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HB1202 • 2026
WATER/WELLS: Provides for metering devices
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WATER/WELLS: Provides for metering devices
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WATER/WELLS: Provides for metering devices
HLS 26RS-2255 ORIGINAL 2026 Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO. 1202 BY REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS WATER/WELLS: Provides for metering devices 1 AN ACT 2 To enact R.S. 38:2502, relative to metering devices; to allow the removal of clamp-metering 3 devices and limit pumpage fees for any parish with a certain population range; to 4 direct the Louisiana State Law Institute to redesignate the heading of a certain area 5 of law; and to provide for related matters. 6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana: 7 Section 1. R.S. 38:2502 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8 §2502. Metering devices; pumpage fees 9 Any parish with a population of not less than nineteen thousand and not more 10 than nineteen thousand six hundred according to the latest federal decennial census 11 shall be subject to the following provisions: 12 (1) Clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters may be removed. 13 (2) Pumpage fees shall not exceed forty dollars for every million gallons 14 pumped. 15 Section 2. The Louisiana State Law Institute is hereby authorized and directed to 16 redesignate the part heading of R.S. 38:2501, "PART I. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE 17 LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES COMMISSION" as "PART I. GENERAL". Page 1 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions. HLS 26RS-2255 ORIGINAL HB NO. 1202 DIGEST The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1202 Original 2026 Regular Session Adams Abstract: Allows the removal of clamp-metering devices and limits pumpage fees for parishes with a population of nineteen thousand to nineteen thousand six hundred. Proposed law allows the removal of clamp-on ultrasonic flowmeters for any parish with a population between 19,000 and 19,600 according to the latest federal decennial census. Proposed law limits the pumpage fees to $40 per million gallons for any parish with a population between 19,000 and 19,600 according to the latest federal decennial census. Redesignates the headings of present law provisions providing for powers and duties of the La. Wildlife and Fisheries Commission. (Adds R.S. 38:2502) Page 2 of 2 CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored are additions.