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ORDINANCE NO. 8341
FRANCHISE
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
THE RIGHT, PRIVILEGE AND FRANCHISE TO CONDUCT WITHIN THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AN ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND POWER BUSINESS AND TO
ENTER UPON, ERECT, CONSTRUCT, MAINTAIN, EXTEND, REPAIR, REPLACE
AND REMOVE IN, UNDER, UPON, WITHIN, OVER, ABOVE, ACROSS AND ALONG
ANY AND ALL OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE PUBLIC ROADS, HIGlftlAYS,
STREETS, LANES, AND ALLEYS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, A SYSTEM OF
POLES, POLE LINES, TOWERS, DISTRIBUTION LINES, TRAJlSMISSION LINES,
WIRES, GUYS, CABLES, CONDUITS, TRANSFORMERS, AND OTHER DISTRIBUTION
AND TRANSMISSION INSTRUMENTALITIES, FACILITIES AND APPURTENANCES
NECESSARY OR PROPER FOR THE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF
ELECTRICITY INTO, IN, WITHIN, FROM, ACROSS, AND THROUGH THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK, AS NOW EXISTING, OR AS SAID CITY LIMITS MAY HEREAFTER
BE EXTENDED; AND GRANTING SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, ITS
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE AUTHORITY TO USE SUCH FOR THE PURPOSE
OF TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, DELIVERY AND SALE OF ELECTRICITY TO
THE CITY, AND TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE CITY, OR ANY OTHER PERSON
OR PERSONS, FIRMS OR CORPORATIONS, WHEREVER LOCATED WITHIN OR
WITHOUT THE CITY LIMITS OF LUBBOCK, FOR USE BY SUCH PURCHASER OR
PURCHASERS, FOR LIGHT, POWER, COOLING AND HEAT OR FOR EITHER OR
ALL OF SAID PURPOSES, OR FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE OR PURPOSES FOR
WHICH ELECTRICITY MAY BE USED; PROVIDING THAT THIS FRANCHISE SHALL
BE EFFECTIVE FOR A PERIOD OF TWENTY (20) YEARS COMMENCING UPON AND
EXTENDING FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE AFTER FINAL
PASSAGE HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE TEMPOP~RY REMOVAL, RAISING OR
LOWERING BY COMPANY OF ITS WIRES AND OTHER APPURTENANCES; PROVIDING
FOR THE RIGHT TO, AND CONDITION OF, THE OPENING OF PAVEMENTS AND
SIDEWALKS BY COMPANY; RETAINING ALL RIGHTS OF CITY TO REGULATE THE
LOCATION OF COMPANY'S FACILITIES IN, UPON, ALONG, UNDER AND OVER
THE STREETS, ALLEYS AND OTHER PUBLIC PLACES OF CITY, AS WELL AS TO
REQUIRE THE RELOCATION OF SAME; PROVIDING FOR EFFICIENT ELECTRICAL
SERVICE AND THE MAINTAINING OF COMPANY'S FACILITIES; PROVIDING FOR
THE USE BY CITY FOR THE PURPOSES SPECIFIED OF POLES AND CONDUITS
OF COMPANY; PROVIDING COMPENSATION, AND METHOD OF PAYMENT OF SUCH,
TO THE CITY FOR THE USE BY COMPANY OF THE STREETS, ALLEYS AND
PUBLIC WAYS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE MAINTAINING OF RECORDS
BY COMPANY WITH RIGHT OF INSPECTION BY CITY RESERVING TO CITY ALL
POWERS OF REGULATION; PROHIBITING ASSIGNMENT EXCEPT BY CONSENT BY
CITY EXCEPT IN CERTAIN CASES; GIVING CITY'S CONSENT TO THE CUTTING
AND TRIMMING BY COMPANY OF CONFLICTING TREES; PROVIDING A SEVERA-
BILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING THAT THIS FRANCHISE SHALL NOT BE EXCLUSIVE;
MAKING MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THIS GRANT OF FRANCHISE;
REPEALING ALL PREVIOUS ELECTRICAL LIGHTING AND POWER FRANCHISE
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS FRANCHISE ORDINANCE
AND ITS ACCEPTANCE BY COMPANY.
