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garbage account shall be chargeable against the deposit made pursuant to this Section. " Section 6. That Subsection (a), Section 34-29 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas be, and the same is hereby amended to change the billing due dates and delinquent dates to read as follows: Sec. 34-29. Billing; when and where payable. (a) The division shall render bills for readiness-to-serve and water service or for sewer service furnished by the City to any person on a monthly basis, with such billing being rendered on or about the same day each month. Bills and accounts shall be due and payable on or before the fourteenth (14th) day following the billing date and shall become delinquent on the twenty-second (22nd) day after such billing date. Section 7. That Subsections (a) and (b), Section 34-30 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Texas be, and the same are hereby amended to shorten the time frame for discontinuing service once an account is past due and to permit the City Water Department to refuse service until the account is paid in full and the remaining subsections shall be renumbered accordingly, to read as follows: Sec. 34-30. Discontinuance of water service for failure to pay and right of hearing in connection with same. (a) If any person shall fail to pay for water, sewer, or garbage collection services rendered to such person by the City before the expiration of seven (7) days after the date on which such bill is due and payable, the water service of such person shall be discontinued, and such service shall not again be restored until such person shall have paid the delinquent water and sewer bill in full, together with a service fee. It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a duly authorized employee of the City, to reconnect such service. (b) In the case of rental property, should the City incur expenses related to the removal and disposal of garbage, trash, bulky waste or other property put out for collection by the City and these expenses are not paid by the renter of the property or covered by the water deposit, the City may attach those expenses as a lien against the property and refuse service to the property until such expenses and any accrued interest is paid in full. (c) The director of finance of the City is designated the due process hearing officer for water and sewer accounts and as such will hear and determine matters of hardship, illness or disability which would justify a payment schedule other than that fixed by this article. (d) Water patrons desiring special consideration with regard to the payment and billing schedule as established by this article must make affidavit showing the circumstances upon which they request a variance of payment schedule. Such affidavit shall be delivered to the director of finance who may act solely upon the affidavit or may set a hearing date and require the water customer to be present for Page 5 of 7