2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 6-D - Alfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority › 1147-F - Charges by the Authority; Method of Collection.

§  1147-f.  Charges  by  the  authority;  method  of  collection.  The
  authority may fix and collect, on any equitable basis, rates,  fees  and
  other  charges  for  the  use  of  its  facilities or of the services or
  commodities provided by the authority. Such  rates,  rentals,  fees  and
  other  charges may be fixed and collected from any person or corporation
  to which such facilities, services or commodities are provided  or  made
  available  from  the  authority.  Such  rates,  rentals,  fees and other
  charges may be the same or different for each classification of user  or
  service  recipient  and  may,  by way of example, reflect the source and
  composition of the sewage. The authority shall  not  establish,  fix  or
  revise any classification of user or rate, rental or fee or other charge
  unless  and  until  the  authority  has  held  a public hearing at which
  interested persons shall have an opportunity to be heard concerning  the
  same.  Notice of any such public hearing shall be published at least ten
  days before the date set therefor, in at least one newspaper of  general
  circulation  in  the  boundaries of the authority. Such notice shall set
  forth the date, time and place of such hearing and shall include a brief
  description of matters to be considered at such meeting. A copy of  such
  notice  shall  be  available  for  inspection by the public. At any such
  hearing, any interested persons shall have an opportunity  to  be  heard
  concerning  the  matters  under  consideration.    Any  decision  by the
  authority at such public  hearing  or  relating  to  the  matters  under
  consideration  at such hearing shall be in writing and made available in
  the office  of  the  authority  for  public  inspection  during  regular
  business hours.
All  rates,  fees  and  other charges for the use of the facilities or
  services provided or made available by the authority and billed directly
  by the authority  to  the  user  or  service  recipient  pursuant  to  a
  classification  of  users or service recipients adopted by the authority
  as herein provided shall be lien upon the real property upon  which,  or
  in  connection  with which, services are provided or are made available,
  as and from the first date fixed for payment  of  such  rates,  rentals,
  fees  and  other  charges.  Any  such lien shall take precedent over all
  other liens or encumbrances, except taxes or assessments. The  treasurer
  of   the   authority  shall  prepare  and  transmit  to  the  respective
  legislative body of each town or village wholly or partially within  the
  bounds  of the authority, on or before the first day of December in each
  year, a list of those properties within each respective town or  village
  using  such  facilities or for which such services were provided or made
  available and from which the payment of rates, rentals, fees  and  other
  charges  are  in  arrears  for a period of thirty days or more after the
  last day fixed for payment  of  such  rates,  rentals,  fees  and  other
  charges  without  penalty. The list shall contain a brief description of
  such properties, the names of the persons or corporations liable to  pay
  for the same, and the amount chargeable to each, including penalties and
  interest  computed to December thirty-first of that year. Each governing
  body shall levy such sums against the properties liable and shall  state
  the  amount  thereof in a separate column in the annual tax rolls of the
  various towns and villages under the heading  "sewer  disposal  charge".
  Such  amounts,  excluding  penalties  and interest when collected by the
  several town or village collectors or receivers of taxes, shall be  paid
  over to the treasurer of the authority.  Penalties and interest shall be
  retained  by  the  collectors  which  shall become a part of the general
  funds of the collecting town or village. All of the  provisions  of  the
  tax  law  of  the  state  governing enforcement and collection of unpaid
  taxes or assessments for special improvements not inconsistent  herewith
  shall  apply  to  the collection of such unpaid rates, rentals, fees and
  other charges.