ENACTED 03/16/1999

ORDINANCE NO. O99-1531

An ordinance amending Section 15.32.190C of the Metropolitan Code of Laws by modifying specific provisions as noted in this ordinance.

WHEREAS, Metro Water Services was required to purchase a new software package to make its billing program millennium compliant; and

WHEREAS, the new program required that certain business requirements be modified to reflect the ability of the program without paying for extensive program modification.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

SECTION 1: That Section 15.32.190C is amended to read as follows: "That if a residential customer has completed an application for their primary residence and their account is not in arrears, then with proper proof that they receive social security benefits, monthly income payments from state, federal or local government (which payments are not in the form of compensation or wages), service pension benefits or retirement benefits, their account shall not be charged an additional five percent of the total current net billing. Participation in this program will not prevent a customer from receiving delinquent notices starting forty-five days after bill date."

SECTION 2: That this ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored By: Charles Fentress

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Introduced:	February 2, 1999
Passed First Reading:	February 2, 1999
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee Public Works Committee
Passed Second Reading:	February 16, 1999
Passed Third Reading:	March 16, 1999
Approved:	March 24, 1999
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