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Amended by Ordinance No. 99-298 ORDINANCE NO of AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS AMENDING THE SCHEDULE OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES, DEPOSITS, BILLINGS AND PROCEDURES FOR PROVIDING ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO CITY CUSTOMERS AND TAXPAYERS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO 93-164, AMENDING THE DELINQUENT SERVICE FEE FOR RECONNECTION OF SERVICE AFTER HOURS, AMENDING THE CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE, AMENDING THE CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO 95-096, PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION I That the schedule of fees and charges for general utility services as generally provided for in Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances, and for services to other City of Denton customers and taxpayers, are hereby established as follows SERVICE CHARGES AND PROCEDURES SCHEDULES PAGE A ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION FEES Electric Meter Installation Fee Meter Connection Fee Delinquent Service Fee 2 B METER READING AND TEST FEES C MISCELLANEOUS FEES, CHARGES AND DEPOSITS Insufficient Fund Check Handling Charge 4 Service Deposits 4 Interest Earned on Contract Retamage Credit Card Service Fee ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION FEES (Effective 10/01/98) ELECTRIC METER INSTALLATION FEE APPLICATION Applicable when a customer requests electric service on a first time basis where no permanent service previously existed and where a new account number is established FEE First Service Requested $20 00 First Service Requested, after $30 00 business hours METER CONNECTION FEE APPLICATION Applicable when a customer requests service at an address which has existing or previous service, with an existing account number and history FEE First Service Requested $10 00 First Service Requested, after $30 00 business hours DELINQUENT SERVICE FEE APPLICATION Applicable when a customer's account is processed for disconnection due to nonpayment FEE Delinquent Service Fee $20 00 Delinquent Service Fee $50 00 and reconnection after business hours Page 2 METER READING AND TEST FEES (Effective 10/01/98) Meter Readm¢ APPLICATION Applicable to any customer who requests a reading of a city meter due to a contested billing more than twice in the previous 12 months and no error is found FEE Per Additional Reading $20 00 Meter Testing APPLICATION Applicable to any customer who requests the testing of a city meter previously tested within the past four years and the meter is found to be within accuracy standards FEE Per Test ACCURACYSTANDARDS $25 00/KWH Electric Meter $35 00/KW & KWH Electric Meter A meter is defined as within accuracy standards when found to be in error plus or minus two percent (2%) or less Page 3 MISCELLANEOUS FEES, CHARGES. AND DEPOSITS (Effective 10/01/98) INSUFFICIENT FUND CHECK HANDLING CHARGE APPLICATION Applicable when a customer's or taxpayer's check for payment of fees, fines, court costs, taxes, utilities, or other charges has been dishonored by the maker's bank and returned to the City of Denton FEE Per Check $15 00 SERVICE DEPOSITS APPLICATION Applicable when a customer requests utility service for the first time in the Denton service area and does not have 12 months of good credit standing with Denton or another utility system for the type of service requested, or does not have a co-signer with 12 months of good credit standing with Denton or another electric utility system FEE Residential Customer $150 00 or an amount equal to 1/6 of the last 12 months of billing at the service location If utility service is disconnected for non- payment, then the customer will be required to pay a deposit sum equal to 1/6 of the last 12 months of billing Commercial Customer $300 00 or an amount equal to 1/6 of the last 12 months of billing at the service location, whichever is greater Deposits will earn interest for the customer The rate of interest will be adjusted semi-annually to equal the interest rate of a one year United States Treasury Note on October 1 and April 1 of each year If refund of deposit is made within thirty (30) days of receipt of deposit, no interest payment will be made If the City retains the deposit more than thirty (30) days, payment of interest shall be made retroactive to the date the deposit was paid A Payment of the interest to the customer shall be made at the time the deposit is returned or credited to the customer's account B The deposit shall cease to earn interest on the date it is returned or credited to the customer's account Page 4 CONTRACT RETAINAGE Contract retamage will earn interest for the contractor as provided by TEX REV CIV STAT ANN Article 6252, Sec 5b (Vernon Supp 1992) The rate of interest will be adjusted semi- annually to equal the interest rate of a one year United States Treasury Note on October 1 and April 1 of each year Payment of the interest shall be made at the time the retamage is paid to the contractor CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE APPLICATION Applicable when payment for fees, fines, court costs, taxes, utilities or other charges are made with a "Discover" credit card RATE/SERVICE CHARGE Payment Amount Service Charse $ 01-20 00 $ 05 $ 20 01-200 00 $ 100 $ 200 01-500 00 $ 300 $500 01-800 00 $ 500 $800 01-and up $ 700 Page 5 SECTION II That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the provisions of this ordinance became effective which are inconsistent, or in conflict with the terms or provisions contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict SECTION III That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid by any court of competent Jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity SECTION IV That this ordinance shall become effective, charged, and applied to all services occurring on or after October 1, 1998, and a copy of said fees and charges shall be maintained on file in the office of the City Secretary PASSED AND APPROVED this the X—'/L� day of l 1998 JACK LER, MAYOR ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS,CI,ITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY BY F \shared\dept\LGL\Our Documents\Ordinances\98\Customer Service Rates doc Page 6