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To amend City Code ?? 28-54, concerning deposits and refunds on gas and water utilities accounts, 28-57, concerning disconnection of gas, water and wastewater service for nonpayment of service charges and notice, and 28-58, gas service to residential customers billed under RS rate schedule, disconnection for nonpayment of gas, water and wastewater services for nonpayment and notice, all for the purpose of aligning the City Code with state law.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
? 1. That sections 28-54, 28-57, and 28-58 of the Code of the City of Richmond (2020), be and are hereby amended and reordained as follows:
Sec. 28-54. Deposit; refund when account satisfactory.
Except as otherwise provided by the Code of Virginia, Title 15.2, Ch. 21, Art. 2 (Code of Virginia, ? 15.2-2109 et seq.) or Art. 2.1 (Code of Virginia, ? 15.2-2121.1 et seq.), the Director may require a deposit in advance by any owner, occupant or consumer of an amount deemed adequate to secure the payment of sums that may become due on account of gas or water, or both, used, consumed or wasted, provided that the Director may refund the deposit so made to every customer who is not in default in the payment of charges for gas or water consumed and whose payment record for gas and water consumed has been good for a period of one year or more or to each customer with less than one year's service who requests that the customer's service be finalized. The Director is authorized to pay interest on all gas and water customer deposits. The rate shall be set by the Director and in no event shall interest paid on deposits exceed eight percent. The rate in effect when the deposit is refunded shall be the rate used to compute the amount of interest paid to the customer for the entire term that the City held the deposit. Interest will not be allowed for deposits held less than six months. If at any time satisfactory payment record is not maintained by any customer using gas or water, the...
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