Section 326.32. Billing.

 

(1)  If payments for water and sewer service are paid separately from rent, a bill for water and sewer service shall be issued at least quarterly by the manufactured home community operator or manufactured home community contractor. The bill shall include all of the following on the manufactured home community occupant's receipt:

(a) The service address.

(b) The present and last preceding meter readings if service is metered.

(c) The present and last preceding meter reading dates if service is metered.

(d) The number of units consumed if service is metered.

(e) Clear itemization of the amounts included in the bill for the present billing period and any unpaid balance from previous billing periods, including any late payment charges.

(2)  Estimated bills shall be distinctly marked as such, if service is on a metered basis.

(3)  Except as provided in sub. (4) , if payments for water and sewer service are paid separately from rent, a partial payment received for water and sewer service shall be applied, in descending order until fully paid, to each of the following types of charges on the manufactured home community occupant's account:

(a) Current water and sewer service.

(b) Water and sewer service arrears.

(c) Miscellaneous water and sewer charges.

(d) All other charges.

(4)  Upon a manufactured home community occupant's request, or at the discretion of the manufactured home community operator or manufactured home community contractor, partial payments may be allocated differently than set forth under sub. (3) if the allocation does not result in a disconnection of service or the imposition of a late payment penalty that would not have occurred under the allocation methodology set forth under sub. (3) .

(5)  The manufactured home community operator or manufactured home community contractor may apply late payment charges to any portion of a manufactured home community occupant's water and sewer service bill that is not paid in full within 20 days following issuance of the bill. The late payment charge each month shall not exceed one percent of the total unpaid balance per month.

(6)  

(a) If a manufactured home community operator or manufactured home community contractor applies a late payment charge, the late payment charge shall apply only to that portion of the bill not paid within 20 days following issuance of the bill.

(b) If a customer disputes a bill for utility service and does not pay the disputed bill in full within 20 days following issuance of the bill, the late payment charge shall be applied only to that portion of the disputed bill later found to be correct and payable to the manufactured home community operator or manufactured home community contractor.

CR 04-135 : cr. Register February 2006 No. 602 , eff. 3-1-06; correction in (7) (b), (8) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 ; CR 14-017 : r. (3) (b), renum. (3) (c) to (e) to (3) (b) to (d), r. (7), (8) Register August 2014 No. 704 , eff. 9-1-14.