneficial use files the annual groundwater withdrawal report pursuant to § 45-632.

F. The director shall separately account for and remit monies collected under this section for deposit in the water quality assurance revolving fund established by § 49-282.