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§ 34-2401.12 — Water rates not to be a source of revenue.

District of Columbia § 34-2401.12
JurisdictionDistrict of Columbia
Title 34Public Utilities.
Ch. 24Water Supply, Assessments, and Rates.
Subch. IGeneral Provisions.

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D.C. Code § 34-2401.12 (2026).

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The water rates levied in the District of Columbia shall never be a source of revenue other than as a means of keeping up to said District a supply of water but shall constitute a fund exclusively for the maintenance, management, and repair of the system of water distribution.

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Legislative History

R.S., D.C., § 198; July 12, 1876, 19 Stat. 87, ch. 180, § 18; Feb. 25, 1885, 23 Stat. 319, ch. 145

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