§ 46-25-22. Payment of sewer user fees, charges and assessments.
The commission shall proceed under the provisions of this chapter to collect the fees, charges, and assessments from any person so assessed. Each person so assessed shall pay the fees, charges, or assessments within the time frame prescribed by the rules and regulations of the commission. The commission may collect the fees, charges, and assessments in the same manner in which taxes are collected by municipalities, with no additional fees, charges, assessments, or penalties other than those provided for in chapter 9 of title 44. Provided, however, that such fees, charges and assessments against residential condominium occupants or residential condominium associations shall be set at a residential rate and not at a business, commercial, or other rate. All unpaid charges shall be a lien upon the real estate of the person.
History of Section.P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 235, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 156, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 238, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 46 - Waters and Navigation
Chapter 46-25 - Narragansett Bay Commission
Section 46-25-1. - Short title.
Section 46-25-2. - Legislative findings.
Section 46-25-3. - Definitions.
Section 46-25-4. - Establishment of commission — Purpose.
Section 46-25-5. - General powers.
Section 46-25-6. - Composition of commission — Appointment of members.
Section 46-25-7. - Officers of the commission — Quorum and vote required.
Section 46-25-8. - Compensation — Personnel.
Section 46-25-9. - Appropriated moneys and advances from general fund.
Section 46-25-10. - Acquisition of facilities from municipalities.
Section 46-25-10.1. - Repealed.
Section 46-25-11. - Power to acquire land.
Section 46-25-12. - Interests in land taken.
Section 46-25-13. - Eminent domain procedure.
Section 46-25-14. - Annual report.
Section 46-25-15. - Cooperation with federal government.
Section 46-25-16. - Application for federal and state aid.
Section 46-25-17. - Use of federal and state funds.
Section 46-25-18. - Receipt and deposit of federal funds.
Section 46-25-19. - Sewer connections.
Section 46-25-19.1. - Recording of sewer systems.
Section 46-25-20. - Pipes along highway or railroad.
Section 46-25-21. - Sewer, user fees, charges, and assessments.
Section 46-25-21.1. - Petition in superior court for relief from assessment.
Section 46-25-22. - Payment of sewer user fees, charges and assessments.
Section 46-25-24. - Appropriation of revenues.
Section 46-25-24.1. - Notice of entry.
Section 46-25-25. - Orders as to pretreatment of sewage.
Section 46-25-25.1. - Inspection powers.
Section 46-25-25.2. - Civil penalties.
Section 46-25-25.3. - Criminal penalties.
Section 46-25-25.4. - Enforcement authority and procedure.
Section 46-25-25.5. - Public access to information.
Section 46-25-25.6. - Municipal ordinances.
Section 46-25-26. - Rules and regulations — Notice of rule review.
Section 46-25-27. - Notice of rate hearings.
Section 46-25-28. - Conduct of hearings.
Section 46-25-29. - Notice of decisions by commission.
Section 46-25-30. - Review of decisions.
Section 46-25-31. - Notice of hearings on orders.
Section 46-25-32. - Procedure for hearings on orders.
Section 46-25-33. - Commission expenses as cost of project.
Section 46-25-34. - Cooperation and coordination with other agencies.
Section 46-25-35. - Legislative recommendations.
Section 46-25-36. - Liberal construction.
Section 46-25-37. - Bonds authorized — Maturity — Certification and endorsement.
Section 46-25-38. - Proceeds: Narragansett Bay water quality management district commission fund.
Section 46-25-38.1. - Narragansett Bay environmental enforcement fund.
Section 46-25-39. - Temporary notes.
Section 46-25-40. - Advances from general fund in anticipation of the issue of notes or bonds.
Section 46-25-41. - Bonds and notes tax exempt general obligations of state.
Section 46-25-43. - Investment of receipt pending expenditures.
Section 46-25-44. - Payment of bond issue expenses, interest, and principal.
Section 46-25-45. - Appropriation.
Section 46-25-47. - Applicability of election laws.
Section 46-25-48. - Termination of existence of commission.
Section 46-25-49. - Severability.
Section 46-25-50. - Authority to borrow in anticipation of user fees or state or federal funds.
Section 46-25-51. - Commission notes.
Section 46-25-52. - Security for notes.
Section 46-25-53. - Exemption from taxation.
Section 46-25-54. - Notes as legal investments.
Section 46-25-55. - Noteholders’ rights not to be affected by state.
Section 46-25-56. - Credit of state not pledged.
Section 46-25-58. - Revenue bonds and notes of the commission.
Section 46-25-59. - Security for revenue bonds or revenue notes.
Section 46-25-60. - Reserve funds and appropriations.
Section 46-25-61. - Trust funds.
Section 46-25-62. - Exemption of the commission’s revenue bonds and notes from taxation.
Section 46-25-63. - Revenue notes and bonds as legal investments.
Section 46-25-64. - Agreement of the state of Rhode Island.
Section 46-25-65. - Credit of the state of Rhode Island.
Section 46-25-66. - Remedies of bondholders and noteholders.
Section 46-25-67. - Other statutes and ordinances.