COMBINED GOVERNMENTAL UTILITY SERVICES BILLING

Jacksonville Ordinance Code tit. III, ch. 40, pt. 2

in effect

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 40.201 "Governmental utility services" defined.

Sec. 40.201. - "Governmental utility services" defined. As used in this part, governmental utility services includes sewer services furnished by or through the sewerage system, water services furnished by or through the water system of JEA and the Water and Sewer Expansion Authority and electricity furnished by or through the electric system of the JEA, or any of them. (Ord. 72-1136-577, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 97-229-E, § 12; Ord. 2003-586-E, § 3)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 40.202 City—JEA agreement.

Sec. 40.202. - City—JEA agreement. The Mayor is authorized to negotiate on behalf of the City and present to the Council for approval a contract with the JEA to establish a combined utility services billing system for governmental utility services, including the following subjects: (a) Preparation of combined bills, including clerical and data processing operations. (b) Combined meter reading. (c) Combined customer services. (Ord. 72-1136-577, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 40.203 Combined utility services bill required.

Sec. 40.203. - Combined utility services bill required. Whenever a single customer or premises receives two or more governmental utility services, the Tax Collector shall collect payment on a single, combined bill for the total charges for all the governmental utility services furnished to the customer or premises. The bill shall itemize separately the charges for each governmental utility service included therein but the user of the services shall be required to pay all the charges at the same time and shall not be permitted to pay any of the charges included therein without payment of all of the other charges on the bill. (Ord. 72-1136-577, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Jacksonville Ordinance Code § 40.204 Effect of partial payment and nonpayment.

Sec. 40.204. - Effect of partial payment and nonpayment. The Tax Collector may accept partial payment of combined governmental utility services bills. In the absence of designation by the payor of the utility service or services to which the partial payment is to be applied, a partial payment accepted shall be a partial payment of each of the governmental utility service charges included in the bill in the same proportion as each governmental utility service charge included in the bill bears to the total of all the charges. Upon failure to pay all the charges furnishing the utility services, the governmental bodies shall have the same rights and remedies as they would have applied if each governmental utility service charge had been billed separately. (Ord. 72-1136-577, § 1; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1)

Source: City of Jacksonville, Ordinance Code and Charter and Related Laws (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/fl/jacksonville/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIEXBR_CH40TACO_PT2COGOUTSEBIFetched: 10/27/2026