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BE lT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK:
WHEREAS, Southwestern Public Service Company has requested
that the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, renew its
electrical lighting and power franchise at this time, and it
appearing to this Council that the renewal of the franchise
prior to the expiration of the existing franchise is expedient
and wise, and will be of benefit to both the Company and the
City of Lubbock; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LpBBOCK,
TEXAS:
Section 1.
That subject . to the terms, conditions, and provisions of
this ordinance, the City of Lubbock, Texas, hereinafter referred
to as 11 City11 , does hereby grant unto· Southwestern Public Service
Company, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State
of New Mexico, having a permit to do business in the State of
Texas, hereinafter referred to as "Company", its successors and
assigns, the right, privilege and. franchise to conduct within
the boundaries of the City of Lubbock, as such boundaries now
exist or may hereafter be ·extended, an electrical lighting and
power business and to enter upon, erect, construct, maintain,
extend, repair, replace, and remove in, under, upon, within,
over, above, across and along any and all of the present and
future public roads, highways, streets, lanes, alleys and other
public rights-of-way of the City now or hereafter owned or
controlled by ·:th~: City a system of poles, pole lines, towers,
distribution lines, ·transmission lines, underground and above
ground ·lines, wires, guys, cables, conduits, transformers, and
other distribution and transmission instrumentalities, facili-
ties and appurtenances necessary, pr·oper or reasonably needed
for the transmission and distribution of electricity into, in,
within, from, across and.through the City as now existing or as
the said City limits may hereafter be· extended to the extent
City is authorized to grant such right; and Company, its
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successors and assigns, are authorized to use said poles, lines,
towers, wires, guys, conduits, transformers, and other distri-
bution and transmission instrumentalities, facilities and
appurtenances for the transmission, distribution, delivery and
sale of electricity to the City and to the inhabitants of the
City or any other person or persons, firms or corporations
wherever located for use by such purchaser or purchasers for
light, power, cooling and heat, or for either or all of said
purposes, or for any other purpose or purposes, whether same or
different from those herein specified for which electricity may
be used or for any other purpose or use which is or may become
normal or customary in the industry in Texas.
Section 2.
The franchise rights, privileges and powers herein granted
shall be in force and effect thirty ( 30} days from the last
publication.of this Ordinance provided Company has accepted same
as set forth in Section 20 hereof, and once accepted by Company
this franchise shall continue in effect for a term of twenty
(20) years from the date of last publication aforementioned.
Section 3.
Company, on written reasonable request of any responsible
person, firm, corporation or governmental authority, shall
relocate, raise or lower its wires, where located on, in, or
over the streets, alleys and other public ways of city, tempo-
rarily to permit construction work in the vicinity thereof, or
to permit the moving of houses or other bulky structures. The
expense of such temporary relocation, raising or lowering of
such wires shall be paid by the benefited party or parties, and
the Company may require the payment in advance, being without
obligation to remove, raise or lower its wires until such
payment shall be made; provided, however, that no such payment
shall be required of the City except as provided in Section 4.
The Company shall be given not less than seventy-two (72} hours
prior written notice to arrange for such temporary wire changes.
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Section 4.
Within the streets or other public rights-of-way of the
City, the location and route of all poles, stubs, guys, anchors,
lines, conduits, underground duct lines, manholes, and cables
placed and constructed and to be placed and constructed by
Company in. the construction and maintenance of its electrical
lighting and power system in, within, through, or under the
streets, alleys, or other public rights-of-way of the City shall
be subject to reasonable and proper regulation, control and
direction of the City, or of the City official to whom such
duties have been or may be delegated; all poles, guys or anchors
erected by the Company shall be so set that they will not cause
diversion of surface waters in any gutter or drain so as to
cause damage to adjoining property, and so that the same will
interfere as little as practicable with the ordinary travel on
the streets, sidewalks and other public rights-of-way of the .
City; the regulation and control herein reserved shall include,
but not by way of limitation, the right of the City to require
Company, at Company's expense, to relocate its poles, lines or
conduits so as to permit the following activities undertaken by
the City here on its behalf:
a. The widening or straightening of any· street or alley
located within the City.
b. The closing, opening or relocation of any street or
alley within the City.
c. The location or relocation of any water or sewer lines
within the City.
d. The changing of grade of any street, alley, curb or
sidewalk within the C~ty.
e. The construction and maintenance of parks and other
public improvements owned by the City of Lubbock
located within the city. .
