§ 38:3079 — Pumping charges

§3079. Pumping charges
A. The pumping charge assessed against each user of groundwater within the district
shall be fixed annually upon at least thirty days notice to each user within the district known
to the district and general notice by publication; however, the charges assessed against users
of groundwater shall not be increased without a public hearing held for the purpose of fixing
the pumping charges and opportunity for the submission of all pertinent data concerning total
rates of consumption of groundwater within the district, estimated rates of consumption by
users within the district, the costs and expenses which must be met during the coming year,
costs and expenses which must be met by the pumping charge, and the manner in which the
computation of the pumping charge is made. Any user within the district shall have the right
to make a presentation by testimony and adduction of evidence and exhibits, and any other
interested person shall have the right to be heard by making a personal statement of
reasonable length. Any user intending to make a presentation at the hearing resulting in the
assessment of pumping charges shall so advise the district at least five days in advance of the
hearing and shall indicate the estimated time to be consumed by his presentation. When
necessary, in its discretion, the district may limit the time allotted users for their
presentations. Further, no pumping charge shall be made against the quantity of water
pumped from wells screened in the Mississippi River alluvial aquifer, wells with a total
depth of less than four hundred feet, wells used exclusively for bona fide agricultural or
horticultural purposes, or wells not capable of producing fifty thousand gallons or more per
day.
B. Pumping charges may be made payable by users monthly or on any other
reasonable basis set by the district.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1974, No. 678, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 231, §1; Acts 2025, No. 458, §5, eff. Oct. 1, 2025.