ID S1305

Water users may authorize water districts by resolution to charge a fixed fee for administrative costs associated with transferring water right documentation when property ownership changes

The fee amount must be set in the resolution, and water districts must maintain records showing how the fees were determined

The bill makes technical changes to existing statute language, including updating "must" to "shall," "ensuing" to "succeeding," and "record keeping" to "recordkeeping"

Declared an emergency measure with an effective date of July 1, 2026