Needles Municipal Code § 4.2 Collection policy

date. Any payment not received within this time frame shall be considered past due. Bills for which payment has not been received within ten (10) days of the past due date will be considered delinquent. All delinquent bills shall be subject to the provisions of City’s termination procedure. City reserves the right to suspend or terminate Customer’s service for:

(a) Nonpayment of delinquent service bills; (b) Nonpayment of service establishment charges; (c) Nonpayment of security deposits; (d) Nonpayment of meter test charges; (e) Nonpayment of returned check charges; (f) Nonpayment of late charges; (g) Nonpayment of collection charges; and/or (h) Declare past due service bill amounts, past due service establishment charges, past due security deposits, past due meter test charges, past due returned check charges, and past due collection charges subject to a late charge at the rate of eighteen percent (18%) per annum.

terminated for nonpayment, and Customer fails or refuses to make satisfactory payment arrangements with City, City shall be entitled to transfer, without notice to Customer, the unpaid balance of the terminated service(s) to any other active account of Customer. In addition, unpaid balances on active accounts may be transferred, without notice to Customer, to any other active account of Customer if Customer refuses to pay. Failure to pay the active account following such transfer shall result in the suspension or termination of service under that account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, residential electric service shall not be discontinued solely due to nonpayment of other classes or types of electric service.