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<section article="gpu" article_name="Public Utilities" number="25-404" title_number="25" title_name="Rates and Charges" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="System Development Charge">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Commission shall deposit all funds collected under the system development charge into a system development charge fund.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The system development charge fund is a special fund that may not revert to general funds of the Commission.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Commission may use the funds collected from the system development charge only to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>pay for new treatment, transmission, and collection facilities, the need for which is directly attributable to the addition of new service and the construction of which began after July 1, 1993; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>amortize any bond that is issued in connection with the construction of those new facilities.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Other costs of enhancement, maintenance, or environmental regulation on existing or new systems shall be borne equally by all ratepayers.</text>
  </level>
</section>
