HomeMy WebLinkAbout17760 ORD - 08/03/1983AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ARTICLE III, WATER RATES, SECTION 55-51, CHARGES
FOR RECONNECTING AND REPLACING METERS, AS AMENDED, AND
ARTICLE IV, GAS RATES, SECTION 55-62, CHARGES FOR
RECONNECTING AND REPLACING METERS, AS AMENDED, TO
INCREASE THE SERVICE CHARGE FOR RECONNECTION OF SERVICE
THAT HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED DUE TO A FAILURE TO PAY A
DELINQUENCY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES HEREWITH; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERANCE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, service reconnection charges to gas and water customers
are inadequate to cover operational costs; and
WHEREAS, these charges have not been increased since 1974; and
WHEREAS, an increase in reconnection charges is necessary to
provide gas and water service, and keep the Gas Fund and Water Fund
operational.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Article III, Water Rates, Section 55-51, Charges
for Reconnecting and Replacing Meters, and Article IV, Gas Rates, Section
55-62, Charges for Reconnecting and Replacing Meters, as amended,
particularly as amended by Ordinance 12207, be amended to increase the
service charge for reconnection of service that has been disconnected due to
failure to pay a delinquency from $3.00 to $5.00, except that after 5:00
p.m. and on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, such charge be increased from
$5.00 to $7.50.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be held invalid or
unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, it
shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite intent of this
City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase,
word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be effective upon final passage
and publication thereof.
SECTION 5. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi by publishing the caption of this
ordinance stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
17'780
SEP 28 1984
MICROFILMED
That the foregoing ordinance,,yyvv�}ead for
second reading on this the vGof
following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
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That the foregoing ordinance ways/ read for
third reading on this the ,:,Z7771 -day of
following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
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That the for,ggofipg ordinance s read for the tq rd time and passed finally
on this the .„,501 day of /� ftt,/ , 19 ils , by the following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky ,/
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ./ day of f ,�tM , 19 2 3 .
ATTEST:
P AY D:
OF , 1913:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CIT ATTORNEY
By
MAYOR
THE CIT OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
17760
STATE OF TEXAS,
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came........_......._.___....
GRACIE DE LUNA who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
ADM. ASST. SECRETARY of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
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City of C.C.
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Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 17760...
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in
CALLER—TIMES PUBLISHING CO.
on the 8th day of August__ __.19.83., and once each.
consecutive day
_(ane Times.
$ 39.60 _..._ GRACIE DE LUNA
ADM. ASST. SECRETARY
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th._„day of
da.,y
thereafter
EUGENIA S. CORTEZ
Augugt
Notary jblic, Nueces County, T
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