§ 40:1502.11 — Springhill Fire Protection District No. 11; fire service charge

Louisiana § 40:1502.11

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1502.11. Springhill Fire Protection District No. 11; fire service charge
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing
authority of Springhill Fire Protection District No. 11 is hereby authorized to
establish, by majority vote of the members of the authority, a fire service charge not
to exceed four dollars. The person owning or occupying each residential or
commercial structure located wholly or partly within the boundaries of the fire
protection district who has made a deposit for the water service for the structure shall
be assessed the service charge, subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this
Section. The service charge shall be used for the costs of fire protection services. For
purposes of this Section, each residential or commercial unit within a structure and
each housing unit within a multiple dwelling structure shall be considered a separate
structure, and a factory-built home as defined in R.S. 9:1149.2 shall be considered
a separate structure.
B. The governing authority of the fire protection district may use any legal,
proper, necessary, and expedient means to collect and enforce the collection of such
charge, including contracting with the city of Springhill water department and the
Dorcheat Acres Water System. Any water company, as collection agency for the fire
service charge, may add the charge levied by said fire protection district to the water
bills of its customers. On or before the tenth day of the month following the
collection of the charge the collection agency shall remit to the fire protection district
all funds collected for the purposes of fire protection, less a small and reasonable
service charge for administrative purposes of collection.
C. The governing authority of the district, acting through its collection
agency, shall have the authority to discontinue the water service connected to any
structure upon refusal of the owner to pay charges levied against said structure in
accordance with the provisions of this Section. Water service shall be discontinued
upon the expiration of a three-day period following receipt of a written delinquency
notice.

Legislative History

Acts 1992, No. 99, §1; Acts 2024, No. 287, §7.