Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 20 - DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND INSURANCE › Division 4240 - Public Service Commission › Chapter 3 - Filing and Reporting Requirements › Section 20 CSR 4240-3.340 - Filing Requirements for Sewer Utility Tariff Schedules

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule prescribes the form, contents and
				  procedures for filing tariff schedules by all sewer corporations under the
				  jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission.
(1) Each sewer utility shall have on file
				with this commission a tariff schedule and all forms of contracts and
				agreements of whatever nature made by such sewer utility for each and every
				kind of service which it renders. For purposes of this rule the term tariff
				schedule shall include: schedules showing all rates and charges; all rules
				relating to rates, charges of service; all general privileges granted or
				allowed; and all maps of the area served or professed to be served and the
				legal description thereof.
(2) All
				tariff schedules now on file with the commission, not in accordance with this
				rule, shall be reissued in the form and manner prescribed and all tariff
				schedules issued after March 2, 1973 must conform to this rule.
(3) Tariff schedules shall be drawn up
				substantially in accordance with this commission's Form No. 13 and shall be
				plainly printed or typewritten on good quality paper of eight and one-half
				inches by eleven inches (8 1/2" × 11") in book, sheet or pamphlet form. A
				loose-leaf plan may be used so changes can be made by reprinting and inserting
				a single leaf. When the loose-leaf plan is used, all sheets, except the title
				page sheet, must show in the marginal space at top of page the name of the
				sewer utility issuing, the PSC number of schedule and the number of the page.
				In the marginal space at bottom of sheet shall be shown the date of issue, the
				effective date and the name, title and address of the officer by whom the
				schedule is issued. All tariff schedules shall bear a number with the prefix
				PSC Mo. No. _____ . Tariff schedules for each sewer utility shall be numbered
				in consecutive serial order beginning with 1. If a tariff schedule or part
				thereof is canceled, a new schedule or part thereof (sheet(s) if loose-leaf)
				will refer to the schedule canceled, by its PSC number; thus, the PSC Mo. No.
				_____ canceling PSC Mo. No. _____ .
(4) Each schedule shall be accompanied by a
				letter of transmittal, in duplicate if receipt is desired, which shall be
				prepared consistent with the format designated by the commission.
(5) Each sewer utility shall keep a copy of
				its tariff schedule open for public inspection and readily accessible to any
				member of the public upon demand during business hours at its principal
				operating office and in each division office which is now or may be
				established. Any proposed changes in the tariff schedule shall be readily
				accessible to any member of the public upon demand in the offices of the sewer
				utility for a period of thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such
				change. If, for good cause shown, the commission allows a change without thirty
				(30) days' notice, the sewer utility shall display such proposed change at its
				office for the period prescribed by the commission prior to the effective date
				of the change.
(6) The following
				shall apply to all sewer utilities operating in the state of Missouri and each
				utility shall have on file as a part of its tariff schedule, rules which
				substantially conform thereto:
(A) Each sewer
				utility shall have on file with the commission rules relating to advance
				payments and deposits. If a utility requires advance payments for sewer
				service, it will not be permitted to require the customer to make a deposit to
				insure payment of bills. If the utility does not require advance payments for
				sewer service, it may require from any customer at any time a cash deposit,
				provided that the amount of any such deposit so required shall not exceed the
				amount due for service for one (1) billing period plus thirty (30)
				days;
(B) Interest at the rate of
				six percent (6%) per annum covering the period of the deposit shall be paid by
				the utility to the customer or applied to the customer's account, upon return
				of any deposit to the customer or the application of such deposit to the
				customer's account; provided the cash deposit remains with the utility for a
				period of at least twelve (12) months;
(C) These provisions shall not apply to any
				deposits or guarantees made by the customer for the purpose of securing an
				extension of or additions to a utility's collecting system in accordance with
				the utility's rules covering the extensions as filed with this
				commission;
(D) Interest shall not
				accrue on any cash deposit after the date the utility has made a bona fide
				effort to return such deposit to the depositor. The utility shall keep in its
				records evidence of its effort to return such deposit;
(E) Each utility shall issue to every
				customer from whom a deposit is received, a nonassignable receipt;
(F) Each utility shall maintain accurate
				records of customer deposits which include the original amount, the date of the
				deposit and any transaction relating to the deposit or interest on the deposit;
				and
(G) If a customer requests
				discontinuance of sewer service to the premises, the utility will refund the
				unearned portion of any advance payment on a pro rata basis, provided the
				customer has given proper notice to the utility as required by its rules on
				file with the Public Service Commission.