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. e ORDINANCE 11sil1 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. Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of La Porte, shall be amended to hereafter read as follows, to-wit: "(a.) Sec. 26-12 - Water service charges payable; discount for early payment: Water meters shall be read monthly, and each consumer shall be billed monthly. All water bills shall be payable in full at their net amount based upon the rates and schedules provided in this article, on or before fifteen (15) days after the date of the mailing of the bill to the consumer. If any bill is not paid in full within such period, there shall be added thereto a penalty equal to 10~ of the amount of the "current" portion of the bill. Additionally, there shall also be added an interest charge equal to 1% of the balance that was in arrears when the bill was created. For the convenience of the consumers and of those recelving the actual payments of such bills, the amount of the bill, if paid within fifteen (15) days (i.e., the discount period) of the date of the mailing 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 penalty or interest of the net amount to the net amount may be named as the "gross" amount of the bill. "(b.) Sec. 26-15 - Sewer Service Charges: Computation of Volume Based on Water Purchased: Residential The volume of sewage treated shall be based upon 90% of the resident's average water billed for water metered during the months of November, December, and January. Section 2. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to hav~ passed each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part hereof, irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof, may be declared invalid.