Section 170IAC8.5-2-1. Billing for service

   Bills for Sewage Disposal Service. (a) Bills rendered periodically to customers for sewage disposal service shall show at least the following information:

(1) The date of the bill, the time period for which the bill is rendered or the dates and readings of the water meter, if used as the basis for the sewage bill, at the beginning and end of the billing period,

(2) The number and kind of units of service supplied, if based upon metered water consumption,

(3) The billing rate code, if any,

(4) The previous balance, if any,

(5) The amount of the bill,

(6) The sum of the amount of the bill and the late payment charge, if any,

(7) The date on which the bill becomes delinquent and on which a late payment charge will be added to the bill,

(8) If an estimated bill of a customer whose sewage bill is based on metered water service, a clear and conspicuous coding or other indication identifying the bill as an estimated bill,

(9) Printed statements and/or actual figures on either side of the bill shall inform the customer of the seventeen (17) day non-penalty period,

(10) An explanation, which can be readily understood, of all codes and/or symbols used on the bill.

  (b) Delinquencies.

(1) A sewage disposal service bill which has remained unpaid for a period of more than seventeen (17) days following the mailing of the bill shall be a delinquent bill.

(2) A sewage disposal bill shall be rendered as a net bill. If the net bill is not paid within seventeen (17) days after the bill is mailed, it shall become a delinquent bill and a late payment charge may be added in the amount of ten (10) percent of the first three (3) dollars and three (3) percent of the excess of three (3) dollars.

  (c) Estimated Billing. A sewage disposal company may estimate the bill of any customer whose sewage bill is based on metered water service pursuant to a billing procedure approved by the Commission or for other good cause, including, but not limited to: request of customer; inclement weather; labor or union disputes; inaccessibility of a customer's meter if the company has made a reasonable attempt to read it; and other circumstances beyond the control of the sewage disposal company, its agents and employees. (Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission; Service for Utilities Rendering Sewage Disposal Service in Ind; Rule 13; filed Dec 9, 1981, 10:20 am: 5 IR 15; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 4:30 p.m.: 24 IR 4233; readopted filed Apr 24, 2007, 8:21 a.m.: 20070509-IR-170070147RFA; readopted filed Aug 2, 2013, 2:16 p.m.: 20130828-IR-170130227RFA)