In the event any person using said sewerage system neglects, fails, or refuses to pay when due the rates and charges as fixed by said ordinance, the property of such delinquent person shall not be disconnected from said sewerage system or denied the use thereof, but the rates and charges due and unpaid therefor shall be certified by the clerk to the board of county commissioners of the county in which said delinquent user's property is located on or before November 1 of each year and thereupon and until paid shall be a lien upon the real property so served by said sewerage connections. The lien shall be levied, certified, received, or collected by sale, annually from year to year by the proper county officials, as are county taxes, and the proceeds thereof shall be remitted each month to such city or town.
Source: L. 75: Entire title R&RE, p. 1268, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 31-35-608 as it existed prior to 1975.
Structure Colorado Code
Title 31 - Government - Municipal
Part 7 - Sewer Rates - Area Outside Cities or Towns
§ 31-35-701. Cities or Towns May Provide Service Outside Boundaries
§ 31-35-702. Governing Body Agency of State
§ 31-35-703. Publication of Ordinance
§ 31-35-704. Contents of Ordinance
§ 31-35-705. Protest - Board of Adjustment
§ 31-35-706. Continuing Annual Charges
§ 31-35-707. Date and Place of Payment
§ 31-35-708. Nonpayment - Penalty - Lien
§ 31-35-709. Voluntary Discontinuance by Owner
§ 31-35-710. Duty to Maintain System
§ 31-35-711. Rates May Be Collected by Action