(a) The Department of Health may collect the following fees from each public water system for service, other than plan reviews, provided by the public water system supervision program:
(1)
(A) For a community public water system and a nontransient noncommunity water system, not more than forty cents (40¢) per service connection per month.
(B)
(i) The number of service connections for a community public water system not serving discrete service connections shall be calculated by dividing the population served by two and one-half (2½).
(ii) The number of service connections for a nontransient noncommunity water system shall be calculated by dividing the population served by two and one-half (2½).
(C) The minimum fee charged to a community public water system or a nontransient noncommunity water system is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per year; and
(2) For a noncommunity public water system, one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125) per year.
(b) The number of service connections or population served shall be taken from the department's public water system inventory at the time of billing.
(c)
(1) A new water system shall not be assessed a fee for services until water is supplied to the first connection.
(2) Each state-owned noncommunity public water system is exempt from the fee provisions of this chapter.
(d) The fees shall be established by the State Board of Health to assure implementation of this chapter.