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. . ORDINANCE NO. 93-1896 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. All references in Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte to the "director of public works" shall be changed to read "director of finance". Section 2. ,A new section of the Code of Ordinance of the City of La Porte, Sec. 26-12.2, of Article II, Chapter 26, of said Code shall be added, to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "Sec. 26-12.2 Fee established for certain services: collection of fee "(a) There shall be charged, assessed and collected from a consumer (as described in Sec. 26-11), pursuant to said consumer's request for service connection with the city, a fee for the connection of said service connection. "(b) There shall be charged, assessed and collected from a consumer (as described in Sec. 26-11), pursuant to said consumer's request for transfer of service from one location within the city to another location located within the city, a fee for the transfer of said service connection. "(c) There shall be charged, assessed and collected from a consumer (as described in Sec. 26-11), pursuant to said consumer's request for the replacement of a currently installed meter with a new meter, a fee for the installation of said service connection. This fee shall only be charged if the director of finance, or his designee, determines that the meter requested to be replaced does not meet the city's criteria for replacement and that the replacement of the meter is being performed at the sole request of the consumer. "(d) There shall be charged, assessed and collected from a consumer (as described in Sec. 26-11), pursuant to said consumer's request for the performance of a water line pressure test to be performed by city personnel, a fee for the performance of said pressure test. Provided however, that each consumer will be allowed one pressure test, free of charge, during a twelve month period and, if the first test fails, a re- test after the consumer provides proof that the service system has been analyzed and/or repaired to determine the cause of the previous failure of the pressure test.