1998-265 No~e. Amended by Ordinance No. 99-298
ORDINANCE NO
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 CFIARGES AND PROCEDURES SCHEDULES
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A ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION FEES
Electric Meter Installation Fee 2
Meter Connection Fee 2
Delinquent Service Fee 2
B METER READING AND TEST FEES 3
C MISCELLANEOUS FEES, CHARGES AND DEPOSITS
Insufficient Fund Check Handling Charge 4
Service Deposits 4
Interest Earned on Contract Retainage 5
Cre&t Card Service Fee 5
ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION FEES
(Effective 10/01/98)
ELECTRIC METER INSTALLATION FEE
APPLICATION
Apphcable when a customer requests elecmc servtce on a first Ume basts where no permanent
servme previously crested and where a new account number ts estabhshed
FEE
F~rst Service Requested $20 00
First Servme Requested, after $30 00
busmess hours
METER CONNECTION FEE
APPLICATION
Apphcable when a customer requests service at an address which has ex~st~ng or prevtous
servme, w~th an extsttng account number and h~story
FEE
First Servme Requested $10 00
F~rst Servme Requested, after $30 00
busaness hours
DELINQUENT SERVICE FEE
APPLICATION
Apphcable when a customer's account ts processed for &sconnectton due to nonpayment
FEE
Dehnquent Servme Fee $20 00
Dehnquent Service Fee $50 00
and reconnect~on after
business hours
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METER READING AND TEST FEES
(Effective 10/01/98)
Meter Reading
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 wtth~n the
past four years and the meter is found to be within accuracy standards
FEE
Per Test $25 00/KWH Electric Meter
$35 00/KW & KWH Electric Meter
ACCURACY STANDARDS
A meter is defined as within accuracy standards when found to be in error plus or m~nus two
percent (2%) or less
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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,
uuhties, or other charges has been dishonored by the maker's bank and returned to the City of
Denton
FEE
Por Check $15 00
SERVICE DEPOSITS
APPLICATION
Apphcable when a customer requests utlhty service for the first t~me in the Denton service area
and does not have 12 months of good credit standing w~th Denton or another utility system for
the type of service requested, or does not have a co-s~gner 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 bllhng at the service location
If utility servme 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
Commercml Customer $300 00 or an amount equal to 1/6 of the last
12 months of bflhng at the service location,
whichever is greater
Deposits will earn tnterest for the customer The rate of interest will be adjusted semi-annually
to equal the interest rate of a one year Umted 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 C~ty 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 t~me the deposit is returned
or credited to the customer's account
B The deposit shall cease to earn interest on the date ~t is returned or credited to the
customer's account
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CONTRACT RETAINAGE
Contract retmnage will earn interest for the contractor as provided by TEX REV CIV STAT
ANN Article 6252, Sec 5b (Vernon Supp 1992) The rate o£ 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 o£¢ach year Payment of the ~nterest shall be made at the ume the retalnage is prod to the
contractor
CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE
APPLICATION
Applicable when payment for fees, fines, court costs, taxes, uulmes or other charges are made
w~th a "Discover" credit card
RATE/SERVICE CHARGE
Payment Amount Service Charge
$ 01-20 00 $ 05
$ 20 01-200 00 $ I 00
$ 200 01-500 00 $ 3 00
$500 01-800 00 $ 5 00
$800 01-and up $ 7 00
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SECTION II That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in force when the prows~ons of
thxs ordinance became effective which are ~ncons~stent, or ~n conflict w~th the terms or
prows~ons contmned ~n th~s ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such confltct
SECTION III That ff any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word ~n this ordinance, or apphcat~on thereof to any person or c~rcumstances is held ~nvalld by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the vahdlty of the rema~mng
portions of th~s ordinance, and the C~ty Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remmmng pomons despite any such ~nvalld~ty
SECTION IV That th~s ordinance shall become effective, charged, and apphed to all
servmes occumng on or after October 1, 1998, and a copy of smd fees and charges shall be
mmmalned on file ~n the office of the C~ty Secretary
PASSED AND APPROVED this the ~ day of ~, 1998
JACK~
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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