Source: http://dccode.elaws.us/code?no=34-2202.16
Timestamp: 2019-11-13 01:57:02
Document Index: 105227192

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 34', '§ 216', '§ 2', '§ 6009', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 90', '§ 43']

§ 34-2202.16. Charges and fees and rate setting.
(b) The Authority shall, following notice and public hearing, establish and adjust retail water and sewer rates. The District members of the Board shall establish the retail water and sewer rates prior to the Board's consideration of the Authority's budget. The water and sewer rates levied by the Authority shall only be a source of revenue for the maintenance of the District's supply of water and sewage systems, and shall constitute a fund exclusively to defray any cost of the Authority.
(b-1)(1) The Authority shall offer financial assistance programs to mitigate the impact of any increases in retail water and sewer rates on low-income residents of the District, including a low-impact design incentive program.
(2) Within 6 months of March 25, 2009, the authority shall provide a report to the Council of the District of Columbia detailing the number of low-income residents affected by increases in retail water and sewer rates and strategies that will significantly increase enrollment in existing discount programs available to low-income ratepayers.
(d-1) The Authority shall collect a stormwater user fee established by the Director of the District Department of the Environment ("Director"), which charge the Director shall establish by rule and may from time to time amend.
(d-3) The Mayor shall coordinate the development and implementation of the MS4 stormwater user fee with DC WASA's impervious area surface charge, to ensure that both fee systems employ consistent methodologies.".
(Apr. 18, 1996, D.C. Law 11-111, § 216, 43 DCR 548; June 9, 2001, D.C. Law 13-311, § 2(d), 48 DCR 3512; Aug. 16, 2008, D.C. Law 17-219, § 6009, 55 DCR 7598; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-370, § 3(b), 56 DCR 1350; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-371, § 3(c), 56 DCR 1353; Sept. 26, 2012, D.C. Law 19- 171, § 90(b), 59 DCR 6190.)
1981 Ed., § 43-1686.
D.C. Law 17-371 rewrote subsecs. (d-1), (d-2), and (d-3); and added subsecs. (d-4), (d-5), (d-6), and (d-7). Prior to amendment, subsecs. (d-1), (d-2), and (d-3),read as follows:
"(d-1) Within 90 days of June 9, 2001, the Authority shall collect a storm water fee from each District of Columbia retail water or sewer customer as follows:
"(1) For single family homes, the fee shall be $7.00 per year;
"(2) For multifamily residential buildings, the fee shall be equal to 1.4% of the charge for water and sewer services; or
"(3) For all other properties, the fee shall be equal to 2% of the charge for water and sewer services.
"(d-2) A landlord shall not pass a charge to a tenant which is more than the 1.4% of the charge for water and sewer services.
"(d-3) As of October 1, 2008, the Authority shall collect a storm water charge established by the Director of the District Department of the Environment ('Director'), in lieu of the charge prescribed in subsection (d-1) of this section, which charge the Director shall establish by rule and may from time to time amend. A landlord shall not pass a storm water charge to a tenant that is more than the storm water charge prescribed by the Director."
D.C. Law 19-171, in subsec. (d-5), inserted a period at the end of subsec. (d-5).