In all cases where the Company is required to relocate, change
the route of or the position of its poles, lines or conduits,
the city shall give at least thirty ( 30) days advance written
notice to the Company specifying the new location, route, or
position of the poles, lines, or conduits involved; provided,
however, Company shall be entitled to be paid for its cost and
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expenses of any relocation, raising or lowering of its wires,
required by the City, pursuant to this Section or Section 3,
only if such expenses or costs are reimbursable or payable to
the Company or the City by the State of Texas, the United States
or any governmental agency or subdivision of either, whether
directly or indirectly; but nothing herein shall impose any
obligation on the City to pay such costs and expenses except to
the extent it actually receives funds from the United States,
State of Texas, or any governmental agency ·or subdivision of
either, for the reimbursement or payment of same. The pro-
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visions of this section shall not apply to improvements made by
the· Company on private easements purchased by Company and
recorded prior to .any dedication of any street, alley or public
way. In this latter event Company shall be reimbursed its costs
and expenses of relocating facilities.
Section 5.
If it becomes necessary in furnishing electricity as
contemplated under this franchise, the City grants to the
Company the right and privilege to take up pavements and side-
walks, if any, in and upon said streets, alleys and highways in
said City for the purpose of making such excavation and instal-
lation as may be necessary; provided, however, that Company
shall not take up or excavate any pavement at any time without
first securing the written permission of the City Manager or his
designated representative~ which permission will not be unrea-
sonably withheld; and provided further, that all excavations and
installations so made shall be performed in such manner as will
cause the least reasonable inconvenience to the public, and
Company shall promptly restore or cause to be restored to as
good condition as before working thereon all such pavements,
sidewalks, streets, alleys or highways excavated by it to the
reasonable satisfaction of the City Manager or his designated
representative.
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Section 6.
If any of the facilities installed by Company hereunder
shall be in any respect damaged ·or injured by the City or any of
its officers, agents, representatives, or employees, in connec-
tion with the performance of any work or repairs that may be
done upon the streets, avenues, alleys and other public places
of the City of Lubbock, but not including work or repair for or
related to the. City owned power system, Company shall not be
entitled to prosecute or maintain a claim against the City of
Lubbock for any such damage or injury so sustained by it, except
where such damages are the result of willful acts or active
negligence (as opposed to passive negligence) of the officers,
agents, representatives or employees of City, and said right is
hereby waived; provided, however, this section shall not apply
where such property is damaged or injured as a proximate result
of installing, maintaining or removing City's equipment upon or
from Company's poles, or in or . from Company's ductlines, as
provided in Section 10 hereof.
Section 7.
a. The City, by the granting of this franchise, does not
surrender or to any extent lose, waive, imperil or lessen the
lawful powers and rights now or hereinafter vested in the City
under the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Texas and
under the Charter of the City to regulate the rates for services
of Company; and Company, by its acceptance of this franchise,
agrees that all such lawful regulatory power and rights as the
same may be from time to time vested in the City shall be in
full force and effect and subject to the exercise thereof by the
City at any time and from time to time.
b. Notwithstanding anything contained in this ordinance
to the contrary, all work ·done in connection with the construc-
tion, repair, maintenance and operation of all facilities of
Company is subject to the continuing police power of the City;
and the Company shall comply with all present and future laws,
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ordinances and regulations, except such as conflitt with any pro-
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visions hereof lawfully surrendering the City's authority.
Section 8.
It shall be the Company•s obl igat1on hereunder to furnish
efficient electrical service to meet standards of the industry for
the area. Company shall serve every eligible consumer in the
franchise of Company regarding cost, amount of usage, customer
deposits, return on investment, access and other reasonable factors.
The Company shall not discriminate against any person, corporation,
firm, or association in the charge for such electrical current or
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1n the service rendered under like circumstances. The Company shall
not directly or indirectly grant any discount or rebate, or ~ive
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things of value to circumvent the rate schedule. In order to meet
competition, nothing herein shall prevent Company from doing anything
which is lawfully done or allowed to be done by the City owned power
system.
