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- The submeter must be inspected, tested, and verified for commercial purposes pursuant to law, including, but not limited to, Section 12500.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
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Section 1954.203 - Requirements for submeters. (a) Submeters used to separately bill tenants for water service shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) The submeter shall be inspected, tested, and verified for commercial purposes pursuant to law, including, but not limited to, Section 12500.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every water purveyor who sells, leases, rents, furnishes, or delivers water service to any person shall require, as a condition of new water service on and after January 1, 1992, that a suitable water meter to measure the water service shall be installed on the water service facilities in ...
Nov 3, 2018 · Submeters used to separately bill tenants for water service shall satisfy each of the following requirements: The submeter shall be inspected, tested, and verified for commercial purposes pursuant to law, including, but not limited to, Section 12500.5 of the Business and Professions Code .
- IV Billing Charges & Fees – What’s Allowed
- VI Reading Submeters & Billing
- Pass Through of Penalties
- XI Landlord’s Entry into the Dwelling Units
- XII Ratio Utility Billing Systems
- XIV No Connection Fees Allowed
- Definitions
As part of the regular bill for water service, a landlord may only bill a tenant for the following water service: Volumetric Usage – A charge for volumetric usage, which may be calculated in any the following ways: The amount must be calculated by first determining the proportion of the tenant’s usage, as shown by the submeter, to the total usage a...
Read within 3 Days – Submeters must be read within three days of the same point in each billing cycle. Consistent Payment Requirements – Payments must be due at the same point in each billing cycle. A tenant may agree in writing to receive a bill electronically. A tenant may rescind authorization for electronic delivery of bills at any time. The la...
Unless it can be documented that a penalty is primarily the result of a tenant’s or tenants’ failure to comply with state or local water use regulations or restrictions, or both, regarding wasting of water, a landlord may not charge, recover, or allow to be charged or recovered, fees incurred by the landlord from the water provider, billing agent, ...
The landlord may enter a dwelling unit as follows: For the purpose of installing, repairing, or replacing a submeter, or for the purpose of investigating or rectifying a condition causing constant or abnormally high water usage. To read a submeter. The landlord must provide the tenant a written notice prior to entry.
The state law specifically provides that “Nothing in this law shall be construed to apply or create a public policy or requirement that favors or disfavors the use of a ratio utility billing system.”
A water provider cannot impose an additional capacity or connection fee or charge for a submeter that is installed by the owner, or his or her agent.
“Billing agent” means a person or entity who contracts to provide submetering services to a landlord, including billing. “Landlord” means an owner of residential rental property. “Landlord” does not include a tenant who rents all or a portion of a dwelling unit to subtenants. “Landlord” does not include a common interest development, as defined in ...
Jan 1, 2018 · The submeter must be approved by the California Department of Food and Agriculture Division of Measurement Standards (pursuant to Section 12500.5 of the Business and Professions Code) and be a legal-for-trade device as it would enable tenants to be billed based on metered water use.
Nov 7, 2018 · (a) Submeters used to separately bill tenants for water service shall satisfy each of the following requirements: (1) The submeter shall be inspected, tested, and verified for commercial purposes pursuant to law, including, but not limited to, Section 12500.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
