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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-1 Bills.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-1" heading="Bills.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Finance to collect.">The bills for water used or work done by the Department of Public Works shall be collected by the Department of Finance.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="When due.">Unless abated under this subtitle, all bills therefor shall be paid within 20 days after they have been issued.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Cut-off on default.">Subject to the requirements of &lt;cite data-path="|24"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;, on default in payment for bills issued under this section, the Department of Public Works may cut off the supply.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Copy of bill to tenant-water-utility customer.">
      <para num="(1)">Any landlord that requires a residential tenant to pay for the costs of water or wastewater services shall:<para num="(i)">include that requirement in a written lease, as provided in City Code &lt;cite data-path="|13|§7-3|(a-1)"&gt;Article 13, § 7-3(a-1)&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">either:<para num="(A)">timely provide the tenant with a copy of the water or wastewater bill; or</para>
          <para num="(B)">timely notify the Department that a copy of the bill should be sent to the tenant.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">The Department shall timely provide a copy of a water or wastewater bill to a tenant-water-utility customer who:<para num="(i)">submits, either in person or via electronic means, a signed copy of the Department’s Water Bill Request Form; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">does not submit a copy of the Water Bill Request Form, but provides, either in person or via electronic means, 1 of the following documents, which shall be addressed to the individual at the property for which they are requesting a copy of the water bill:<para num="(A)">a valid government-issued identification card;</para>
          <para num="(B)">a voter registration card;</para>
          <para num="(C)">2 pieces of mail;</para>
          <para num="(D)">a utility bill;</para>
          <para num="(E)">a pay stub; or</para>
          <para num="(F)">a letter from a local, state, or federal government agency.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">The Department shall provide a copy of the water or wastewater bill via electronic means, if requested.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Tenant-water-utility customer requests.">The property owner’s or managing operator’s refusal or failure to participate in a tenant-water-utility-customer’s request to the Department for a discount, bill adjustment, payment plan, or other agency action may not be grounds for the Department to deny the request.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 48, §24</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 39, §7</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 29, §7</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 29, §7</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-125</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-043</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 48-501</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-142</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-523</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-336</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-468</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
