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 Hastings
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 82. UTILITIES
 Article IV. RATES, CHARGES AND BILLING PROCEDURE

  § 82-479. Enforcement.  

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  • (a)

    The charges for the water and sewage disposal services that are, under the provisions of Act No. 94 of the Public Acts of Michigan of 1933 (MCL 141.101 et seq.), made a lien on all premises serviced thereby, are recognized to constitute such lien; and whenever such charge against any piece of property shall be delinquent for six months, the city official in charge of the collection thereof shall on or before April 1 of each year certify to the tax assessing officer of the city the fact of such delinquency, whereupon such charge shall be entered upon the next tax roll as a charge against such premises and shall be collected and the lien thereof enforced in the same manner as general city taxes against such premises are collected, and the lien thereof enforced.

    (b)

    All provisions of the charter of the city and of the laws of the state applicable to the time and manner of certification and collection of delinquent taxes levied against real estate in the city shall be applicable to and shall be observed in the certification and collection of delinquent taxes levied against real estate in the city and shall be applicable to and shall be observed in the certification and collection of charges for water services; provided that in all cases when a tenant is responsible for the payment of any such charge and the council is so notified in writing (such notice to include a true copy of the lease of the affected premises, if there is one), no such charge shall become a lien against the premises from and after the date of such notice. In the event of filing such notice, the public corporation shall render no further water service to such premises until a cash deposit in an amount estimated to equal three months of service shall have been made as security for the payment of such charges. Provided, further, that if the charges against the premises where a tenant is responsible for the payment are not paid within the month when due, the water shall be turned off from any premises against which such charges have been made.

(Code 1970, § 6.65; Ord. No. 284, § 1, 1-23-95; Ord. No. 299, § I, 1-27-97; Ord. No. 347, §§ 1, 2, 4-22-02)