2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 49
BY SENATOR MURRAY
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4083.1, relative to the city of New Orleans; to provide
3 relative to receipt and disbursement of unclaimed customer credit balances and water
4 deposits into the "Water Help Program Fund"; to provide for notifications by the
5 board; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 33:4083.1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 ยง4083.1. Receipt and disbursement of unclaimed customer credit balances and
10 water deposits
11 Any unclaimed customer credit balances or deposits collected from
12 consumers for the supply of water to such consumers for which a request for refund
13 is not made within eighteen months after termination of services and which are
14 unclaimed or abandoned after such eighteen-month period shall be deposited to the
15 credit of the board in a special fund designated as the "Water Help Program Fund".
16 Within thirty ninety days after termination of services, the board shall notify the
17 customer by electronic mail, regular postage, or certified mail sent to the last
18 known address of the customer that his unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit
19 will be deposited to the "Water Help Program Fund"; however, a claim for return of
20 the unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit shall not prescribe, if not claimed
21 within eighteen months after termination of services. The board may deduct postage
22 costs of the notice from the unclaimed customer credit balance or deposit. The
23 monies in such fund shall be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of R.S.
24 33:4083 and shall be used solely for the "Water Help Program Fund".
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1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5 effective on the day following such approval.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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