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Updated 02/04

Comprehensive Provisions for Utility Billing and Collection

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See Also  Utility Billing Procedures  and Utility Collection  Practices - Delinquent Accounts

Sample Ordinance Provisions

  • Battle Ground Municipal Code, Chapter 13.105  - Billing Rates and Billing Procedure
  • Camas Municipal Code,  Chapter 13.44 - Billing and Col
  • Chelan Municipal Code Chapter 13.12 ( 187 KB)  - Payments and Collection
  • Everett Municipal Code, Chapter 14.32 - Water and Sewer Utility Service Charges
  • Fircrest Municipal Code Chapter 17.04 - Uniform Collection and Billing System
  • Goldbar Municipal Code, Sections 13.04.060, .070, .140, .170-.210
  • Kirkland Municipal Code, Chapter 15.20 - Billing Procedures
  • Marysville Municipal Code, Chapter 14.05 (536 KB) - Rules for Customers - Payment and Collection of Accounts (Page 9 of file)
  • North Bend Municipal Code, Chapter 13.40 - Billing and Collection of Utility Charges
  • Oak Harbor Municipal Code, Chapter 3.95 - Utility Billing and Collection Procedures
  • Port Angeles Municipal Code, Chapter 3.64 (  222 KB)- Collection of Accounts Receivable
  • Port Angeles Municipal Code,  Chapter  13.16 (428 KB) - Utility Accounts (Page 36 of file)
  • Tumwater Municipal Code, Chapter 13.18 - Utility Billing Process (Combined Billing)

Citizen Information About Utility Bills

Additional Reading

  • GFOA Recommended Practice: Revenue Policy: Accounts Receivable Controls (2003)
  • Collecting Delinquent Revenues, Government Finance Officers Association, 1995  Library Loan [F 2.7000 C655 1995]
  • Service Works: A Customer Service Workbook for Water Utilities, American Water Works Association, 1993 Library Loan  [UW 1.1000 S46 1993].
  • Unclaimed Property Collection Guide for Local Governments, Department of Revenue, Unclaimed Property Section 
  • Utility Billing & Collection Issues, Municipal Reseach & Services Center Report No. 40, September 1997  Library Loan
  • Water Utility Accounting, 3rd, American Water Works Association 1995, Hardback, 327 pp.
    ISBN 0-89867-761-0;  Publisher Information
  • AWC Municipal Achievement Award Entries
    • ISSY easy pay, City of Issaquah.  AWC  Municipal Achievement Award Entry 1998, 3 p.   Library Loan  [U 1.3000 I75 I8 1998**] 
    • New meter reading and billing system, City of Enumclaw,   AWC Municipal Achievement Award Entry 1997, 3 p.  Library Loan  [U 1.300 E53 N49 1997**]
    • Utility bill improvement brings better community communications, City of Bremerton, AWC Municipal Achievement Award Entry 1998, 12 p  Library Loan [U 1.3000 B72 U85 1998**]