SCS/HB 107 - With voter approval St. Louis County may by ordinance, impose a fee not to exceed one dollar per month upon water service lines providing water service to residential property having four or fewer dwelling units to fund repairs of such lines.

A water service line shall not extend further than from the water mains to the first opportunity for a connection or joint beyond the point of entry into the premises and shall not include the water meter or any facilities owned by the utility.

The funds collected shall be deposited in a special account and used only for paying for the costs of water service line repairs and, if funds are available, paying the costs of service line repair, replacement or relocation made necessary by public right-of-way improvements.

The county may contract with any provider of water service to bill and collect the fees. The county may establish regulations for the administration of the program and the county may administer, or contract to administer, any part of the program. The costs of administration may be paid from the revenues received under this act.

The act also provides that municipal water service customers in Jackson County may continue to receive water service from the municipality, even if a public water supply district claims exclusive service jurisdiction for such customers.

The act contains an emergency clause.

This act is similar, in part, to truly agreed to SCS/SBs 160 & 82.
CHARLES HATCHER