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(a) The Department of Health may collect the following fees from each public water system for service, other than plan reviews, provided by the public water system supervision program:
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(A) For a community public water system and a nontransient noncommunity water system, not more than forty cents (40¢) per service connection per month.
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(B)
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(i) The number of service connections for a community public water system not serving discrete service connections shall be calculated by dividing the population served by two and one-half (2½).
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(ii) The number of service connections for a nontransient noncommunity water system shall be calculated by dividing the population served by two and one-half (2½).
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(C) The minimum fee charged to a community public water system or a nontransient noncommunity water system is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year; and
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(2) For a noncommunity public water system, one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per year.
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(b) The number of service connections or population served shall be taken from the department’s public water system inventory at the time of billing.
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(c)
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(1) A new water system shall not be assessed a fee for services until water is supplied to the first connection.
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(2) Each state-owned noncommunity public water system is exempt from the fee provisions of this chapter.
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(d) The fees shall be established by the State Board of Health to assure implementation of this chapter.
