12-2003.   Franchise provision for billing and collection of sewerservice charges by water corporation; compensation; obligation of company. The governing body of any city may, in the granting of a franchise to aprivate corporation furnishing water service to its inhabitants, inaddition to the other provisions authorized by law, impose a provision insuch franchise that the water corporation shall bill and collect sewerservice charges lawfully established by the city, including a provisionthat the corporation shall discontinue water service to any customer usingor required by law to use the sanitary sewer system of the city understated conditions; and such a corporation shall have authority to collectsuch charges and to discontinue water service as provided in the franchise.The franchise shall not require the billing and collecting of such sewerservice charges without making provision for payment by the city to thewater corporation of such compensation as shall reimburse the corporationfor its expenses in billing and collecting such sewer service charges:Provided, That no obligation shall be imposed on the water corporationto bring any action at law to enforce collection of such charges.

      History:   L. 1959, ch. 88, § 1; March 6.