F.__Providing for a water supply protection fund to acquire interests in land in order to protect the district's sources of supply;

G.__Providing for system developments related to an increase in demand for service; and

H.__Providing for capital improvements and expansions to the system.

3.__Process.__Before the adoption of a new rate schedule under this section, the governing body of a locally governed water district shall hold a public hearing regarding the proposed rate schedule.__The governing body shall publish the proposed rate schedule and notice of the hearing in a newspaper having a general circulation in the district not less than 7 days prior to the hearing.__The district shall mail to each ratepayer a notice of the public hearing and the proposed new rate schedule not less than 14 days prior to the hearing. Once a proposed rate schedule becomes final, a copy of the rate schedule must remain on file at the main office of the district for public information.

4.__Just and reasonable rates.__The governing body of a locally governed water district shall establish rates that are just and reasonable and that do not give any undue or unreasonable preference, advantage, prejudice or disadvantage to a particular person.__This subsection is not intended to limit the ability of a locally governed water district to charge different rates or enter into special contracts upon a determination by the governing body that such a practice is in the best interest of the district.

5.__Fire protection charges; cost allocation.__A locally governed water district shall allocate as a percentage of gross revenue its charges for water service for fire protection in accordance with the standards, terms and conditions established in any commission rules governing such allocation for consumer-owned water utilities, or, if no such rules exist, based on the results of a full allocation study of the district's water system.

§6206.__Eminent domain

A locally governed water district has eminent domain authority as specified in its charter, except that any provision in the charter that refers to a section of this Title that by the