§1502.11. Springhill Fire Protection District No. 11; fire service charge
A. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the governing authority of Springhill Fire Protection District No. 11 is hereby authorized to establish, by majority vote of the members of the authority, a fire service charge not to exceed four dollars. The person owning or occupying each residential or commercial structure located wholly or partly within the boundaries of the fire protection district who has made a deposit for the water service for the structure shall be assessed the service charge, subject to the provisions of Subsection B of this Section. Such service charge shall be used for the costs of fire protection services. For purposes of this Section, each residential or commercial unit within a structure and each housing unit within a multiple dwelling structure shall be considered a separate structure, and a mobile home, as defined in R.S. 9:1149.2(3) shall be considered a separate structure.
B. The governing authority of the fire protection district may use any legal, proper, necessary, and expedient means to collect and enforce the collection of such charge, including contracting with the city of Springhill water department and the Dorcheat Acres Water System. Any water company, as collection agency for the fire service charge, may add the charge levied by said fire protection district to the water bills of its customers. On or before the tenth day of the month following the collection of the charge the collection agency shall remit to the fire protection district all funds collected for the purposes of fire protection, less a small and reasonable service charge for administrative purposes of collection.
C. The governing authority of the district, acting through its collection agency, shall have the authority to discontinue the water service connected to any structure upon refusal of the owner to pay charges levied against said structure in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Water service shall be discontinued upon the expiration of a three-day period following receipt of a written delinquency notice.
Acts 1992, No. 99, §1.
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