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. e " COpy ORDINANCE NO. 93-1897 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL," OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF lA PORTE; ESTABLISHING A NEW RATE AND FEE STRUCTURE; 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. A new section of the Code of Ordinance of the City of La. Porte, 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 Upon recommendation of the director of finance, the City Council of the City of La Porte, pursuant to the directives established in Article II of Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, hereby establishes the following rates and fees: "(a) Sec. 12-2.2(a) - Each consumer requesting new service with the city shall be charged a service fee of $10.00 (ten dollars) and said service fee is to be collected prior to the beginning of the requested service. "(b) Sec. l2-2.2(b) - Each consumer requesting the transfer from one service location within the city to another service location within the city shall be charged a transfer fee of $15.00 (fifteen dollars) and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process. "(c) Sec. l2-2.2(c) - Each consumer requesting that their meter be replaced by a new meter, when the city has no reason to believe the meter to be replaced has reached the end of its useful life, shall be charged a meter replacement fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process. "(d) Sec. l2-2.2(d) - Each consumer requesting that their service lines be pressure tested by the city, and said pressure test is subsequent to a pressure test obtained from the city in the preceding (12) twelve month period, shall be charged a pressure test fee of $25.00 (twenty-five dollars) and said fee is to be charged to their account and collected through the normal billing and collection process.