(a) General rule.--The monthly, quarterly or annual rental or charge or the fixed sum shall be authorized and collected as provided by general ordinances and, if levied and charged, shall be a lien on the properties charged from the date set forth in the ordinance. If the rental, charge or fixed sum is not paid after 30 days' notice, it may be collected by an action of assumpsit in the name of the borough against the owner of the property charged or by a lien filed in the nature of a municipal lien.
(b) Collection.--The council shall execute a warrant or warrants authorizing the collection of the monthly, quarterly or annual sewer rentals or charges, or the fixed sum, to the officer employed by council to collect the same. The officer shall have the authority now vested by law for the collection of borough taxes.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 8 - BOROUGHS AND INCORPORATED TOWNS
Section 2001 - Power to lay out and construct
Section 2009 - Extensions beyond borough limits and eminent domain
Section 2010 - Notice of certain ordinances
Section 2012 - Unlawful to build within right-of-way of sanitary sewers
Section 2013 - Opening sanitary sewers
Section 2021 - Joint sanitary sewer systems
Section 2023 - Connections with sanitary sewers of adjacent municipalities
Section 2024 - Applications to court
Section 2025 - Appointment of viewers
Section 2026 - Report of viewers and appeals to court
Section 2041.1 - Power to acquire community sewage collection or disposal systems
Section 2043 - Community sewage collection or disposal systems
Section 2051 - Ordinances to require sanitary sewer connections
Section 2061 - Ordinance for monthly, quarterly or annual rental