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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 358.20, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1 2 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Any sanitary district may by ordinance establish just and 1 4 equitable rates, charges, or rentals for the utilities and 1 5 services furnished by the district to be paid to the district 1 6 by every person, firm, or corporation whose premises are 1 7 served by a connection to the utilities and services directly 1 8 or indirectly. The rates, charges, or rentals, as near as may 1 9 be in the judgment of the board of trustees of the district, 1 10 shall be equitable and in proportion to the services rendered 1 11 and the cost of the services, and taking into consideration in 1 12 the case of the premises the quantity of sewage produced 1 13 thereby and its concentration, strength, and pollution 1 14 qualities. The board of trustees may change the rates, 1 15 charges, or rentals from time to time as it may deem 1 16 advisable, and by ordinance may provide for collection. The 1 17 board may contract with any municipality within the district, 1 18 whereby the municipality may collect or assist in collecting 1 19 any of the rates, charges, or rentals, whether in conjunction 1 20 with water rentals or otherwise, and the municipality may 1 21 undertake the collection and render the service. The board of 1 22 trustees may also contract pursuant to chapter 28E with one or 1 23 more city utilities or combined utility systems, including 1 24 city utilities established pursuant to chapter 388, for joint 1 25 billing or collection, or both, of combined service accounts 1 26 for sanitary district services and utility services, and the 1 27 contracts may provide for the discontinuance of one or more of 1 28 the sanitary district services or utility services if a 1 29 delinquency occurs in the payment of any charges billed under 1 30 a combined service account. The rates, charges, or rentals, 1 31 if not paid when due, shall constitute a lien upon the real 1 32 property served by a connection. The lien shall have equal 1 33 precedence with ordinary taxes, may be certified to the county 1 34 treasurer and collected in the same manner as taxes, and is 1 35 not divested by a judicial sale. 2 1 Sec. 2. Section 358.22, Code 1997, is amended by adding 2 2 the following new unnumbered paragraph: 2 3 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. Subject to the limitations 2 4 otherwise stated in this section, the board of trustees may 2 5 establish one or more benefited districts and schedules of 2 6 fees for the connection of property to the sanitary sewer 2 7 facilities of a sanitary district. Each person whose property 2 8 will be connected to the sanitary sewer facilities of a 2 9 sanitary district shall pay a connection fee to the sanitary 2 10 district, which may include the equitable cost of extending 2 11 sanitary sewer service to the benefited district and 2 12 reasonable interest from the date of construction to the date 2 13 of payment. In establishing the benefited districts and 2 14 establishing and implementing the schedules of fees, the board 2 15 of trustees shall act in accordance with the powers granted to 2 16 a city in section 384.38, subsection 3, and the procedures in 2 17 that subsection. However, all fees collected under this 2 18 paragraph shall be paid to the sanitary district and the 2 19 moneys collected as fees shall be used only by the sanitary 2 20 district to finance improvements or extensions to its sanitary 2 21 sewer facilities, to reimburse the sanitary district for funds 2 22 disbursed by its board of trustees to finance improvements or 2 23 extensions to its sanitary sewer facilities, or to pay debt 2 24 service on obligations issued to finance improvements or 2 25 extensions to its sanitary sewer facilities. This paragraph 2 26 does not apply when a sanitary district annexation plan or 2 27 petition includes annexation of an area adjoining the district 2 28 or a petition has not been presented for a sewer connection. 2 29 Until the annexation becomes effective or the annexation plan 2 30 or petition is abandoned, the state mandate contained in 2 31 section 455B.172, subsections 3, 4, and 5, shall not apply 2 32 unless the property owner requests to be connected to the 2 33 sanitary district's sewer facilities and voluntarily pays the 2 34 connection fee. 2 35 Sec. 3. Section 384.84, subsection 6, Code 1997, is 3 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 3 2 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. One or more city utilities or combined 3 3 utility systems, including city utilities established pursuant 3 4 to chapter 388, may contract pursuant to chapter 28E with one 3 5 or more sanitary districts established pursuant to chapter 358 3 6 for joint billing or collection, or both, of combined service 3 7 accounts from utility services and sanitary district services. 3 8 The contracts may provide for the discontinuance of one or 3 9 more of the city utility services or sanitary district 3 10 services if a delinquency occurs in the payment of any charges 3 11 billed under a combined service account. 3 12 EXPLANATION 3 13 This bill provides that sanitary districts established 3 14 pursuant to chapter 358 may join, under a chapter 28E 3 15 agreement, with city utilities for the purpose of collecting 3 16 sewer rentals. The agreement may also provide for the 3 17 discontinuation of sewer and water services if the accounts 3 18 become delinquent. 3 19 The bill also authorizes the board of trustees of a 3 20 sanitary district to finance capital improvements through the 3 21 imposition of connection fees. A city currently has this 3 22 authority pursuant to section 384.38, subsection 3. 3 23 LSB 1290XS 77 3 24 tj/jj/8
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