Section 9.
Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed as con-
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ferring upon Company any exclusive rights or privileges of any nature
whatsoever.
Section 10.
In addition to the consideration set forth elsewhere in this
ordinance, the Company shall hereafter hold itself ready to furnish
free of charge, subject to the use of the City, such pole space as
may be reasonably required from time to time for the installation
of City-owned street light equipment, traffic, police and fire alarm
system conductors, and alarm or other necessary signal boxes; pro-
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vided that such space used by the City does not exceed the capacity
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of one cross-arm space on any one pole, and provided that such space
is available on existing poles and has been requested three (3) days
in advance in writing by the City Manager or his designated represen-
tative prior to installation of Company facilities hereunder placed
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within any street, alley or public way. The specific location
of the street light equipment, and police and fire alarm con-
ductors and boxes on Company's poles shall be determined by the
Company, and will be allotted at the time specific applications
for space are received from the City. Where a main underground
ductline is hereafter constructed or installed between manholes
by Company, the Company shall, as a part of same, provide free
space for the installation. by City of its traffic, police or
fire alarm cables, on request in writing by City Manager or his
designated representative prior to construction, one top duct
having one capped off entry channel and one capped off exit
channel between each two manholes, such entry and exit channels
leaving the duct b.ank enclosure outside of, but near to, such
manholes, and no cable or other equipment of city shall enter
Company's manholes. Company shall, prior to each addition by it
to any duct now existing or hereafter constructed, notify the
City Manager or his designated representative of city of the
nature and location of such intended addition; further, Company
shall, along with its application for a permit to open a street
for the purpose of laying a new duct, provide the City Manager
and the City Engineer's Office each with a set of plans showing
the type, number, and location in the street, of the ducts to be
constructed. City, prior to the original installation by it of
its equipment in any such top duct, shall notify Company three
( 3) days in advance of the time and place it intends to make
such entry and installation. All cables installed by the City
in Company ducts shall be of the non-metallic, sheathy type to
prevent corrosive or electrolytic action between the City and
Company-owned cables. All City-owned conductors and cables,
whether on poles or in ductlines, shall be constructed, main-
tained and operated in such manner as to not interfere with or
create a hazard in the operation of the Company's electrical
transmission and distribution system. Further, all City-owned
traffic, police and fire alarm conductors, and alarm boxes, and
any City circuits on Company poles, and all cables installed by
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City in ducts constructed by Company, shall . be installed in
strict compliance with the applicable provisions of the National
Electrical Safety Code and other applicable federal, state and
local codes.
Provided further, that no part.or portion of this Section
shall ever be construed as requiring the Company to make any
additional expenditure over and above its normal and ordinary
cost, and if the City's requirements hereunder cause an addi-
. tiona! cost or expense in enlarging, removing, · adding to or
otherwise changing Company • s facilities, City shall reimburse
Company for the full amount of such costs. The Company shall
not in any case be liable for damages or claims of damages to
any person or persons arising from or growing out of the attach-
ment of City's equipment, or arising from or growing out of the
construction, operation or maintenance of such facilities. The
City further agrees to indemnify and hold the Company harmless
from any and all damages or claims for damages by·reason of the
construction, maintenance or operation of the City's facilities
as set forth. in this Section.
Section 11.
As compensation and rental for the use of the streets,
alleys and public ways of City in the conduct of its business
under this franchise, Company shall pay City each year of the
life of this franchise a sum of money equal to two percent (2%)
of the annual gross receipts of Company from its electric
lighting and power sales for consumption within the corporate
limits of the City. Said payments shall be due and payable
monthly; the first payment to be due and payable on the 15th day
of the month following the effective date of this franchise and
on the 15th day of each month thereafter for the remaining life
of this franchise, and each payment shall be computed upon
receipts by Company d~ring the preceding calendar month. All
money due and payable to City by Company computed under the
terms of the existing franchise shall be payable to the time
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that computation begins under this franchise. In other words,
there shall be no gap in payments to the City between the
termination of the existing franchise and the commencement of
this franchise. Said monthly payments above provided shall be
exclusive of and in addition to ad valorem taxes. Any and. all
such payments made by Company pursuant to this Section shall be
credited on any amount imposed, levied or assessed against
Company by the City of Lubbock, pursuant to ordinance or other-
wise, at·any time as a charge (whether designated as rental, tax
or otherwise) for the use by Company of City's streets, alleys
and public ways. The term 11 gross receipts11 as herein used,
shall include all receipts from sales of electric lighting and
power as mentioned · above, except any such sales to the City-
owned power system.
