Article 37.--SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS
12-3711.Same; sewage disposal treatment fund; deposit and use of bond
proceeds; loans to political subdivisions of state; sewer service charges
for repayment of loans, assessment and collection; disposition of moneys
collected; powers of secretary of health and environment.
All moneys received from the issuance of revenue bonds under the
provisions of this act shall be deposited in the sewage disposal treatment
fund which is hereby established in the state treasury, except that moneys
sufficient to pay interest on such revenue bonds for one (1) year after the
issuance thereof and to provide a reserve of not more than the maximum
amount required to pay principal and interest on such revenue bonds for any
year following the issuance of such bonds may be deposited in such special
funds or accounts as may be provided by the secretary of health and
environment in the resolution providing for the issuance of such revenue
bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same. The secretary of health
and environment may make sewage treatment construction grants to any city,
county, township, or other political subdivision of the state, and any
city, county, township, or other political subdivision of the state,
subject to the provisions of this act, may accept any such grant when
authorized by its governing body. Any such grant shall be for a term of not
to exceed twenty (20) years and shall provide that the secretary of health
and environment will pay to the city, county, township, or other political
subdivision of the state, from the sewage disposal treatment fund an amount
not less than twenty-five percent (25%) and not more than thirty percent
(30%) of the cost of any sewage disposal facilities for which the
environmental protection agency of the federal government agrees to grant
not less than fifty percent (50%) of the cost thereof. In order to retire
bonds issued under the provisions of this act, the secretary of health and
environment after consultation with the officials of any city, county,
township, or other political subdivision of the state, which receives a
sewage treatment construction grant under this section, shall adopt sewer
service charges to be levied against users of the sewerage system receiving
such grant. The sewer service charges shall remain in effect until the
bonds issued for the grant have been paid. The sewer service charges shall,
insofar as is practical, be equitably assessed and shall include
consideration of the quantity and quality of waste discharged. The
officials of any city, county, township or other political subdivision of
the state, which receives a grant hereunder shall collect sewer service
charges as established by the secretary of health and environment and shall
deposit the moneys collected therefrom with the secretary of health and
environment in accordance with procedures established by such secretary of
health and environment. The secretary of health and environment may make
commitments to the federal environmental protection agency relative to
providing grants and may provide for other administrative procedures as may
be appropriate to carry out the intent of this act.
History: L. 1973, ch. 69, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 77, § 2; April 11.
Article 37.--SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS
12-3711.Same; sewage disposal treatment fund; deposit and use of bond
proceeds; loans to political subdivisions of state; sewer service charges
for repayment of loans, assessment and collection; disposition of moneys
collected; powers of secretary of health and environment.
All moneys received from the issuance of revenue bonds under the
provisions of this act shall be deposited in the sewage disposal treatment
fund which is hereby established in the state treasury, except that moneys
sufficient to pay interest on such revenue bonds for one (1) year after the
issuance thereof and to provide a reserve of not more than the maximum
amount required to pay principal and interest on such revenue bonds for any
year following the issuance of such bonds may be deposited in such special
funds or accounts as may be provided by the secretary of health and
environment in the resolution providing for the issuance of such revenue
bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same. The secretary of health
and environment may make sewage treatment construction grants to any city,
county, township, or other political subdivision of the state, and any
city, county, township, or other political subdivision of the state,
subject to the provisions of this act, may accept any such grant when
authorized by its governing body. Any such grant shall be for a term of not
to exceed twenty (20) years and shall provide that the secretary of health
and environment will pay to the city, county, township, or other political
subdivision of the state, from the sewage disposal treatment fund an amount
not less than twenty-five percent (25%) and not more than thirty percent
(30%) of the cost of any sewage disposal facilities for which the
environmental protection agency of the federal government agrees to grant
not less than fifty percent (50%) of the cost thereof. In order to retire
bonds issued under the provisions of this act, the secretary of health and
environment after consultation with the officials of any city, county,
township, or other political subdivision of the state, which receives a
sewage treatment construction grant under this section, shall adopt sewer
service charges to be levied against users of the sewerage system receiving
such grant. The sewer service charges shall remain in effect until the
bonds issued for the grant have been paid. The sewer service charges shall,
insofar as is practical, be equitably assessed and shall include
consideration of the quantity and quality of waste discharged. The
officials of any city, county, township or other political subdivision of
the state, which receives a grant hereunder shall collect sewer service
charges as established by the secretary of health and environment and shall
deposit the moneys collected therefrom with the secretary of health and
environment in accordance with procedures established by such secretary of
health and environment. The secretary of health and environment may make
commitments to the federal environmental protection agency relative to
providing grants and may provide for other administrative procedures as may
be appropriate to carry out the intent of this act.
History: L. 1973, ch. 69, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 77, § 2; April 11.
Article 37.--SEWAGE DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS
12-3711.Same; sewage disposal treatment fund; deposit and use of bond
proceeds; loans to political subdivisions of state; sewer service charges
for repayment of loans, assessment and collection; disposition of moneys
collected; powers of secretary of health and environment.
All moneys received from the issuance of revenue bonds under the
provisions of this act shall be deposited in the sewage disposal treatment
fund which is hereby established in the state treasury, except that moneys
sufficient to pay interest on such revenue bonds for one (1) year after the
issuance thereof and to provide a reserve of not more than the maximum
amount required to pay principal and interest on such revenue bonds for any
year following the issuance of such bonds may be deposited in such special
funds or accounts as may be provided by the secretary of health and
environment in the resolution providing for the issuance of such revenue
bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same. The secretary of health
and environment may make sewage treatment construction grants to any city,
county, township, or other political subdivision of the state, and any
city, county, township, or other political subdivision of the state,
subject to the provisions of this act, may accept any such grant when
authorized by its governing body. Any such grant shall be for a term of not
to exceed twenty (20) years and shall provide that the secretary of health
and environment will pay to the city, county, township, or other political
subdivision of the state, from the sewage disposal treatment fund an amount
not less than twenty-five percent (25%) and not more than thirty percent
(30%) of the cost of any sewage disposal facilities for which the
environmental protection agency of the federal government agrees to grant
not less than fifty percent (50%) of the cost thereof. In order to retire
bonds issued under the provisions of this act, the secretary of health and
environment after consultation with the officials of any city, county,
township, or other political subdivision of the state, which receives a
sewage treatment construction grant under this section, shall adopt sewer
service charges to be levied against users of the sewerage system receiving
such grant. The sewer service charges shall remain in effect until the
bonds issued for the grant have been paid. The sewer service charges shall,
insofar as is practical, be equitably assessed and shall include
consideration of the quantity and quality of waste discharged. The
officials of any city, county, township or other political subdivision of
the state, which receives a grant hereunder shall collect sewer service
charges as established by the secretary of health and environment and shall
deposit the moneys collected therefrom with the secretary of health and
environment in accordance with procedures established by such secretary of
health and environment. The secretary of health and environment may make
commitments to the federal environmental protection agency relative to
providing grants and may provide for other administrative procedures as may
be appropriate to carry out the intent of this act.
History: L. 1973, ch. 69, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 77, § 2; April 11.