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. . .. Ordinance No. .1283 ,Page 2. full at their net amount based upon the rates and schedules provided in this article, on or before twenty (20) days after the date of the mailing of the bill to the consumer. If any bill is not paid in full wi thin such period, there shall be added thereto ten per cent (10%) of the net amount, in addition to said net amount. For the convenience of the consumers and of those receiving the actual payments of such bills, the ~ ~~ amount of the bill, if paid within twenty (20) days (i.e., the discount period) of the date of the mail ing of the bill, may be indicated or described as the "net" amount of the bill, and the amount payable with the addition of the percentage of the net amount to the net amount may be named as the "gross" amount of the bill." Section 3. A new section of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, Sec. 26-12A, of Article II, Chapter 26, of said Code shall be added, to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: .... - "Sec. 26-12A. Fee Established on Meter Checks --Collection of Fee. "There shall be charged, assessed and collected for a meter test made for a rate payer (as described in Sec. 26-11), pursuant to said rate payer's request, a fee for the conduct of said meter test. Said fee shall be charged if, and only if, the resul ts of the meter test reveal that the meter tested, pursuant to the rate payer's request, is not malfunctioning. "Any meter that is not measuring said rate payer's con- sumption of water accurately shall not be subject to the afore- .- -- mentioned fee for testing said meter.