Section 12.
Company. shall on the 1st day of February of each year of
the life of this franchise, file or cause to be filed, a state-
ment, certified by a duly qualified officer of Company, showing
the gross receipts of the Company within the City of Lubbock (as
defined above) during the twelve months ending on the 31st day
of December immediately preceding. For the purpose of deter-
mining the amount of the gross receipts of the Company at all
times during the continuance of the rights herein granted,
Company shall keep in its office at the disposal of and open to
inspection by any auditor authorized and appointed by City at
all reasonable times, books of accounts and other records
showing a full, true, complete and accurate account of the gross
receipts of Company from its electric lighting and power sales
for consumption within the corporate limites of the City.
Section 13.
The Company shall indemnify and save the City harmless
from all claims, demands or causes of action brought against
the City occasioned by or arising out of the construction,
reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of Company's electrical
lighting and power system, or in any way growing out of the
granting of this franchise either directly or indirectly;
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provided, however, that the provisions of this Section shall not
be applicable to any claims, damages, actions or causes of
actions proximately resulting from the use by City, its
officers, agents, representatives or employees, of Company•s
poles and ductlines for the installation, maintenance or removal
of City•s equipment, as provided in Section 10, or for which the
City is otherwise liable as provided herein.
Section 14.
In granting this franchise it is understood that the lawful
power vested by law in the City to require all persons or
corporations to discharge the duties and undertaking for the
performance of which this franchise was made, is reserved; this
grant is made subj,ec·t to all the rights, powers and authorities
either of regulation or otherwise reserved to the City by its
Charter or by the general laws of the State.
Section 15.
The rights, franchises and privileges hereby granted shall
not be transferred or assigned by the Company except with the
consent of the City Council of the City of Lubbock expressed by
Ordinance passed by said City Council; provided, however, the
Company may mortgage or pledge its rights hereunder for security
or obligations owing by the Company; and provided further, that
a transfer could be made in a merger, consolidation or
re-organization proceeding to which the Company is a party or to
a subsidiary corporation or affiliate corporation of the Company
or wherein the Company sells its entire physical assets.
In the event of contemplated transfer of this franchise,
under the terms of this section permitting transfer without
consent of City Council, the Company shall notify the City of
Lubbock of the contemplated transfer by written notice delivered
to the City Secretary not less than sixty days prior to accom-
plishment of any merger, consolidation or re-organization
proceeding or transfer of its entire physical assets; and will
provide the City Council an opportunity to confer with the
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proposed transferee concerning proper acceptance of the terms of
this franchise.
Prior to exercising any rights hereunder, any purchaser or
transferee of Company shall file with the City Manager a written
acceptance of this franchise setting forth an agreement to be
bound by all terms and provisions hereof.
Section 16.
To the ~xtent that the City has authority to do so, it
gives to Company, during the life of this franchise, the right,
license, privilege and permission to trim trees upon and over-
hanging the streets, alleys, sidewalks and public places of
City, so as to prevent the branches of such trees from coming 1n
contact with the wires or other equipment of Company. Company
agrees that it will fully protect and indemnify City from any
and all claims, demands, actions, causes of actions, damages and
expenses arising because of such trimming by Company under the
provisions of this Section.
Section 17.
