“This year, water rights holders should consider filing only the protest portion with the State Water Resources Control Board and not paying their bills before the board has acted on their protest,” Borden said. “A ruling by the state Supreme Court that the so-called fee is unconstitutional should compel the board, for the first time, to grant the protests and relieve water rights holders from having to pay.”
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