§ 34-3.04. Extension to penalty for late payment.

(a)

Any applicable statute, rule, or regulation pertaining to customers classified as state agencies and political subdivisions shall prevail over any provision of this section in conflict therewith. In the event of such conflict, the system shall promulgate regulations applicable to customers classified as state agencies and political subdivisions which conform to the applicable statute, rule, or regulation.

(b)

The penalty provision of this section may not apply to residential customers classified as senior citizens, i.e., customers sixty (60) years or older, or as "senior citizen" is otherwise defined by applicable federal, state or local law. Penalty provisions for customers classified as senior citizens shall be in accordance with such regulations and under such terms as the system may prescribe.

(c)

Section 34-3.03 shall not apply to a customer who meets the following criteria:

(1)

The customer can satisfactorily prove to the system that he/she is disabled through the submittal of a current receipt of supplemental security income (SSI) benefits.

(2)

The customer requests that the system delay without penalty the payment date for his/her most recent utility bill or the most recent utility bill and each subsequent utility bill until the twenty-fifth (25 ^th ) day after the date the bill is issued.

(3)

The customer is a residential customer occupying the premises for which the delay is requested.

(4)

The customer is not currently enrolled in the SAWS preauthorized electronic payment plan.

(5)

The customer acknowledges that a late penalty in the amount of five (5) percent of the net charges will be added to the current charges owed if full payment for such charges is not made to the system on or before twenty-five (25) days after the date the bill is issued.

(6)

Customer further acknowledges that annual recertification is required.

The system is both delegated the authority to and is required to update this subsection to reflect any additional requirements or changes to such requirements resulting from any amendments to applicable federal, state or local rules.

(Ord. No. 80330, § 1, 6-16-94; Ord. No. 99892, § 1(Att. I), 10-14-04)