Or. Admin. R. 860-037-0235

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 8, August 1, 2024

Section 860-037-0235 - Multilingual Disconnection Notice

(1) Except as provided in section (2) of this rule, all disconnect notices shall contain the following information translated into Spanish, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, and Russian (translations are available from the Consumer Services Section):

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Your water service will be shut off because of an unpaid balance on your wastewater account. You must act immediately to avoid shut-off. Important information about how you can avoid shut-off is printed in English in the enclosed notice. If you cannot understand English, please find someone to translate the notice. If translation assistance is unavailable, please contact (name) at (phone number) who will try to help you. Information on customer's rights and responsibilities printed in this language is also available by calling that number. YOU MUST ACT NOW TO AVOID SHUT-OFF.

(2) The Commission may grant a waiver of the multilingual notice requirement under OAR 860-037-0001(1), for a period not to exceed two calendar years, if the water utility shows that

(a) for a water utility with less than 50,000 customers, less than 5 percent of its Oregon customers would benefit from such notice, or

(b) for a water utility with 50,000 or more customers, less than 500 of its Oregon customers would benefit from such notice. The water utility may request a waiver of the multilingual notice every two years.

Or. Admin. R. 860-037-0235

PUC 9-1999(Temp), f. 10-22-99, cert. ef. 10-23-99 thru 4-19-00; PUC 6-2000, f. 4-18-00, cert. ef. 4-20-00; PUC 5-2004, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-04; PUC 6-2011, f. & cert. ef. 9-14-11

Stat. Auth.: ORS 183, 756 & 757

Stats. Implemented: ORS 756.040, 757.005 & 757.061