<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; font-weight: bold; font-size: 24pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mavensnotebook.com/2013/11/15/this-just-in-court-invalidates-state-water-resources-control-boards-annual-water-right-fees/" style="text-decoration: underline; color: blue; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">This just in … Court invalidates State Water Resources Control Board’s annual water
right fees</a></span></h1><div class="yiv5268372161post-author" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="yiv5268372161fn"><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Maven, Maven’s Notebook</span></b></span><b><span style="font-size: 8pt; "></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">“On November 12, 2013, the Sacramento Superior Court issued a Final Statement of Decision invalidating the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB) annual water right fee
regulations adopted in 2003-2004.</span></div><div class="yiv5268372161MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0in; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: block; line-height: normal; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><u><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); "><span style="text-decoration: none; "> </span></span></u></div></span></div></div></body></html>