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FPUA board adopts new rules requiring landlords to come current between tenants or set payment plans

Fort Pierce Utilities Authority Board · November 19, 2024
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Summary

The board approved Resolution UA 2024-12 to replace prior rules: customers may request more frequent billing extensions and property owners (landlords) must come current on accrued minimum charges between tenants or sign a 12-month special payment arrangement; the measure removes automatic liens as the default practice and triggers enforcement at the time of a new tenant request.

The Fort Pierce Utilities Authority board voted unanimously to adopt Resolution UA 2024-12, revising its general rules and regulations to allow customers additional billing extensions and to require property owners to address accrued minimum charges when new tenants move in.

Daniel Rutherford, director of Utility Support Services, explained the two substantive changes in the proposed resolution: first, customers may request billing extensions more often (monthly rather than the prior limit), and second, property owners…

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