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Panel approves bill giving Division of Drinking Water authority to propose consumption-based fee; agency estimates 75¢ per household annually
Summary
The committee adopted a substitute and sent SB 80 forward after sponsors said the bill would allow the Division of Drinking Water to propose a consumption-based fee (subject to legislative approval). The division estimated a preliminary per-household impact of roughly $0.75 per year, based on equivalent residential connections.
Senate Bill 80, presented by the sponsor, would grant the Division of Drinking Water fee authority to propose a consumption-based fee to fund drinking-water testing and related work if federal funding declines. The bill file does not itself set a fee; any fee proposed by the division would later require legislative approval.
Sponsor remarks emphasized that federal funding for drinking-water programs has plateaued and that state fee authority would allow the division to seek sustainable revenue to continue testing…
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