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I KJ:hw .. . . ORDINANCE NO. 7750
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF LUBBOCK,
TEXAS, BY AMENDING SECTION 2-38 THEREOF TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC
REVENUE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the changes indicated below
relating to the distribution of electric revenues wou1d be in the best interest
of the citizens of the City of Lubbock; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Lubbock, BE and
is hereby amended by amending the first paragraph of Section 2-38 thereof to read
as follows:
Sec. 2-38. Distribution of Electric Revenues.
All monies received from the operation of Lubbock Power and
Light shall be deposited in the Electric Light and Power Fund.
From these funds shall be paid: (1) All necessary operations,
maintenance and betterment charges and expenses of the system,
(2) Amounts sufficient to establish and maintain the bond ftmd
including the reserve portion thereof, (3) all other lawful
obligations and indebtedness of the System chargeable against
the System, as and when they accrue and become due. In addition
to the above expenditures paid from gross revenues, Lubbock
Power and Light shall transfer into General Fund of the City of
Lubbock four percent (4%) of that portion of gross sales to
general consumers and to the City of Lubbock derived from the
fuel cost adjustment, and shall transfer to the General Fund
eight percent (8%) of all other gross sales of electricity to
general consumers and to the City of Lubbock. The term "Gross
Sales11 shall mean the gross electrical operating sales from
energy and from fuel cost adjustments after deducting for refunds
and allowances as applicable thereto. Of the percentage transfers
described, two percent (2%) applied to gross sales shall be as a
payment equivalent to the franchise tax paid by other utilities,
and all other portions of the transfer shall be as a payment to
reimburse the general government for costs incurred in behalf
of Lubbock Power and Light and as a dividend.
One percent (1%) of the gross sales from the fuel cost adjust-
ment shall be retained by Lubbock Power and Light for capital
improvement projects.
~ECTION 2. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
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SECTION 3. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause publication
of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method provided
by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED,
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 28tl\iay of September
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 12thday of October
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
~ <-?--i · JnC.Ross, Jr., City At~oey
, 1978.
1978.