Chapter 360

2008 -- H 8203 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 07/05/08

A N A C T

RELATING TO TOWNS AND CITIES -- SEWER CHARGES

Introduced By: Representative Gordon D. Fox

Date Introduced: April 24, 2008

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 45-14-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 45-14 entitled "Sewage

Charges" is hereby amended to read as follows:

45-14-1. Power to assess charges against users. -- In addition to the powers, privileges,

prerogatives, and authority that are now granted to each city and town, or any agency of a city or

town, in connection with sewers or sewer systems of these municipalities, each city and town is

authorized and empowered to enact ordinances assessing users of sewers or sewer systems of the

cities and towns, a charge for the use of the sewers or sewer systems in an amount that bears a

reasonable relation to the cost to the city or town of the service rendered to the users; provided,

that in the case of the towns of Narragansett and Tiverton and the city cities of Woonsocket and

Providence, all unpaid charges shall be a lien upon the real estate of the users, and provided

further that, in the case of the city cities of Woonsocket and Providence, the lien created hereby

shall be a lien upon the house, building, tenement, lands and estate of the user in the same way

and manner as taxes assessed on real estate are liens, and if not paid as required by the city of

Woonsocket or the city of Providence, shall be collected in the same manner that taxes assessed

upon real estate are by law collected.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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