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ORDINANCE #03-44 <br /> <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING A GAS FRANCHISE FEE ON CENTERPOINT <br />ENERGY MINNEGASCO, A DIVISION OF CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES <br />CORP., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, FOR PROVIDIING GAS ENERGY SERVICE <br />WITHIN THE CITY OF RAMSEY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The City Council of the City of Ramsey ordains: <br /> <br />SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. The following terms shall have the meaning given them: <br /> <br />"Companies" or "each company" means Centerpoint Energy, a Delaware CorpOration, its <br />successors and assigns, and any other entity selling energy to customers in the City for <br />any use related to heating, cooling, lighting and running machinery and appliances, <br />provided that the City has the authority to require a franchise fee or impose a tax on each <br />of the foregoing. <br /> <br />2. "Commercial and industrial customer" means a customer so classified by each company <br /> except as defined below. <br /> <br />"Institutional customer" means a user of energy for purposes other than residential uses <br />as defined below or other than retail or wholesale trade or manufacturing or warehousing, <br />including but not limited to churches, schools and government facilities. <br /> <br />4. "Residential customer" means a user of energy in connection with the occupancy of a <br /> residential dwelling without regard to how such user may be classified by the companies. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. FRANCHISE FEE. <br /> <br />Amount. The City hereby imposes a franchise fee equal to the applicable rate of one <br />natural gas meter per location, hereinafter set forth. Such fee shall not exceed any <br />amount which each company may legally charge to its customers, prior to payment to the <br />City, by imposing a surcharge equivalent to such fee in its rates for energy service. Each <br />company may pay the City the fee based upon the surcharge billed subject to subsequent <br />reductions to account for uncollectibles or customers refunds. Each company may add to <br />its effective rate schedules a surcharge equal to the applicable franchise fee to reimburse <br />each company for the cost of the franchise fee, but such surcharge shall be separately <br />stated on energy bills to customers within the City. The initial franchise fee imposed by <br />this ordinance shall be in the amount of the per natural gas meter rate set forth below <br />derived from sales to each company's customers based on the billing months for the <br />applicable calendar quarter. <br /> <br />ORDINANCE #03-44 <br /> <br /> - 1 - <br /> <br /> <br />