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Board finalizes AB 460 penalty adjustments, explains CPI-based rounding rules

State Water Resources Control Board · December 3, 2025
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Summary

Implementing AB 460, the State Water Board approved inflation adjustments for water-rights civil penalties using June CPI comparisons and statutory rounding rules; staff said most penalties will change this first year and annual updates will follow as required.

The State Water Resources Control Board voted Dec. 2 to adopt regulations implementing Assembly Bill 460 (2024), which requires the board to adjust Division 2 water-right civil penalties for inflation.

"AB 460 was passed by the legislature in 2024 and signed by the governor. The key requirement is that the state water board adjust water-right civil penalty amounts for…

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