RS 4065.6 - Sewerage and water board relieved of responsibility and obligations
A. The provisions of R.S. 33:4071 through R.S. 33:4159 notwithstanding, the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is relieved of any and all responsibility to provide the public water system and the public sewerage system for the area encompassing the district herein created. Accordingly, it is also relieved of any responsibility or authority as set out in R.S. 33:4071 through R.S. 33:4159 as it pertains to the sewerage and water system in said district to include the establishment of rules and regulations to protect the integrity of said systems and insure that the sewerage and water systems conform to their rules and regulations and to require prior approval of the Sewerage and Water Board for the installation or connection to any sewerage or water system in said area.
B. In the event said sewerage and water district is abolished and/or the district seeks to have its public water and public sewerage systems owned, operated and maintained by the Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans, the Sewerage and Water Board shall require as a minimum that the sewerage system and the water system meet the approved plans, specifications and regulations of the Sewerage and Water Board as well as all connections to said systems and further that the customers of this district when so transferred shall be required to pay the same customer service charges and rates as are required by the other customers of the Sewerage and Water Board.
Acts 1990, No. 950, §2, eff. July 25, 1990; Acts 1992, No. 1050, §2, eff. July 31, 1992; S.C.R. No. 165, 1992 R.S., eff. June 18, 1992.