Schedule of Fees Applicable to Applications for Approval of Water Service Territorial Agreements and Petitions for Designation of Water Service Areas

PURPOSE: This rule establishes a schedule of fees for commission review of proposed territorial agreements and petitions for commission designation of water service areas between water service providers. (1) Commission review of an application for a proposed territorial agreement or a petition for commission designation of water service areas between water service providers shall be accompanied by an initial filing fee in the amount of five hundred dollars ($500). (2) In addition to the filing fee, the fee for commission review of an application for approval of a proposed territorial agreement between water service providers or a petition for commission designation of water service areas is set at six hundred eightyfive dollars ($685) per hour of hearing time, subject to a minimum charge for hearing time of six hundred eighty-five dollars ($685). There is an additional charge of three dollars and fifty cents ($3.50) per page of transcript. These fees are in addition to the fees authorized by section 386.300, RSMo. (3) The parties shall be responsible for payment of any unpaid fees on and after the effective date of the commission’s report and order relating to the water service territorial agreement or designation of water service area. The executive director shall send an itemized billing statement to the applicants on or after the effective date of the commission’s report and order. Responsibility for the payment of the fees shall be that of the parties to the proceeding as ordered by the commission in each case. (4) An application for commission review of proposed amendment(s) to an existing territorial agreement between water service providers shall not be subject to the fee of five hundred dollars ($500) specified in section (1) of this rule. However, the applicants shall be responsible for the payment of a fee which reflects necessary hearing time (including the minimum hearing time charge) and the transcript costs as specified in section (2) of this rule. (5) On July 1 of each year, the filing fee and the fee per hour of evidentiary hearing time will be modified to match any percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the twelve (12)-month period ending December 31 of the preceding year. AUTHORITY: sections 247.172 and 386.250, RSMo 2000.* This rule originally filed as 4 CSR 240-3.630. Original rule filed Aug. 16, 2002, effective April 30, 2003. Moved to 20 CSR 4240-3.630, effective Aug. 28, 2019. AND INSURANCE *Original authority: 247.172, RSMo 1939, amended 1976, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 386.250, RSMo 1939, amended 1963, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996.