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§ 50.013 COLLECTION ACTIONS.
   The Office Manager is hereby granted the discretion to turn any delinquent account over to a collection agency or attorney retained by the village for collection. In the event the village sues to collect an account, the village shall be entitled to recover, in addition to the amounts due, its costs, expenses and reasonable attorney fees incurred in collecting the debt.
(Prior Code, § 50C.014) (Ord. 98-017, passed 4-20-1998)
EXTRATERRITORIAL UTILITY SERVICES
§ 50.025 POLICY.
   On and after 3-1-1998, it shall be the policy of the village that utility services, including, but not limited to, gas, water, electric and sewer services, will be provided to new customers who are not located within the corporate limits of the village only on the condition that such customers shall annex to the village within six months of their becoming contiguous to the village. Customers who become contiguous to the village and do not annex within six months thereof shall have utility services disconnected by the village. For purposes of this subchapter, a NEW CUSTOMER includes an existing customer who requests additional services or an expansion of existing services.
(Prior Code, § 50E.001) (Ord. 98-007, passed 2-16-1998)
§ 50.026 EXEMPTIONS.
   Utility customers who were customers of the village as of 3-1-1998, shall be exempt from the policy set forth in § 50.025 of this chapter. However, if any such customer sells or otherwise conveys extraterritorial property served by the village, the successor owner shall have six months from taking title or from becoming contiguous, whichever is later, to file an annexation petition with the village, or the successor owner’s utility service will be disconnected.
(Prior Code, § 50E.002) (Ord. 98-007, passed 2-16-1998)
§ 50.027 APPLICABILITY.
   The policy set forth in § 50.026 of this chapter shall not apply to any customer when to do so would be in violation of the customer’s contractual rights or to any customer located within the corporate limits of another municipality.
(Prior Code, § 50E.003) (Ord. 98-007, passed 2-16-1998)
§ 50.028 ANNEXATION PETITIONS; VILLAGE TO BEAR COSTS.
   At the request of the customer, the village will bear the cost of all annexation petitions required by this subchapter, including the preparation by the village’s engineers of annexation plats and legal descriptions, and the preparation by the Village’s Attorneys of the petitions and associated legal documents. If the customer wishes to use other engineers or attorneys, the customer may do so at the customer’s own cost.
(Prior Code, § 50E.004) (Ord. 98-007, passed 2-16-1998)
§ 50.029 NO OBLIGATION TO INSTITUTE SERVICE.
   Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as imposing any obligation for the village to institute service to any extraterritorial customer. In the event the policy set forth in this chapter is inconsistent with franchise rights of an electric service supplier, the policy shall not apply to electric service to the customer, but shall apply to all other utilities.
(Prior Code, § 50E.005) (Ord. 98-007, passed 2-16-1998)
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