SB112 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Greg AlbrittonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to environmental funding, to assess an environmental fee on each customer of a community water system to be deposited into the Environmental Management Fund.

Summary

SB112 would levy a monthly $0.85 environmental fee on each customer of a community water system to fund the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund.

What This Bill Does

It creates an environmental fee of 85 cents per month for each customer of a community water system, starting October 1, 2024, to be deposited into the Environmental Management Fund. Water system operators collect the fee from customers and remit it to the Department of Revenue quarterly, with the remittance due by the 20th day of the month following the quarter’s end; the operator must certify the number of customers served. The Department of Revenue transfers the funds to the Environmental Management Fund each quarter, minus a small administrative collection allowance kept by operators, and may offset its administration costs from the fee proceeds; the department may adopt rules to implement the act. The funds are to be used to assure water quality and administer programs authorized by the act.

Who It Affects

• Customers of community water systems will pay the $0.85 monthly fee.
• Operators of community water systems will collect the fee from customers, remit it to the Department of Revenue quarterly, and may retain $0.03 per customer per month as an administrative collection allowance; the Department of Revenue will transfer funds to the Environmental Management Fund and may offset its own administrative costs.

Key Provisions

• Imposes a monthly environmental fee of $0.85 on each customer of a community water system, beginning October 1, 2024, to be deposited into the Alabama Department of Environmental Management Fund.
• Requires operators to collect the fee from customers and remit the total to the Department of Revenue quarterly, with remittance due by the 20th day of the month following the quarter; operators must certify the number of customers served.
• Allows operators to retain $0.03 per customer per month as an administrative collection allowance.
• Requires the Department of Revenue to transfer collected funds to the Environmental Management Fund each quarter, minus its administrative allowance, and to offset its administrative costs if needed; allows the department to adopt rules for implementation.
• Effective date: the act becomes effective on the first day of the third month after passage and governor's approval; the fee schedule specifies an initial start date of October 1, 2024.

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Subjects

Department of environmental management, fund, assessment created