Agmt 2013 East Bay Municipal Utility District EBMUD

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• 2.5. Method of Billing and Collection. The system used to bill, record and collect the Agency's sewer service charge will conform to the District's system, policies and procedures for the handling of its own accounts. In particular, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the following shall apply to billing and collection of the Agency's sewer service charges: a. The Agency's sewer service charge will be billed on the same bimonthly or monthly basis as the related District accounts. b. Interest and penalties or other delinquent charges, if any, imposed by the Agency in connection with its sewer service charge shall not be billed or collected by the District. c. The District's collection routines, including bill extensions and date of write-offs shall be used in connection with the Agency's sewer service charge. In the event of account write-offs,the District will furnish to the Agency information regarding the amount of revenue written-off, and the accounts will be handled by the District's collection agent. The Agency agrees not to pursue any collection activity on written- off accounts. d. The District will make allowances and revenue adjustments in the Agency's sewer service charge in accordance with its practices for the District accounts. e. Partial payments will be allocated between the Agency and the District in proportion to the amount of the charges billed. f. The District will collect Agency revenues only on accounts which the District bills through its regular billing process. g. The District will adjust the cash collection remitted to the Agency to account for such items as returned checks, erroneous applications and accounting adjustments. 2.6. Sewer Service Charges to be Billed and Collected. The District agrees to bill and collect only the Agency's sewer service and/or sewage treatment charge for each customer served by the Agency in whose name a monthly or bimonthly charge for water will be made by the District for its own account. Such billed charges will be in the respective amounts specified by the Agency's Sewer Service Charges and Rates Request Form, attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference. The District agrees to provide one (1) line on its water bill for such Agency sewer service charges. a. The Agency's sewer service charges may be structured to bill either by metered water use or by flat rate according to Business Classification Code (BCC). In no case shall the District bill tiered Agency sewer service charge rates. In no case shall the District bill individual sewer service charges for specific accounts that would otherwise be billed according to the District's Business Classification Code (BCC) of said accounts. b. The Agency agrees to use the District's standard system of rate codes. 4