Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the rates or charges for a sewage works may be determined based on a combination of the following factors:

(1) A flat charge for each connection. If a board uses a flat charge as a factor to determine a rate or charge for a sewage works, the board must:

(A) prepare a concise written statement that summarizes the calculations and processes used to determine the amount of the flat charge; and

(B) provide a copy of the written statement to each person who:

(i) is required to pay the rate or charge; and

(ii) requests a paper copy of the summary.

(2) The amount of water used on the premises.

(3) The number and size of water outlets on the premises.

(4) The amount, strength, or character of sewage discharged into the sewers.

(5) The size of sewer connections.

(6) Whether the property served has been or will be required to pay separately for the cost of any of the facilities of the works.

(7) A combination of these or other factors that the board determines is necessary to establish nondiscriminatory, just, and equitable rates or charges.

(b) A campground or youth camp may be billed for sewage service at a flat rate or by installing, at the campground's or youth camp's expense, a meter to measure the actual amount of sewage discharged by the campground or youth camp into the sewers. If a campground or youth camp elects to be billed by use of a meter:

(1) the rate charged by a board for the metered sewage service may not exceed the rate charged to residential customers for equivalent usage; and

(2) the amount charged by a board for the campground's or youth camp's monthly sewage service for the period beginning September 1 and ending May 31 must be equal to the actual amount that would be charged for the sewage discharged during the month by the campground or youth camp as measured by the meter.

(c) If a campground or youth camp does not install a meter under subsection (b) and is billed for sewage service at a flat rate, for a calendar year beginning after December 31, 2004:

(1) each campsite at the campground may not equal more than one-third (1/3) of one (1) resident equivalent unit; and

(2) each bed at the youth camp may not equal more than one-eighth (1/8) of one (1) residential equivalent unit.

The basic monthly charge for the campground's or youth camp's sewage service must be equal to the number of the campground's or youth camp's resident equivalent units multiplied by the rate charged by the board for a resident unit.

(d) The board may impose additional charges on a campground or youth camp under subsections (b) and (c) if the board incurs additional costs that are caused by any unique factors that apply to providing sewage service for the campground or youth camp, including, but not limited to:

(1) the installation of:

(A) oversized pipe; or

(B) any other unique equipment;

necessary to provide sewage service for the campground or youth camp; and

(2) concentrations of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) that exceed federal pollutant standards.

[Pre-1996 Recodification Citation: 13-3-2-22(b).]

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.239-2003, SEC.1; P.L.189-2005, SEC.5; P.L.97-2012, SEC.12.