10-31-19-Ordinance-Amending Utility Billing Procedures-10/07/2019ORDINANCE #10-31-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 13 "UTILITIES", ARTICLE
13.1600 "UTILITY BILLING PROCEDURES"; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 13, Article 13.1600 of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Sanger, Texas is hereby amended in part as follows:
ARTICLE 13.1600 UTILITY BILLING PROCEDURES
Sec. 13.1601 Utility Billing Procedures
All customer accounts for municipal water, sewer, sanitation and electric service shall be
billed for charges once each month, at which time they shall become due and payable.
Failure to receive any bill provided by this section shall not relieve the customer of any
liability thereof.
Sec. 13.1602 When Bills Become Delinquent
Payments become delinquent on the fifteenth (15th) day following the billing date
whereupon a ten percent (10%) penalty is assessed to each delinquent bill.
Sec. 13.1603 Service to Be Discontinued When Delinquent
Service may be discontinued upon due written notice to customers having past due bills
on the twenty-seventh (27th) day following the billing date. In addition, a fee as set forth
in the fee schedule in appendix A of this code will be assessed to all customers whose
service has been discontinued. If a customer account is disconnected pursuant to this
section, the account must be paid in full before service shall be restored. Failure to
receive any notice provided by this section shall not relieve the customer of any liability
thereof.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3: Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of
this ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to be void
or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said
ordinance or the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and
effect.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect and shall be in full force and effect from after its passage
and publication of the caption as required by law and Charter in such cases provide.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER,
DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE Id, DAY OF OCTOBER, 2019.
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ATTEST:
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APPROVED:
Thomas E. Muir, MAYOR