(1) Effective July 1, 2007, the division may assess an annual fee upon public water systems, and all such fees shall be in accordance with the following schedule: Facility Categories and Subcategories for Drinking Water Fees Annual Fees(a)Category 01 Community surface water systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 310Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 465Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 865Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,850Subcategory 7Population from 30,001 - 100,000$ 4,940Subcategory 8Population from 100,001 - 200,000$ 9,270Subcategory 9Population from 200,001 - 500,000$ 15,450Subcategory 10Population greater than 500,000$ 21,630(b)Category 02 Community groundwater systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 220Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 310Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 680Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,545Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 4,450(c)Category 03 Community-purchased surface water or ubcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 680Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,545Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 4,450(c)Category 03 Community-purchased surface water or groundwater systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 155Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 250Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 490Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 865Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 2,470(d)Category 04 Nontransient, noncommunity surface water systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 280Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 400Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 620Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,670Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 4,450 (e)Category 05 Nontransient, noncommunity groundwater systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 155Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 245Subcategory 5Population from tegory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 155Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 245Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 495Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 1,360Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 3,650(f)Category 06 Nontransient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 125Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 185Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 325Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 805Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 1,980(g)Category 07 Transient, noncommunity surface water systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 245Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 310Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 555Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 620Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 3,960(h)Category 08 Transient, noncommunity groundwater systemsSubcategory 1Population 3,301 - 10,000$ 555Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 620Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 3,960(h)Category 08 Transient, noncommunity groundwater systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 125Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 185Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 495Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 535Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$ 2,970(i)Category 09 Transient, noncommunity-purchased surface water or groundwater systemsSubcategory 1Population from 25 - 250$ 75Subcategory 2Population from 251 - 500$ 100Subcategory 3Population from 501 - 1,000$ 110Subcategory 4Population from 1,001 - 3,300$ 125Subcategory 5Population from 3,301 - 10,000$ 310Subcategory 6Population from 10,001 - 30,000$ 435Subcategory 7Population greater than 30,001$1,490(2)(a) The drinking water cash fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The general assembly shall annually appropriate money in the cash fund to the department for allocation to the division of administration to operate the drinking water program established in this part 2. general assembly shall annually appropriate money in the cash fund to the department for allocation to the division of administration to operate the drinking water program established in this part 2. The general assembly shall review expenditures of the money to assure that the money is used only for such purposes. All interest earned on the investment or deposit of money in the cash fund and all unappropriated or unencumbered money in the cash fund remain in the cash fund and do not revert to the general fund or any other fund at the end of any fiscal year or any other time.(b) All fees collected pursuant to this section before July 1, 2026, or before the date the rules adopted under section 25-8-210 (1)(a)(I) become effective shall be credited to the drinking water cash fund.(c) On and after July 1, 2026, all fees collected pursuant to rules adopted under section 25-8-210 (1)(a)(I) shall be credited to the drinking water cash fund.(3) Subsections (1) and (2)(b) of this section and this subsection (3) are repealed, effective July 1, 2026.Amended by 2023 Ch. 216,§ 2, eff. 5/17/2023.L. 2003: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1502, § 2, effective May 1. L. this section and this subsection (3) are repealed, effective July 1, 2026.Amended by 2023 Ch. 216,§ 2, eff. 5/17/2023.L. 2003: Entire section added with relocations, p. 1502, § 2, effective May 1. L. 2007: Entire section RC&RE, p. 1455, § 3, effective July 1.Prior to the recreation of this section in 2007, subsection (4) provided for the repeal of this section, effective July 1, 2005. (See L. 2003, p. 1502.)
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