Section 11-81-184 Establishment, etc., of rates for services furnished by system. - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-81-184

Establishment, etc., of rates for services furnished by system.

Rates for services furnished by any such system or combined system shall be fixed precedent to the issuance of the bonds.

Such rates shall be sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest upon and the principal of all such bonds as and when the same become due and payable, to create a bond and interest redemption fund therefor, to provide for the payment of the expenses of administration and operation and such expenses for maintenance of the system or combined system necessary to preserve the same in good repair and working order, to build up a reserve for depreciation of the existing system or combined system and to build up a reserve for improvements, betterments and extensions to the existing system or combined system other than those necessary to maintain the same in good repair and working order as provided in this section.

Such rates shall be fixed and revised from time to time so as to produce those amounts, and the governing body shall covenant and agree in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such bonds and on the face of each bond at all times to maintain such rates for services furnished by such system or combined system as shall be sufficient to provide for the foregoing.

(Acts 1933, Ex. Sess., No. 102, p. 88; Code 1940, T. 37, §326.)