Section 15-408. PETITIONS FOR APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER

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408.1If less than all of the tenants have elected to receive service in their own names, the utility shall have the right to petition the Superior Court for the appointment of a receiver for those tenants who decline to receive service in their own names.

408.2If it is not practicable for tenants to receive service in their own names, or if tenants elect not to receive service in their own names, or if tenants fail to respond to the Notice of Tenants Rights and Options, the electric or gas utility shall not terminate service to a master-metered apartment building on the basis of non-payment of a delinquent account but the utility or tenants may petition the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for appointment of a receiver of the rents for that apartment house who shall pay the prospective utility bills from the rent collected.

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Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 3329, 3337-3338 (July 24, 1981).

                    
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