2006-028-ORD-water billing due dates
ORDINANCE NO. 2006-028
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING
SECTIONS 34-29 (a) AND 34-30 (a) OF SAID CODE; PROVIDING FOR
DIFFERENT DUE DATES FOR WATER BILLING; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES ORP ARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE
SUBJECT; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 34-29 (a) ofthe Code of Ordinances ofthe City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall 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 fifteenth day after
such billing date.
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Section 2. That Section 34-30 (a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris,
Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall 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 service or for sewer service rendered
to such person by the City before the expiration of six (6) 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 resumed until such person shall
have paid the delinquent water and sewer bill in full, together with a reconnection
fee of ten dollars ($10.00). It shall be unlawful for any person, other than a duly
authorized employee of the City, to reconnect such service.
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Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby expressly
repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective on September 1,2006.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of August, 2006.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Richard Manning, Mayor .:J