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OR 40.1 Determines the General Service Rate to be charged for sales of natural gas to residential & commercial comsumersORDINANCE NO. 40.1 AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND DETERMINING THE GENERAL SERVICE RATE TO RE. CHARGED FOR SALES OF NATURAL GAS TO RESIDENTIAL AND CMMERCIAL CONSUMERS WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS OF COPPELL, DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AND PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH RATE MAY BE CHANGED, ADJUSTED AND AMENDED AND DECLAR- ING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF COPPELL: SECTION 1. Effective with the first gas bills rendered on or after the day of , 19_ , the general service rate for sales of natural gas rendered to residential and com- mercial consumers within the town limits of Coppell by Lone Star Gas Company, a Texas corporation, its successors and assigns, is hereby fixed and determined as follows: First 800 cu. ft. or fraction thereof ~1.760 gross; $1.584 net Next 1,200 cu. ft. @ $1.482 per MCF gross; $1.BB4 per MCF net Next 3,000 cu. ft. @ .927 per MCF gross; .8S4per MCF net Next 20,000 cu. ft. @ .6~9perMCF gross; .584per MEF net Over 25,000 cu. ft. @ .593 per MCF gross; .534 per MCF net No gas bill will be rendered to any residential or commercial consumer served under the above rate not consuming any gas during any monthly billing period. ADJUSTMENT The amount of each net monthly bill computed at the above stated rates shall be subject to the following adjustment: Plus an amount equivalent to the proportionate part of any new tax, or in- creased tax, or any other governmental imposition, rental, fee or charge (except state, county, city and special district ad valoram taxes and taxes on net income) levied, assessed or imposed subsequent to January l, 1966, upon or silocable to the Company's distribution operations, by any new or mended law, ordinance or contract. Each gross monthly bill shall be adjusted proportionately. Company, at its option, may forego the application of this adjustment; however, fail- ure of Company to apply such adjustment shall not constitute a waiver of Company's right from time to time, or at any time, to make such adjustment, in whole or in part, in any subsequent current monthly bill that my be applicable to such bill. Net rate shall apply to all bills paid within ten days from monthly billing date. In addition to the aforesaid rates, Company shall have the right to collect such reasonable charges as are necessary to conduct its business end to carry out its reasonable rules and reg,,!etlons in effect · The above rate is applicable to each residential and commercial consumer per month or for any part of a month for which gas is used at the same location. SECTION 2. The rate set forth in Section I may be changed and amended by either the Town or Company furnishing gas in the manner provided by law. Service hereunder is subject to the orders of regulatory bodies having Jurisdiction, and to the Company's Rules and Regulations currently on file in the Company's office. SECTION 3. The fact that there is an imperative public need for an ordinance fixing and determining the rate for gas and gas service furnished to residential and commercial consumers creates an emergency, and the reading and passage of this ordinance at three separate meetings is hereby suspended and this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after the date of its passage at a single meeting and the approval thereof by the PASSED AND APPROVED on this the 15th day of May, A.D. 1967. ATTEST: E.C. Gentry W.J. Cozby (Secretary) (Mayor) STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF DALLAS I, E.C. Gentry, Secretary of the Town of Coppell, Dallas County, Texas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an ordinence trussed and approved by the Town Council of the Town of Coppell at a regular session held by on the 15th day of May, 1967, as it appears of record in the Minutes of said Town Council in Book 2, page 318, WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF SAID TOWN, this the 15th day of May, A.D. 1967. E.C. Gentry Secretary Town of Coppell Texas