Water Supply Act Article 61-1

Water supply to the user’s pump and water-receiving facilities described in Article 23 herein shall not start until the ownership or the right of superficies of the private land on which the facilities are installed has been registered under the user.Water shall not be supplied until the consent of the private landowner whose land is installed with connection pipes of the user’s pump and water-receiving facilities as provided in the preceding paragraph is obtained and the installation is completed.The public land on which the user’s pump and water-receiving facilities are installed should obtain the management office's permit or consent.If the land used by the user's pump and water-receiving facilities is an established planned road and is excavated and buried with the permission of the road authority, the user is not required to obtain ownership or establish superficies rights, and may perform necessary maintenance and updates.If the land used by the user's pump and water-receiving facilities does not belong to the user, but has been used for more than ten years from the date of water supply by the water supply enterprise, the user is deemed to have superficies over the land, and necessary maintenance and updates may be carried out before the land ownership is obtained with the approval of the municipality, county (city) authority-in-charge and assuring of restoration of the original condition after the completion of the maintenance and updates by the enterprise.Users shall choose the least damage-inducing locations and invasive approaches to the use of other people’s land. Any resulting damages shall be compensated to the extent of loss.When disputes arise regarding the issues of locations, approaches, and compensations in the preceding paragraph, the following subjects: tap water user, land ownership or the user may apply to the municipality, county (city) of authority-in-charge for resolution.Approved compensation in the paragraph 6 shall herein apply to the discretionary standards of paragraph 3 of Article 53.The pump and water-receiving equipment described in paragraph 1 may be managed by a water supply enterprise. The water supply enterprise may charge for improvement fees, operating and maintenance fees as well as all other necessary expenses. The water supply enterprise shall provide and summarize a list of service schedule fees and submit a duplicate copy to the authority-in-charge for future reference.
中文原文 自來水法第61-1條
第二十三條規定之用戶加壓受水設備所使用之私有土地應由用戶取得該私有土地之所有權或地上權,始得供水。
前項用戶加壓受水設備之受水管所使用土地,取得私有土地所有權人同意書且完成設置者,得予以供水。
用戶加壓受水設備所使用土地為公有土地,應取得公有土地管理機關使用許可或同意書。
用戶加壓受水設備所使用土地為既成計畫道路,經道路主管機關許可挖掘埋設者,用戶得免取得所有權或設定地上權,並得為必要之維護與更新。
用戶加壓受水設備所使用之土地非屬用戶所有,但自自來水事業供水日起,使用年限已達十年以上者,其用戶就該等土地視為有地上權存在,得於直轄市、縣(市)主管機關同意,並保證工程完畢後恢復原狀下,在取得土地所有權前為必要之維護與更新。
用戶使用他人私有或公有土地,應擇其損害最少之處所及方法為之,並予以補償。
前項處所、方法選擇及補償如有爭議時,用戶、土地所有權人或使用人得報請直轄市、縣(市)主管機關核定之。
第六項補償之核定,得適用第五十三條第三項之裁量基準。
第一項加壓受水設備委託自來水事業代管者,自來水事業得計收工程改善費、操作維護費及其他一切必要之費用,其標準由自來水事業訂定,報請主管機關備查。

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