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Ordinance No. 4,45860522 -Z ORDINANCE NO. 4458 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 31 -59, "PROCEDURES AND REMEDIES FOR NON - PAYMENT OF WATER BILLS AND VIOLATIONS OF CITY ORDINANCES," TO PROVIDE FOR DISCONTINUATION OF WATER SERVICE FOR PAYMENT WITH A HOT CHECK; REPEALING INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That Subsection 31 -59(d) of the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 31 -59. Procedures and remedies for non - payment of water bills and violation of City ordinances. (d) Should any person give the City a check in payment of water services which is not honored by the drawee bank for any reason, the City reserves the right to cut off and discontinue water service until all charges due have been paid. An additional charge of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be charged to the person giving such check. Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance. Section 3: If any provision, section, exception, 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 circurstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown. INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 22nd day of May, 1986. ATTEST: C/ L EN P. HALL, City Clerk APPROVED: fI