07-12-05-Ordinance-Tampering Fees-07/05/2005ORDINANCE No. 07-12-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, AMENDING APPENDIX
A, ARTICLE 4.000, SEC. 4.1000 "TAMPERING FEES" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Appendix A, Article 4.000, Section 4.1000, of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Sanger, Texas, "Tampering Fees", is amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 4.1000 Tampering Fee
In the event the user or customer or his agent restores water services or electric
services after service has been disconnected by the City, or the user or customer or his
agent tampers with the water meter or the electric meter or service line appurtenances in
any manner, based on the best estimated time that tampering occurred, an average KWH
usage fee will be charged. All vehicle, man-hours and equipment replacement costs will
also be charged. A tampering fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) shall be collected in
addition to the reconnect fees."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this ordinance are severable and, if
any word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be
declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the
incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph, or section.
Section 4. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this
ordinance of the Code of Ordinances as amended hereby shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found
in Section 1.109 of this Code.
Section 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide
PASSED AND APPROVED this 51h day of July, 2005, by the City Council of the City of
Sanger, Texas.
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ORDINANCE No. 07-12-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, AMENDING
APPENDIX A, ARTICLE 4.000, SEC. 4.1000 "TAMPERING FEES" OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS; PROVIDING
FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Duly passed by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas, on the 51h
day of July 2005.
APPROVED:
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lsalie Chavez City Secret;
THAT CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 13.300 AND APPENDIX AR-
TICLE 4.000 SEC. 4.1000 "TAMPERING FEES" OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, IS
HEREBY AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVER -
ABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FORA PENALTY; AND PRO-
VIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.