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. . . . . . Ordinance No. 912 , Page 13 due and payable shall be subject to have their sewer disconnected from the City's sewer system and lines or their water supply dis- connected, and thereafter no sewer connection which has been dis- connected or water supply disconnected for the nonpayment of charges shall be ~gain reconnected for the same user until all costs incurred in the actual physical disconnect and reconnect have been paid and all delinquent sewer service charges have been paid to the City of La Porte, Texas. SECTION TEN. POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF ENFORCING AGENTS The Approving Authority beari~g credentials and identification shall be permitted to, gain access to such proper- ties as may be necessary for the purpose of inspection, observa- tion, measurement, sampli~g and testi~g, in accordance with pro- visions of these r~gulations. Any person found to be violati~g any provision of this Ordinance shall be served by the City with written notice stati~g the nature of the violation and providi~g a reasonable time limit for the satisfactory correction thereof. Any person who shall continue any violation beyond the time limit shall be, guilty of violation of the service contract and shall be summarily disconnected from the sanitary sewer and/or water service. Such disconnection and reconnection would be at the total expense of the customer. Where acids and chemicals, dam~ging to sewer lines or treatment processes are released to the sewer causing rapid deteriQr~ion of these structures or interferi~g with proper treatment of sew~ge, the Approvi~g Authority is authorized to immediately terminate services by such measures as are neces- sary to protect the facilities. SECTION ELEVEN. PENALTIES (a). If any person, firm or corporation shall violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance, they shall be, guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Municipal Court, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day of such violation shall be deemed a separate offense.