Mont. Admin. R. 17.38.248 - SERVICE CONNECTION FEES
(1) A public water
supplier shall pay to the department an annual fee for each state fiscal year.
The annual fee must be postmarked or delivered to the department no later than
March 1 of each year.
(2) For
purposes of this rule, an active service connection is one that provides water
service for human consumption to a customer that is billed directly or
otherwise held directly responsible by a public water supply system supplier
for payment for that service. Activities that do not qualify as human
consumption include water used exclusively by livestock or for fire protection.
(3) The annual fee does not apply
to a service connection if:
(a) the service
connection has been turned off for the entire fiscal year prior to any March 1
fee payment deadline; and
(b) the
public water supply system has not required payment for service for that time
period.
(4) Each
community public water supply system supplier shall determine the total number
of active service connections for each fiscal year based on an assessment that
occurs between July 1 and August 1 of that fiscal year.
(5) The total annual service connection fee
is determined by multiplying the number of active service connections by the
appropriate annual fee per service connection.
(6) Regardless of the number of service
connections, the minimum annual fee for any community public water system is
$100.
(7) Fees for community public
water supply systems are determined as follows:
(a) The annual fee per active service
connection is $2.25 for fiscal years 1992 and 1993.
(b) Beginning fiscal year 1994, the annual
fee per active service connection is $2.00.
(8) Fees for noncommunity public water supply
systems are determined as follows:
(a) The
annual fee for a nontransient noncommunity public water supply system is
$100.
(b) The annual fee for any
other noncommunity public water supply system is $50.
(9) Failure to pay the annual fee, including
any outstanding past-due balance, by March 1 of the fiscal year for which the
fee is assessed subjects suppliers to an additional charge to be calculated by
multiplying the total outstanding balance by 10%.
Notes
AUTH: 75-6-104, MCA; IMP: 75-6-104, 75-6-108, MCA
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