CHAPTER 20.5. FEDERAL SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT
IC 13-18-20.5
Chapter 20.5. Federal Safe Drinking Water Act
IC 13-18-20.5-1
Purpose
Sec. 1. The provisions in this chapter are to defray the costs of
administering activities of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.134.
IC 13-18-20.5-2
Annual operation fees; schedule of fees
Sec. 2. For public water systems, the annual operation fees are as
follows:
(1) For a community water system with more than four hundred
(400) service connections, ninety-five cents ($0.95) per service
connection.
(2) For a community water system with four hundred (400) or
fewer service connections, the annual operation fee is three
hundred fifty dollars ($350).
(3) For a nontransient noncommunity water system, the annual
operation fees are as follows:
Number served Fee
25 - 100 $150
101 - 250 $180
251 - 500 $240
501 - 1,000 $300
1,001 - 3,300 $450
3,301 - 5,000 $600
5,001 - 10,000 $1,500
more than 10,000 $3,000
(4) For a transient noncommunity water system, the annual
operation fees are as follows:
Type of transient
noncommunity water system Fee
Groundwater $100
Purchase $ 50
Surface $200
As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.134.
IC 13-18-20.5-3
Calendar year; liability; assessment schedule
Sec. 3. (a) Public water system annual operation fees begin
accruing January 1 of each year.
(b) This subsection applies only to fees that are due in 2004. The
department shall assess the public water system annual operation
fees not earlier than July 1. Notwithstanding section 2 of this chapter,
the annual fee assessed under this subsection is equal to one-third
(1/3) of the fee required under section 2 of this chapter.
(c) This subsection applies only to fees that are due in 2005. The
department shall assess the public water system annual operation
fees not earlier than July 1. Not withstanding section 2 of this
chapter, the annual fee assessed under this subsection is equal to
two-thirds (2/3) of the fee required under section 2 of this chapter.
(d) Beginning in 2006 and in each year thereafter, the department
shall assess public water system annual operation fees not later than
January 15 of each year.
(e) A person must remit a public water system annual operation
fee or an installment established under IC 13-16-2 to the department
not more than thirty (30) days after the date the fee is assessed or on
the date the installment is due.
As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.134.
IC 13-18-20.5-4
Delinquent payment; penalties
Sec. 4. (a) In addition to the penalties prescribed under:
(1) IC 13-30-4-1;
(2) IC 13-30-4-2; and
(3) IC 13-30-5-1;
if a person does not remit a public water system annual operation fee
or installment of the fee under IC 13-16-2 to the department not later
than sixty (60) days after the date the fee is assessed or not later than
thirty (30) days after the date the installment is due, the person shall
be assessed a delinquency charge equal to ten percent (10%) of the
fee or ten percent (10%) of the installment, whichever applies.
(b) A delinquency charge assessed under this section is due and
payable not later than sixty (60) days after the date a fee is assessed
or not later than thirty (30) days after the date an installment of the
fee is due under IC 13-16-2.
As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.134.
IC 13-18-20.5-5
Delinquent payment; enforcement action; notice
Sec. 5. If a person does not remit a public water system annual
operation fee or an installment of the fee under IC 13-16-2 to the
department not later than ninety (90) days after the date the fee is
assessed or not later than sixty (60) days after the date the
installment is due, the department may pursue enforcement action
under IC 13-30. However, before the department may pursue
enforcement action, the department must:
(1) not earlier than sixty (60) days after the date the fee is
assessed or not earlier than thirty (30) days after the installment
is due; and
(2) not later than thirty (30) days before the department pursues
enforcement action;
notify the person by United States mail of the fees and delinquency
charges due. The notice must state that the department may pursue
enforcement action for nonpayment after thirty (30) days from the
date of the notice.
As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.134.
IC 13-18-20.5-6
Deposit of fees and delinquent charge
Sec. 6. The fees and delinquency charges collected under this
chapter:
(1) are payable to the department; and
(2) shall be deposited in the environmental management permit
operation fund established by IC 13-15-11-1.
As added by P.L.224-2003, SEC.134.