Opinion ID: 47304
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Heading: Water Plentiful Subdivisions

Text: Water Plentiful contracted with the owners and developers of four separate subdivisions to provide water and sewer services between 1992 and 1995. Each subdivision had a separate provision for the amount charged for water tap and water meter fees. On June 4, 1997, the Authority purchased the water and sewer systems of Water Plentiful, Inc., that serviced the four subdivisions. The Authority agreed to comply and carry out the existing provisions of the subdivision contracts. On October 16, 1997, the Authority promulgated “A Resolution Establishing Rates and For Other Purposes” expressly adopting the water tap fees, water meter fees, and rates as provided under the subdivision 2 contracts as the rate structure for the respective subdivisions. In August of 1999, the Authority promulgated a resolution revising the water and sewer tap fees for all other subdivisions in Lee County and expressly incorporated the rate structure under the Authority/Water Plentiful contract for the subdivisions. For all four subdivisions, the water tap and water meter fees remained the same as they were before acquisition by the Authority. The Authority has consistently abided by the Authority/Water Plentiful contract.