NY Pub Auth L § 1180 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities Title 8 - Buffalo Sewer Authority 1180 - Sewer Rents.

§  1180.  Sewer  rents. Upon the filing with the common council of the   city and the secretary of  state  of  the  state  of  New  York  of  the   certificate  of  completion  of  the  project,  as  provided  in section   fourteen hundred four of this chapter, the authority  is  authorized  to   establish  a  schedule of rates, rentals or charges, to be called "sewer   rents," to be collected from all real property served by its facilities,   except that no ad valorem sewer rent  shall  be  assessed  against  real   property  exempt from real property taxes pursuant to subdivision one of   section four hundred, sections four hundred four, four hundred six, four   hundred twelve, four hundred eighteen, subdivision one of  section  four   hundred twenty, sections four hundred forty-six, four hundred fifty-two,   four  hundred  sixty-two  and  four  hundred  seventy-seven  of the real   property tax law, and to prescribe the manner in which and the  time  at   which  such sewer rents are to be paid, and to change such schedule from   time to time as may be deemed advisable. Such sewer rents may  be  based   upon  either  the  consumption  of water on premises connected with such   facilities, making due allowances  for  commercial  use  of  water,  the   number  and kind of plumbing fixtures connected with such facilities, or   the number of persons served by such facilities, or may be determined by   the authority on any other equitable basis. Prior to the final  adoption   or  modification  of  such  schedule of sewer rents, the authority shall   adopt a proposed schedule of such sewer rents and publish notice thereof   once a week for three successive weeks in the  official  publication  of   the city. The notice so published shall be dated as of the date of first   publication  thereof and shall state that the proposed schedule of sewer   rents will remain open for inspection in the office of the authority for   thirty days from the date of such notice, and  that  objections  thereto   may  be  filed  during  said  period  with  the  authority by any person   conceiving himself aggrieved  thereby.  The  authority  shall  hear  and   examine  any  such  complaints  and may modify the proposed schedule and   shall adopt a final schedule of sewer rents within sixty days after  the   date  of  said  notice.  Such schedule shall be uniform for all property   falling within the same classification. The schedule of sewer  rents  so   adopted  shall  thereafter  be  the  sewer  rents to be charged all real   property served by the facilities of the authority. From and  after  the   due date thereof, such sewer rents shall constitute a lien upon the real   property  served  by  the  facilities.  Such  lien  shall  have the same   priority and superiority as the lien of the general tax of the city.  In   the  event  that any such sewer rent shall remain unpaid for a period of   ninety days, the authority may bring  and  maintain  an  action  in  the   supreme court for the foreclosure of such lien, and, except as otherwise   provided by this title, such lien shall be foreclosed in the same manner   by  the  authority  as  the  lien  of the general tax of the city may be   foreclosed by the city.