HomeMy WebLinkAbout21150 1 ORDINANCE NO. 21,150
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3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND IN PART ORDINANCE NO. 11,366
4 (MARCH 4, 1963) TO PROVIDE FOR LEVYING A FRANCHISE FEE TO
5 BE PAID BY CENTERPOINT ENERGY ARKLA; PROVIDING FOR THE
6 PAYMENT THEREOF; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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8 WHEREAS, CenterPoint Energy Arkla("the Gas Company") is authorized by franchise ordinance to
9 operate a gas distribution system and appurtenances thereto, used in or incident to the rendition of gas
10 service to the City of Little Rock, Arkansas ("the City")and the inhabitants residing therein; and
11 WHEREAS,the Gas Company is now and will be occupying the streets, alleys and rights-of-way of
12 the City for the purpose of operating, maintaining,and extending its gas services to the City and supplying
13 the City and consumers therein gas service; and
14 WHEREAS,the City is legally authorized to impose, and the Gas Company is obligated to pay a just
15 and reasonable franchise fee in connection with the operations in the City.
16 NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
17 OF LITTLE ROCK,ARKANSAS:
18 Section 1. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 11,366,as amended, is amended to read as follows:
19 CenterPoint Energy Arkla(the Gas Company)shall on a monthly basis pay a franchise fee
20 in an amount equal to 5.2% of the Gas Company's gross revenues as paid to it during the
21 calendar year 2015 and each year thereafter by all of its customers,including but not limited
22 to industrial, residential and commercial customers located within the corporate limits of
23 the City of Little Rock or the sum of Two Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars
24 ($2,100,000)per year, whichever is greater. The auditor of the Gas Company shall certify
25 said gross revenues.
26 Section 2. Payments to the City by CenterPoint Energy Arkla of the amounts as provided for in Section
27 1 hereof shall be made monthly on or before the 15th day of each month.
28 Section 3: CenterPoint Energy Arkla shall also be subject to the relocation policy set forth in Little
29 Rock,Ark., Rev. Code §§2-350—357(1988).
30 Section 4. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase or
31 word of this ordinance is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional such declaration or
32 adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the ordinance which shall remain in full force and
33 effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
34 ordinance.
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1 Section 5. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, and parts of the same that are inconsistent
2 with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
3 Section 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be available for public review for at least ten (10)
4 days, but in no event shall the collection of this franchise fee occur before January 1, 2016.
5 PASSED: December 15,2015
6ATT T: APPROVED:
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9 '' 1. .ey,City Clerk Mark Stodola,Mayor
10 AP' ' I) I AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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13 Thomas M. Carpenter, Ci Atto y
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