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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 590 2021 Regular Session Davis
CONSERVATION: Authorizes the board of the Capital Area Groundwater Conservation
District to assess fees for capital expenditures and nonpayment
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Changes the authority from assessing fees for capital expenditures to assessing
costs for capital expenditures.
2.Limits late fees for non-payment of monthly or quarterly invoices to $25 per
month or 1.5% per day of the balance due, whichever is greater, calculated
beginning 30 days after the due date.
3.Adds the authority to assess an application fee not to exceed $2,000 for each
application for a new or upgraded well.
4.Makes technical changes.
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law establishes a Capital Area Groundwater Conservation District and its board of
commissioners. Present law authorizes the board of commissioners to charge users within
the district based on the annual rate of use and assessed on the basis of units of water used.
Proposed law retains present law.
Proposed law grants the board additional authority to assess costs against all users within the
district for capital expenditures, and allows the board to assess such costs based on annual
flows or specific costs for wells to individual users based on capital, debt service, and
operation and maintenance costs. Further provides what constitutes costs and other
parameters deemed necessary to conserve and protect groundwater resources.
Proposed law authorizes the board to assess monthly late fees for failure to pay monthly or
quarterly invoices not to exceed $25 per month or 1.5% per day of the balance due,
whichever is greater, calculated beginning 30 days after the due date.
Proposed law authorizes the board to charge an application fee not to exceed $2,000 for each
application for a new or upgraded well.
(Amends R.S. 38:3076(A)(14))
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