Arizona Laws 45-1973. Water supply fees
The authority may assess fees, including extraction fees, development impact fees, connection fees, user fees, replenishment fees and administrative fees, against any operating unit or other person with which the authority has a contractual responsibility to provide any service. The amount of the fee and the method of payment shall be determined pursuant to the agreement between the authority and the operating unit or person, based on the cost of the service the authority provides, including the cost of developing an equivalent water supply for an operating unit that has exchanged with the authority a water right or right to receive water for a water supply contract with the authority. Any fee assessed under this section is not a rate or charge of the operating unit and is not subject to regulation by the Arizona corporation commission. The secretary-treasurer of the authority shall deposit all monies received under this section in the general fund of the authority.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 45-1973
- Authority: means a county water augmentation authority established under this chapter. See Arizona Laws 45-1901
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Operating unit: means a county, city, town, water company or political subdivision, this state, the United States, an Indian tribe or any other public or private entity with which an authority has a contractual relationship for the acquisition, delivery, exchange, treatment, storage or recharge of water. See Arizona Laws 45-1901
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.