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Washington State Regulators Order Texas Utility-Billing Firm to Cease, Desist.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September, 2003
By Peter Lewis, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Sep. 4--Exercising new regulatory muscle for the first time, the state Department of Licensing has issued a cease-and-desist order against a Texas-based company that collects water and sewer bills from tenants on behalf of landlords and property managers.
The order against Minol-MTR alleges the company is acting as a collection agency without the required license. Though it was issued July 31, the order drew attention only after a Seattle City Council member alluded to it at a briefing this week.
Minol officials did not return a phone call yesterday. But Harumi Tucker Tolbert, a regulatory program manager who is handling the case for the licensing department, said...
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