The franchise rights and privileges hereinabove granted to
Company, its successors and assigns are and shall be at all
times, during the term and life of this franchise, contingent
upon the faithful and punctual performance of and compliance
with all acts, requirements and provisions of this Ordinance,
and any amendment hereof, by the Company, its officers, agents
and employees on its part to be performed, complied with and
abided by, and if at any time Company shall refuse or fail to
keep, perform,. comply with and abide by all and singular the
acts, requirements and provisions of this Ordinance, or any
amendment, within sixty days from receipt of written notice from
the city Manager acting by orcier of the city Council setting
forth in detail the facts constituting default of the Company
and what is required to cure such default; and upon continued
failure of Company to keep, perform, comply with and abide by
such acts, requirements and provisions of this Ordinance or any
amendment or failure to cure the default set forth in such
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written notice, the City Council may terminate, at its option,
this franchise and all privileges and rights herein granted to
said Company. The notice herein mentioned shall be sufficient,
if given to the Manager of Company in charge of its main office
in the City of Lubbock.
Section 18.
The City shall have power at any time to require Company to
remove and abate at its own expense any installation or
structure that is dangerous to life or property, and in case the
Company, after reasonable notice, fails or refuses to act, the
City shall have the power using reasonable means and methods to
remove or abate the same at expense of the Company, all without
compensation or liC).bility for damages to the Company.
Section 19.
If any provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be uncon-
stitutional, void or invalid (or for any reason unenforceable),
the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance shall
not be affected thereby, it being the intent of the City in
adopting this Ordinance that no portion thereof or provision or
regulation contained herein shall become inoperative or fail by
reason of any unconstitutionality or invalidity of any other
portion, provision, or regulation, and to this end, all pro-
visions of this Ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 20.
This franchise replaces all former franchise ordinances
granted to Company or its predecessors, which are hereby
repealed, which repeal is effective as of the time the franchise
herein granted takes effect. There is specifically and particu-
larly repealed, effective as of that time, that certain Ordin-
ance No. 4269 passed by the City of Lubbock on second reading on
January 9, 1964, granting to Southwestern Public Service Com-
pany, its successors and assigns, a franchise for a period of
twenty (20) years.
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Section-21.
Company shall, within thirty (30) days from the date of the
final passage of this Ordinance by the City Council of the city
of Lubbock, file with the City Secretary of Lubbock, a written
statement signed in its name and behalf by an officer of the
Company duly authorized by its Board of Directors in the
following form:
11The Honorable Mayor and the City Council
of the City of Lubbock:
"Southwestern Public Service Company, for
itself, its successors and assigns, hereby accepts
the attached Ordinance finally passed by the City
Council of Lubbock, the day of ,
19 , and agrees to be bound by all of its terms and -----· prOVl.Sl.Ons.
Southwestern Public Service Company
by:
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11Dated the ----day of -------' 19 __ 11
The full text of this Ordinance shall, after final passage
by the city Council of the city of Lubbock, be published once
each week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of
general circulation published in the city of Lubbock, and the
expense of such publication shall be borne by Company. Upon
said publication being completed and the acceptance of this
Ordinance by Company as herein provided, this Ordinance shall
take .effect thirty (30) days after its last publication.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the Council on first reading this day of ----8th
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Passed by the Council on second reading this 22nd day of
July 19 82 .
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SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
City of Lubbock Street and Alley Rental Tax
For Period January 1, 1983 through December 31, 1983
Total Electric Revenue Tax
1983 Subject to Tax 1983
Jan. $ 3,900,998.67 $ 78,019.97
Feb. 4,759,186.20 95,183.72
Mar. 4,142,842.33 82,856.85
Apr. 3,912,073.78 78,241.48
May 4 '148 '771.62 82,975.43
June 4,926,257.46 98,525.15
July 6,343,152.81 126,863.06
Aug. 5,901,617.52 118,032.35
Sept. 5,975,992.22 119,519.84
Oct. 5,132,264.00 102,645.28
Nov. 3,810,179.12 76,203.58
Dec. 4 1096 1 746.13 81 2934.92
TOTAL $57,050,081.86 $1,141,001.63
AFFIDAVIT
State of Texas
County of Potter
I, Coyt Webb, being duly sworn, state that I am the Controller of
the above-named Company, that I have examined this report and to
the best of my knowledge and belief this is a true and correct
record of revenue subject to the Street and Alley Rental Tax to
the City of Lubbock, as called for by the amendment to the
Electric Franchise.
Sworn to the subscribed before me this
~ ~ January 1984. N~r;~ic-Potter County, Texas.