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to the District Rate Ordinance. However, any increase in rates shall be based on the "just and <br />equitable rates and charges" requirement under Indiana Code 13-26-11-8 and all other applicable <br />requirements under Indiana Code 13-26. Not less than sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of <br />any new rates, the District shall provide City with written notice of the proposed rates. The City <br />shall meet with the District to review the rates and determine the first billing cycle in which the <br />proposed rates shall be billed. <br />1.4. Application of Payments <br />1.4.1. Payment received by the City from residential customers of the Sub -District <br />shall be applied according to the listed priority in the City's Municipal Utility Rules and <br />Regulations, dated as of June 2019, adopted by the City's Board of Public Works ("Rules and <br />Regulations"). <br />1.4.2. At such time the City transitions to new billing software, currently expected <br />in October 2020, payments received by the residential customers of the Sub -District shall be <br />applied on a pro rata basis. The City will promptly notify the District, in writing, the final effective <br />date of the City's new billing software. <br />1.5. Delinquent Accounts, Shut -Offs, Terminations and Liens. <br />1.5.1.1. The District shall adopt a policy providing for the collection of <br />delinquent Sub -District Rates and Charges consistent with the City's Rules and Regulations where <br />applicable and in accordance with Indiana Code 13-26. <br />1.5.1.2. The City shall be responsible for collecting Sub -District Rates and <br />Charges which remain unpaid for a period up to sixty (60) days past the Billing Cycle due date. <br />Thereafter, the City shall immediately notify the District of any account which remains unpaid and <br />the District shall be responsible for further collecting the unpaid account. <br />1.5.1.3. The City shall inform the District, in writing, within thirty (30) days <br />of terminating an account for which Sub -District Rates and Charges remain unpaid. The District <br />shall be responsible for collecting such unpaid accounts. <br />1.5.1.4. During the time the City collects on a delinquent account, the City <br />may charge late payment charges, bad check charges and other delinquent payment charges in <br />accordance with its Rules and Regulations. The City shall retain these charges as consideration <br />for administering the collection of the Sub -District Rates and Charges. <br />1.5.1.5. The District shall be responsible for filing any liens against the <br />property for past due Sub -District Rates and Charges. <br />1.6. Deposit of Sub -District Rates and Charges. Upon receipt of rates and charges <br />described in paragraph 1.2 above, the City shall immediately deposit the Sub -District Rates and <br />Charges in an account separate from City Treatment Rates and Revenues. Consistent with its duties <br />and obligations under this Agreement, the City shall hold the Sub -District's Rates and Charges in <br />