Each person or municipality holding a diversion permit authorizing a consumptive use of waters of the state shall pay an annual fee of nine hundred forty dollars to the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to prescribe the amount of the fees required pursuant to this section. Upon the adoption of such regulations, the fees required by this section shall be as prescribed in such regulations.
(P.A. 90-231, S. 16, 28; P.A. 91-369, S. 30, 36; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 132; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 420.)
History: P.A. 91-369 restated commissioner's authority to adopt regulations setting the fees required by this section; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 increased annual fee from $500 to $750, effective August 20, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased annual fee from $750 to $940.
See Sec. 22a-27i re exemption of municipality for one year.