Bills for wastewater service shall be mailed on or about the
first (1st) day of each month for the services provided during the
immediate preceding month.
(1)
Billing date.
The billing date shall be the date of
mailing and the failure of the customer to receive any such bill shall
in no way relieve the customer of the duty to pay for the services
rendered on or before the due date.
(2)
Due date.
All bills for wastewater services are due
on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of each month (the “due
date”).
(Ordinance 2009-029, art. IV, sec.
1, adopted 11/17/09)
If payment of any bill is not made by the due date, the city
shall promptly mail a second written notice that a late charge equal
to ten percent (10%) of the total billing for wastewater services
shall be added to the billing. The bill shall be considered delinquent
if it is not paid in full, or arrangements for payment are not made,
within ten (10) days after the date the second written notice is mailed
(the “delinquent date”).
(Ordinance 2011-11-15B adopted 11/15/11)
(a)
Termination for delinquency.
The city shall have the
right to and may terminate wastewater services to any customer, including
disconnecting the supply of water, at any time after the delinquent
date, i.e. a customer’s bill becomes delinquent and notice of
late payment having been given. Termination of a customer’s
account will be in accordance with the then-adopted “water service
termination agreement” between the city and the Jarrell Schwertner
Water Supply Corporation.
(b)
Disconnection charges.
A $70.00 charge will be assessed
as a service fee for each occurrence requiring personnel to approach
the residential or nonresidential unit for disconnection, whether
or not services are actually terminated. Such fee shall include the
fee for reconnection and all disconnect fees and must be paid at the
time past due monies are tendered, and prior to any reconnection or
additional services being provided.
(c)
Termination due to a nuisance or emergency.
The city reserves the right to terminate services at any time with or without notice in the case of an imminent threat to the public health, safety, and welfare constituting a nuisance or emergency circumstance that mandates the disconnection of services. If the city disconnects due to a nuisance or emergency circumstance within the control of the property owner, the city will notify the property owner as provided in section 12.02.009 of this article.
(d)
Delinquent accounts.
Any residence or property where
utility services are requested to be provided where a deficient account
is still outstanding from a previous customer shall not be reconnected
in a different name than the account was previously connected under
unless the person requesting utility services demonstrates that the
person whose name the account was previously billed to is no longer
a resident of the property or in control of the property without paying
the deficiencies on the account.
(1)
New owners of property or new residence of leasehold shall not be
responsible for the delinquent utility accounts of a prior owner or
leaser who has vacated the premises.
(2)
No customer may establish a new utility account in his or her name
who has an outstanding deficiency from any previous utility account
held by the city and such account has been delinquent for less than
four (4) years without paying all deficiencies in addition to the
deposit for the new utility account.
(e)
Fines.
Fine for tampering with meter shall be $150.00,
if other combined damage and fees are not equal or greater. Must be
confirmed by customer admission, JSW employee witness, or evidence
recovered from service location.
(Ordinance 2009-029, art. IV, sec.
3, adopted 11/17/09; Ordinance
2011-11-15B adopted 11/15/11)
A returned check fee of $25.00 shall be charged on each check
returned to the city without payment. Accounts shall be considered
delinquent if a check was tendered for payment of the account and
upon the sending of notice from the city of the return of check, the
account holder shall have ten (10) days from the date of the letter
to tender payment by cash or cashier’s check for the balance
of the sum paid by check and the returned check fee or services shall
be terminated as provided for all delinquent accounts.
(Ordinance 2009-029, art. IV, sec.
4, adopted 11/17/09)
No account may be held in the name of a person who is under
the age of eighteen (18) years unless the minor requesting services
provides adequate evidence that the minor has been emancipated through
marriage or other legal means.
(Ordinance 2009-029, art. IV, sec.
5, adopted 11/17/09)
