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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 342 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 338 PRESCRIBING <br />THE RATES, FEES AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE BY THE CITY TO CON- <br />SUMERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LTh1ITS OF THE CITY OF LA <br />PORTE, TEXAS; PRESCRIBING THE TTh!E FOR PAYMENT THEREOF; PROVIDING <br />FOR lO% DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />,. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF CmiMISSIONERS OF THE CITY <br /> <br />OF LA ,PO.RTE, TEXAS, THAT: <br />Section 1. Section 6 of the said Ordinance Noo 338 of <br /> <br />the City of La Porte is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as <br />follows: <br /> <br />"Hereafter, eaCIl and every Consumer, inside and outside <br />the corporate limits of the City, shall pay to the City <br />their respective bills for water consumption at the <br />following rates, to-wit: <br /> <br />For water consumed during any month, the rates shall be: <br /> <br />$l.OO per l,OOO gallons <br />.75 per 1,000 gallons <br /> <br />.50 per 1,000 gallons <br /> <br />p. t' .25 per l,OOO gal1011s <br /> <br />.20 per l,OOO gallons <br /> <br />for the first 2,000 gallons of water; <br />in excess of 2,000 gallons and less than <br />5,000 gallons of water; <br />in excess of 5,000 gallons and less than <br />10,000 gallons of water; <br />in excess of 10,000 gallons and less than <br />50,000 gallons of water; <br />in excess of 50,000 gallons of water. <br /> <br />3u <br /> <br />The sum of Two Dollars ($2000) shall be the monthly mini- <br />mum charge for water consumption for each and every Con- <br />sumer inside the City limits; the sum of Two and 50/100 <br />Dollars ($2050) shall be the monthly minimum for each <br />Consumer outside the City limits. On all monthly bills <br />paid by the Consumer on or before the tenth day of the <br />calendar month succeeding that for which the bill is <br />rendered, the City shall allow a discount in the sum of <br />ten per cent. (10%). All bills paid after the tenth day <br />of the calendar month succeeding that for which such <br />bill is rendered shall not be subject to such discounto" <br /> <br />Section 20 The fact the best interest and general wel- <br /> <br />fare of the City require that the regulations made herein be put in- l\ <br /> <br />to effect, constitutes and creates an emergency and a public necessity <br /> <br />that the rule requiring Ordinances to be read at three several meet- <br /> <br />ings be suspended and that this Ordinance be passed finally on its <br /> <br />first ~eading; and that this Ordinance take effect and be in force <br /> <br />l.'\ <br /> <br /> <br />from and after its passage and approval; and it is <br />Passed and approved this the ~~ay <br /> <br />A. D. 1947. <br /> <br />. <br />, <br />I <br />'\ r <br />