Ordinance No. 1,050ORDINANCE NO. 1050
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 753 TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE
FOR ADMINISTERING CHANGES IN MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE TARIFFS OF
GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST; PROVIDING THAT NO
CHANGE SHALL BE MADE IN BASIC SERVICE RATES UNTIL 1972; REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, a question has arisen as to the administering of changes
in the miscellaneous service tariffs of General Telephone Company of the
Southwest; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to maintain its general regulatory
control over such miscellaneous service tariffs as they apply to Baytown
customers without the burdensome requirement that every change in the mis-
cellaneous service tariffs be approved by separate ordinance; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Ordinance No. 753 passed by the City Council
of Baytown on August 26, 1965, entitled "AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING
THE RATES AND CHARGES FOR LOCAL EXCHANGE TELEPHONE SERVICE AND MISCELLANEOUS
SERVICES OF THE GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE SOUTHWEST IN THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; DISCONTINUING THE OFFERING OF FOUR PARTY SERVICE AFTER
DECEMBER 31, 1965, FIXING CERTAIN EXTENDED AREA SERVICE RATES; REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE FOR THE RATES HEREIN ESTABLISHED; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION
THEREOF" be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows:
That Section 4 of said Ordinance No. 753 be amended to read as follows:
Section 4: General Telephone Company of the Southwest shall be
authorized to charge within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown
the following schedule of principal rates for extended area service between
the City of Baytown, Texas, and the Central Zone, Channelview, Deer Park,
and La Porte areas of the Houston Metropolitan Exchange:
Class of Service Monthly Rates
Business
Individual Line Service $19.00
Extension 1.75
Residence
Individual Line Service 7.75
Two party line service 6.00
Extension 1.25
Changes in the rates and charges for miscellaneous services shall be made
in the following manner:
General Telephone Company of the Southwest shall file any proposed
change in rates and charges for miscellaneous services with the City Manager
of Baytown, such change to state a proposed effective date of not less than
thirty (30) days from the date of filing. After filing, the City may require
any additional information of the Telephone Company that it deems necessary
to assure it that the change is reasonable and may postpone the effective
date proposed in the filing, or may, upon notice and hearing, refuse to permit
the proposed change; but if the City has not notified the Telephone Company
within thirty (30) days of the filing that the effective date proposed in
the filing for the changes has been postponed, then the Telephone Company
is authorized to make the change upon the effective date proposed in its
filing.
Any changes made by the Telephone Company in its miscellaneous
service tariffs for Baytown which have previously been made substantially
in the manner described above shall be valid.
That Section 5 of said Ordinance No. 753 be amended to read as
follows:
Section 5: General Telephone Company of the Southwest will not
request a change in the principal rates for extended area service as set
forth in Section 4 of this ordinance until December 31, 1972.
Section 2: Repealing Clause: All ordinances or parts of ordinances
inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided,
however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency,
and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordi-
nances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 3: Savings Clause: If any provision, exception, section,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance or the
application of same to any person or set of circumstances shall for any
reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their
application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end, all
provisons of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
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Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take effect
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City
Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, on this -the 3rd day of December, 1970.
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T. GLEN WALKER, May
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
ApOp" APPROV D:
WILLIAM R. LAUGHLIN, City Attorlffey
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