HomeMy WebLinkAbout026836 ORD - 06/27/2006AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, CHAPTER 55 REGARDING COLLECTION FOR
UNAUTHORIZED UTILITY USAGE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE;
AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS
SECTION 1. Sec. 55 -33. Discontinuance of service.
(a) If water or gas service is discontinued by the city on a certain property and
service is then turned on without authorization. the record owner of the property
involved is responsible for any water and gas metered during the period water and gas
usage are unauthorized However,_ if the property owner provides Utilities Business
Office with documentation to confirm identification of an unauthorized user of City
utibties, such as signed lease and verifiable driver's license number of the unauthorized
user, then the City shall transfer the balance to the unauthorized user.
(b) When any customer of the city department of public utilities purchases any article
from the city or is indebted for any appliance connection or service anywhere in the city
and the indebtedness or any installment is delinquent, the services of the customer may
be disconnected at the location of the article or appliance and not reconnected until all
delinquencies including penalties and reconnection charges have been paid and the
account restored to a current nondelinquent status.
SECTION 2. 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 of this ordinance be given full force and effect for its purpose.
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SECTION 3. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi. This ordinance
takes effect immediately upon publication.
EFFECtNE DATE
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That the foregoing ordinance was rea for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the 1. day of Gt�w`� , 2006, by the following vote:
Henry Garrett John E Marez
Brent Chesney Jesse Noyola
Melody Cooper ' Rex A. Kinnison
Jerry Garcia _ Mark Scott
Bill Keliy
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this
the day of 2006 by the following vote:
Henry Garrett
Brent Chesney
Melody Cooper
Jerry Garcia
Bill Kelly
John E. Marez
Jesse Noyola
Rex A. Kinnison
Mark Scott
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the '` l day of 2006.
ATTEST:
Armando C apa
City Secretary
APPROVED:
Lisa Aguilar
Assistant City Attorney
for City Attorney
Two reading ordinance vote sheet doc
2006
Henry Garr
Mayor
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State of Texas
County of Nueces
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came Sandra
Orum, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is Legal
Sales Representative of the Corpus Christi Caller- Times, a daily newspaper
published at Corpus Christi to said City and State, generally circulated in
Aransas. Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kleberg,
Live Oak. Nueces, Retugio, San Patrick), Victoria and Webb Counties, and that
the publication of. NOTICE OF PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. which the
annexed is a true cop.,, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller -Times and on
the World Wide Web on the Caller -Times Interactive on the 3RD day(s) of JULY,
2006.
$81.70
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Cam- -,
Legal Sales Representative
TWO (2 ) Time(s)
Subscribed and sworn to me on the date of
V&A:
Notary Public, Nueces County, Texas
Michelle Cabrera
Print or Type Name of Notary Public
My commission expires on March 19, 2008.
MICHELLE JOYCE CABRERA
MV OOMMISE1ON EXPIRES
Mar �9, 408
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026836
Amending the Code of
Ordinances, City of
Corpus Christi,
Chapter 55 regarding
collection for
unauthorized utility
usage. This ordinance
was passed end
approved by the City
Council of the City of
Corpus Christi on its
second reading on
June 27, 2006.
City of Corp
/s/ Armando
City Seer ry
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