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. . - ORDINANCE NO. 1631 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE II, "WATER, SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL," OF 'THE CODE OF ORDINA,NCES 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 monthl~~ and ~~c~.consumer shall be billed monthly.. All water bills shall be paya~le. in fu~l at their net amount based upon the rates and schedules p~ovid~d in this artic~e, on ~r be~ore fiftee~ (15) days after the date of the mailing o~ the b~ll to the consumer. If any bill is not paid in full within such period, there shall be added thereto ten (10) percent of the net amount, in addition to said net amount. For the c~nveni~nce of the consumers ~nd of those receiving the actual payments of such pills, the amount of the bill, if paid within fif~ee~ (15) days (i.e., the discount period) of the date of the mai~ing of the ~ill, may ~e indica~ed.or described as the "net" amount of the bill., and the amount payable with the addit~on o~ the perce~tage of t~e net amoun~ .to the net amount may be named as the "gross" am~unt of the bill. "(b.) Sec. 26-1~ - Te~mination of water service for failure to pay: (a) If any person shall refuse or neglect to pay the 1 . ... . " . charges for water s~rvice (which bil~ shal~ inc~ude _~he total charges for water service, sewer servi~e~ and garbage, service) furnished by ~he ~i~y, .on o~ befor~ ~~ent~-f~ve(~5) days ~fter the da~eof ~he, mailing of the bill to the.consumer, such water se~vice shall be imme~~atelydisc~nn~cted and furth~r water service s~all .not be ~ermi~ted, except by authorized representatiyes of the city. ,..... "(c.) ~ec. 26-1~(c) - Reconnect fee: During regula~ hours.~9:00_a.m. throug~ 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, exc~~t Ho~idays approye~ by the C~t~ ~o~~cil)~ the reconnect fee shall ,~e .$25.00; after the .aforementioned hours, the reconnect fee shall be $35.00. "(d.) Sec. 26-1~(d) - I~ cases wher~ any person gives the City a check.in payment of w~ter and sewer services which is not honored by the drawee bank for any reason, an additional charge shall be levied ag~in~t suc~ person of $15.00. (e.) The first subparagraph of Sec. 26-14 is amended to read as follows, to wit: , "Whenever a consumer desires to .establish service with the city water department, he .shall tender to such department,. at least one day prior to the time he desires his property to be