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ACT No. 157
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 225
BY REPRESENTATIVES HILFERTY, BOYD, CARRIER, FREEMAN, GAROFALO,
GREEN, HUGHES, KNOX, AND W ILLARD
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 33:4071(F)(1) and (2), relative to the city of New Orleans; to
3 provide relative to the sewerage and water board; to provide relative to the powers
4 and duties of the board; to provide relative to billing for sewerage and water services;
5 and to provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:4071(F)(1) and (2) are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
11 follows:
12 ยง4071. Creation and organization of sewerage and water board
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14 F. Notwithstanding any provisions of law to the contrary, the board may
15 adopt rules and procedures authorizing the adjusting, releasing, or extinguishing of
16 any indebtedness from a customer's sewerage and water bill. The rule shall limit the
17 board's compromising authority to appropriate instances in which any of the
18 following occur:
19 (1) Instances of error on the part of the district such as equipment failure or
20 process failure, including instances in which the board generates inaccurate invoices,
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1 and in such instances, only to the extent the failure increased the customer's
2 indebtedness.
3 (2) Instances in which an employee of the board, or a person acting on behalf
4 of the board, fails to properly read a customer's water meter regardless of whether
5 the board has submitted an invoice to the customer for an amount owed during any
6 such period or fails to submit an invoice to the customer for two or more consecutive
7 months.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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