2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 8-G - Cayuga County Water and Sewer Authority › 1199-XXXX - Charges by the Authority; Method of Collection.

* §  1199-xxxx. Charges by the authority; method of collection. 1. The
  authority may fix and collect, on any equitable basis, rates,  fees  and
  other  charges  for  the  use of its water or sewer 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 or location of services or system
  costs and expenses. The authority shall not establish, fix or revise any
  classification or 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.
2. All rates, fees and other charges for the use of the facilities  or
  services  or commodities 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 a 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 a 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 county legislature, on or before the first  day  of  November  in
  each year, a list of those properties using such facilities or for which
  such  services  or  commodities 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,  as
  applicable, computed to December thirty-first of that year.  The  county
  legislature 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  county under the heading "water charge" or "sewer disposal charge,"
  as applicable. Such  amounts,  excluding  penalties  and  interest  when
  collected  by  the  county collector or receiver of taxes, shall be paid
  over to the treasurer of the authority. Penalties and interest shall  be
  retained by the collector which shall become a part of the general funds
  of  the  county.  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.
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