583-22 Admin Code Billing of Water and Sewer Service Charges ORDINANCE NO. 583-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT AMENDING ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTIONS 6.1.2(a) AND 6.1.3(a)
REGARDING BILLING OF WATER SERVICE CHARGES AND BILLING OF SEWER
SERVICE CHARGES
Be it enacted by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County
of El Dorado, State of California, as follows:
SECTION I- POLICY AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this Ordinance is to adopt certain changes to the Administrative Code
regarding the billing of water and sewer service charges.
SECTION II—DEFINITIONS
For the purposes of this Ordinance, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
A. The District—The South Tahoe Public Utility District.
B. The Board—The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District.
C. Administrative Code—The compilation and codification of all of the
Administrative, Water and Sewer Ordinances of the District, which establish the
authority and the principles for the decisions of the District, and provide the
public with guidelines applicable to District operations.
D. Bill—The notice or statement provided to customers, which reflects charges for
water, sewer, and special services provided.
SECTION III—FINDINGS
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, El Dorado County,
State of California,makes the following findings:
1. The Board previously authorized and directed District staff to transition from
quarterly to monthly billing for all water and sewer service charges.
2. The District currently bills some service charges in advance and other service
charges in arrears.
3. The majority of other public agency water and sewer utilities that bill monthly,
also bill all service charges in arrears.
4. The District determined that billing all service charges in arrears aligns with
industry best practices and will make service charge bills clearer for District customers.
6. The Board has determined that it is in the best interest of the District and its
customers to bill all water and sewer service charges in arrears.
SECTION IV—BILLING OF WATER SERVICE CHARGES
Administrative Code Section 6.1.2(a) shall be amended in its entirety as follows:
6.1.2(a) General. Except, as otherwise provided in this Section 6.1.2, water service
customers on a flat rate shall be billed in arrears for each billing period. Water service customers
on a metered rate shall be billed in arrears for the consumption and base charge portions for each
billing period. On occasions where access is not possible for the District to read a water meter,
the District shall estimate consumption. Estimated consumption shall be verified during a
subsequent meter reading period and any shortfall of consumption or overestimate of
consumption shall be reconciled in a subsequent bill.
SECTION V—BILLING OF SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
Administrative Code Section 6.1.3(a) is amended in its entirety as follows:
6.1.3(a) Except as provided in this Section 6.1.3, sewer service charges shall be billed in
arrears for the billing period, as determined by the District.
SECTION VII—SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations is for any reason held to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Ordinance or the Administrative Code. The Board of Directors declares and determines that
it would have passed section, subsection, subdivision,paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase
thereof of this Ordinance and its implementing rules and regulations and the Administrative
Code irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases may be determined to be unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION VIII—EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance amending the above referenced section of the Administrative Code shall
take effect thirty days after its passage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility
District at its duly held regular meeting on the 17th day of November, 2022,by the following
vote:
AYES: Sheehan, Romsos, Peterson, Exline
NOES: None
ABSENT: Cefalu
Kelly h han, Presi ent
South Tahoe Public Utility District
ATTEST:
Melonie Guttry, C erk of the Board
South Tahoe Public Utility District