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2001-336FILE REFERENCE FORM I 2001-336 I Additional File Exists Additional File Contains Records Not Public, According to the Public Records Act Other FILE(S) Date Initials Amended by Ordinance No. 2002-271 09/03/02 ~ ORDINANCE NO 2001- AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS PROVIDING FOR THE SCHEDULE OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES, DEPOSITS, BILLINGS AND PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES TO CITY CUSTOMERS AND TAXPAYERS CONTAINED IN ORDINANCE NO 2000-296, AMENDING THE NAME OF THE ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION FEES TO THE ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION CHARGES, AMENDING THE NAME OF THE ELECTRIC METER INSTALLATION FEE TO THE ELECTRIC METER INSTALLATION CHARGE, AMENDING THE NAME OF THE ELECTRIC AND WATER METER RECONNECTION FEE TO THE ELECTRIC AND WATER METER CONNECTION CHARGE, AMENDING THE DELINQUENT SERVICE FEE TO THE DELINQUENT SERVICE CHARGE, AMENDING THE METER READING AND TEST FEES TO THE METER READING AND TEST CHARGES, AMENDING THE NAME OF THE INSUFFICIENT FUND CHECK CHARGE TO THE RETURNED PAYMENT CHARGE, AMENDING THE APPLICATION OF AND THE INTEREST RATE TO THE SERVICE DEPOSITS PROVISION, WHOLLY DELETING THE CREDIT CARD SERVICE FEE, ADDING A CREDIT REPORT CHARGE, 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 1 That the schedule of charges for general utility services as generally provided for in Chapter 26 of the Code of Orchnances, and for services to other C~ty of Denton customers and taxpayers, are hereby estabhshed as follows SERVICE CHARGES AND PROCEDURES SCHEDULES A ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION CHARGES PAGE Electric Meter Installation Charge 3 Electric and Water Meter Connection Charge 3 Dehnquent Servme Charge 3 B METER READING AND TEST CHARGES Meter Reading 4 Meter Testing 4 C MISCELLANEOUS FEES, CHARGES AND DEPOSITS Returned Payment Charge 5 Serwce Deposits 5 Credit Report Charge 6 Interest Earned on Contract Retmnage 6 Page 2 ACCOUNT CONNECTION AND RECONNECTION CHARGES (Effective 10/01/01) ELECTRIC METER INSTALLATION CHARGE APPLICATION Applicable when a customer requests electric serwce on a first time basis where no permanent service previously existed and where a new account number is estabhshed CHARGE First Service Requested $20 00 First Service Requested, after $30 00 bumness hours gJ.F. CTRIC AND WATER METER CONNECTION CHARGE APPLICATION Applicable when a customer requests service at an address which has ex~snng or previous service, with an exlstmg account number and history, and the electric and/or water meter must be installed or activated for readiness CHARGE Electric Service Requested $10 00 Water Service Requested $10 00 DELINQUENT SERVICE CHARGE APPLICATION Apphcable when a customer's account is processed for chscounectlon due to nonpayment CHARGE Delinquent Service Charge $20 00 Page 3 METER READING AND TEST CHARGES (Effective 10/01/01) METER READING APPLICATION Applicable to any electric or water utthty customer who requests a reading of a city meter due to a contested billing more than twice in the prevmus twelve (12) months, and no error is found CHARG~i 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 (4) years and the meter is found to be within accuracy standards CHARGE Per Test $25 00/KWH Electric Meter $35 00/KW/KWH Electric Meter ACCURACY STANDARDS A meter is defined as wlthm accuracy standards when found to be plus or m~nus two percent (2%) or less Page 4 MISCRI J,ANEOUS FEES, CHARGES, AND DEPOSITS (Effective 10/01/01) RETURNED PAYMENT CHARGE APPLICATION Apphcable when a customer's or taxpayer's check, or money order, or bank draf~ for payment of fees, fines, court costs, taxes, utthtxes, or other charges has been dmhonored by the maker's bank and returned to the City of Denton unpmd CHARGE Per Check $25 00 SERVICE DEPOSITS APPLICATION Applicable when a residential customer requests utthty service m the C~ty of Denton serwce area and does not have twelve (12) months of good credit standing w~th the C~ty of Denton or another utd~ty system for the type of service requested, or does not have a co-s~gner with twelve (12) months of good credit stanchng w~th the C~ty of Denton, or does not request and demonstrate a passing credit rating through a credit reporting agency Applicable when a commercial customer does not have twenty-four (24) months of good credit standing with the C~ty of Denton, or a commercial letter of good cretht from another utility system Not applicable when a commercial customer provides an ~rrevocable letter of credit to the C~ty of Denton as security for payment CHARGE Remdentlal Customer $150 00 or an amount equal to 1/6 of the last 12 months of bdhng at the servme loeatmn If utd~ty servme ~s thsconneeted for non- payment, then the customer will be reqmmd to pay a deposit sum equal to 1/6 of the last 12 months of bHhng Commercml Customer $300 00 or an amount equal to 1/6 of the last 12 months of bHhng at the servme locaUon, whmhever ~s greater Deposits will earn interest for the customer The apphcable rate of ~nterest will be 3 45% and ~s based on the one-year Umted States Treasury Note as of August 15, 2001 If refund of deposit is Page 5 made w~than thirty (30) days of receipt of deposit, no interest payment wdl be made If the Clty retains the deposit more than thirty (30) days, payment of interest shall be made retroactive to the date the deposit was pa~d A Payment of the mterest to the customer shall be made at the t~me the deposit is returned or credited to the customer's account B The depomt shall cease to earn ~nterest on the date ~t ~s retumed or credited to the customer's account CREDIT REPORT CHARGE APPLICATION This fee Is apphcable ~f the customer (a) cannot prowde a satisfactory credit rating through prewous service tustory w~th Denton Mummpal Uttht~es or another utthty servme, or (b) cannot prowde the c~ty w~th a quahfied co-s~gner, and (c) prowdes written authonzat~on for the mty to obtmn a credit rating from a credit source avmlable to the mty Charge Charge per credit report $12 00 INTEREST EARNED ON CONTRACT RETA1NAGE Contract retmnage will earn interest for the contractor as promded by TEX REV CIV STAT ANN Artmle 6252, Sec 5b (Vernon Supp 1992) The rate of interest wall be adjusted sem~- annually to equal the mterest rate of a one year Umted States Treasury Note on October 1 and April 1 of each year Payment of the interest shall be made at the t~me the retmnage ~s prod to the contractor Page 6 SECTION 2 That all or&nantes or parts of ordinances in force when the provisions of this ordinance became effective which are inconsistent, or m conflict w~th the terms or prows~ons contained in this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict SECTION 3 That ff any sectaon, subsectaon, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word m this ordinance, or apphcat~on thereof to any person or c~rcumstances is held invalid by any court of competent juns&ct~on, such holding shall not affect the validity of the rem~unlng portaons of this ordinance, and the C~ty Council of the Caty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such ~nval~&ty SECTION 4 That th~s ordinance shall become effective, charged, and apphed to all services oceumng on and after October 1, 2001, and a copy of said fees and charges shall be maanta~ned on file in the office of the C~ty Secretary PASSED AND APPROVED thlsthe Z/{~-'-~ day of ~_.~9~/"~..'/ ,2001 EULINE BROCK, MAYOR ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FO~ HE~ERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTO~Y S \Our Documents\Ordinances\01 \Miscellaneous Fees Customer Service Or&nance 2002 doc Page 7