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Utility Can't Charge Impact Fee
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1993.tb06036.x
Subject(s) - charge (physics) , supreme court , actuarial science , computer science , economics , law , physics , political science , particle physics
The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled that a water utility could not charge an impact fee that was arbitrary and discriminatory. The fee was considered arbitrary because it was not based on calculations to provide for the system's functioning and growth, and it was considered discriminatory because only one new development was charged the fee.