HLS 171ES-15 ORIGINAL
2017 First Extraordinary Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 6
BY REPRESENTATIVE PUGH
SEWERAGE: Provides for the collection of sewerage fees imposed by Sewerage District
No. 1 for Tangipahoa Parish (Item #5)
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4169(C), relative to Sewerage District No. 1 for Tangipahoa
3 Parish; to provide relative to the collection of fees imposed by the district; to require
4 certain water system operators to collect such fees; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 33:4169(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง4169. Collection contracts for sewerage service charges; access charges;
9 enforcement procedures for delinquent charges
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11 C.(1) In the parish of Jefferson, any such contract as authorized in
12 Subsections A and B of this Section may be executed for a term up to twenty-five
13 years.
14 (2)(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a
15 municipality, parish, water district, or private water company operating a water
16 system serving customers in the area served by Sewerage District No. 1 for
17 Tangipahoa Parish shall collect the service charges imposed by the sewerage district
18 from the water customers of the municipality, parish, water district, or private water
19 company.
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HB NO. 6
1 (b) The sewerage district may enact ordinances to enforce the provisions of
2 this Paragraph, which may include provisions requiring the disconnection of water
3 services for failure to timely pay service charges imposed by the district.
4 (c) Each municipality, parish, water district, or private water company
5 required to collect service charges pursuant to this Paragraph shall be liable for
6 damages suffered by the district as a result of the failure to collect such charges.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 6 Original 2017 First Extraordinary Session Pugh
Abstract: Requires certain water system operators providing water services within the
service area of Sewerage District No. 1 for Tangipahoa Parish to collect service
charges imposed by the district.
Present law authorizes any municipal corporation, parish, or sewerage district operating a
sewerage system to execute a contract with any municipal corporation, parish, water district,
or private water company operating a water system serving customers in the same area.
Conversely, also authorizes any municipal corporation, parish, water district, or private
water company to execute and enter into a contract with any municipal corporation, parish,
or sewerage district providing sewerage service to its same customers.
Proposed law retains present law.
Present law provides that such contract may contain terms and privileges as the parties may
agree upon. Provides that the contract may state which service charges imposed for services
rendered by the sewerage system will be collected for the municipal corporation, parish, or
sewerage district by the municipal corporation, parish, water district, or private water
company. Provides further that such contract shall include provisions for a procedure to
enforce collection of sewer charges by an agreement to shut off the service of the supply of
water to any premises delinquent in the payment of either its water charges or sewer charges.
Proposed law retains present law but provides an exception relative to Sewerage District
No. 1 for Tangipahoa Parish.
Proposed law requires each municipality, parish, water district, or private water company
operating a water system within the service area of Sewerage District No. 1 for Tangipahoa
Parish to collect service charges imposed for sewerage services rendered by the district.
Proposed law authorizes the sewerage district to enact ordinances to enforce proposed law
and to require water services to be disconnected for failure to pay such charges.
Proposed law provides for the liability of the water system operator for damages suffered
by the sewerage district resulting from a failure to collect such charges.
(Amends R.S. 33:4169(C))
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