Michigan Laws 71.6 – Water rates; ordinance; terms
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 71.6
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
The council shall establish just and equitable water rates to be charged and paid for water supply. The council shall periodically either modify, amend, increase, or diminish the water rates. The council may prescribe by ordinance when and to whom such water rates shall be paid, and what steps shall be taken to enforce payment of the water rates, including, but not limited to, notice to persons who fail to pay the rates that their supply of water may be shut off, and may provide, in case of nonpayment, that the supply of water may be shut off or stopped as to any person or persons neglecting or refusing to make payment.