PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
13-1018j.Same; tax levy; election; when; when charges to be made for
use of system.
The governing body of such city shall provide for the payment of said
bonds and the interest thereon as the same become due and payable by the
levy of a general tax on all taxable property in such city. And the
governing body of any such city is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax
on all real, personal and mixed property in such city, to be used
exclusively for the purpose of maintaining and operating sewage-disposal
works. The revenue derived from such tax shall be kept in a separate fund
by the city treasurer and shall be used for no other purpose: Provided,
however, That before said bond issue shall be made, the issuance thereof
and the building of said plant shall be submitted to the vote of the
citizens of said city at a general or special election, said time to be
selected by the governing body of said city, and on the ballot of said
general or special election there shall be written the following: "Shall
sewage-disposal plant be built by the issuance of bonds? Two squares, one
followed by the word 'Yes' and one followed by the word 'No,' and a cross
shall be marked in the square indicating the voter's intent." A majority of
the votes cast at said election on said proposition shall govern, and the
governing body be guided thereby: Provided, however, That the
governing body of said city may issue internal improvement bonds in a sum
not exceeding $25,000 without submitting such issue to the vote of the
people, for the purpose of making a preliminary survey, employing engineers
for such work and making plans and specifications for such sewage-disposal
plant, and for paying costs of a special election, if held.
Any person, firm or corporation outside of the city limits and now
discharging sewage into the sewage system of the city, or who shall
hereafter discharge sewage into said sewage system, shall be required to
pay a fair and reasonable compensation annually to the city for the
maintenance and operation of said disposal plant. The amount of
compensation shall be fixed by the governing body of said city and shall be
based upon the amount and character of the sewage so discharged, the cost
of operation and maintenance, the capital invested and obsolescence of said
disposal plant.
Any person, firm, corporation, association, municipality or any body
politic operating outside of the city limits who may hereafter desire to
use the sewer system of any such city, or who shall use the same, shall,
after the construction of such sewage-disposal plant and before discharging
any sewage into the sewage system of such city, secure a permit from the
governing body of such city for the purpose of discharging sewage into the
sewage system of such city, and shall pay a fair and reasonable
compensation annually, having regard for the amount and character of sewage
discharged into the sewer system of such city, the maintenance, operation,
capital invested and obsolescence of said disposal plant, which amount of
compensation shall be determined by the governing body of the city.
The amount to be paid by such person, firm, corporation, association,
municipality or any body politic outside of such city may be readjusted
from time to time, and in no case shall such permit or compensation amount
be fixed for a period to exceed five years. Such funds so collected shall
be used by the governing body of the city in defraying the expense of
maintaining and operating such disposal plant: Provided, however, That
the governing body of any such city may, at its discretion, provide by
ordinance for the collection of sewer rental charges to cover maintenance
and operating costs of the sewage-disposal plant, and may apportion such
charges among those discharging sewage into said sewer system in proportion
to the quantity and strength of sewage produced and discharged into said
sewage system.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
13-1018j.Same; tax levy; election; when; when charges to be made for
use of system.
The governing body of such city shall provide for the payment of said
bonds and the interest thereon as the same become due and payable by the
levy of a general tax on all taxable property in such city. And the
governing body of any such city is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax
on all real, personal and mixed property in such city, to be used
exclusively for the purpose of maintaining and operating sewage-disposal
works. The revenue derived from such tax shall be kept in a separate fund
by the city treasurer and shall be used for no other purpose: Provided,
however, That before said bond issue shall be made, the issuance thereof
and the building of said plant shall be submitted to the vote of the
citizens of said city at a general or special election, said time to be
selected by the governing body of said city, and on the ballot of said
general or special election there shall be written the following: "Shall
sewage-disposal plant be built by the issuance of bonds? Two squares, one
followed by the word 'Yes' and one followed by the word 'No,' and a cross
shall be marked in the square indicating the voter's intent." A majority of
the votes cast at said election on said proposition shall govern, and the
governing body be guided thereby: Provided, however, That the
governing body of said city may issue internal improvement bonds in a sum
not exceeding $25,000 without submitting such issue to the vote of the
people, for the purpose of making a preliminary survey, employing engineers
for such work and making plans and specifications for such sewage-disposal
plant, and for paying costs of a special election, if held.
Any person, firm or corporation outside of the city limits and now
discharging sewage into the sewage system of the city, or who shall
hereafter discharge sewage into said sewage system, shall be required to
pay a fair and reasonable compensation annually to the city for the
maintenance and operation of said disposal plant. The amount of
compensation shall be fixed by the governing body of said city and shall be
based upon the amount and character of the sewage so discharged, the cost
of operation and maintenance, the capital invested and obsolescence of said
disposal plant.
Any person, firm, corporation, association, municipality or any body
politic operating outside of the city limits who may hereafter desire to
use the sewer system of any such city, or who shall use the same, shall,
after the construction of such sewage-disposal plant and before discharging
any sewage into the sewage system of such city, secure a permit from the
governing body of such city for the purpose of discharging sewage into the
sewage system of such city, and shall pay a fair and reasonable
compensation annually, having regard for the amount and character of sewage
discharged into the sewer system of such city, the maintenance, operation,
capital invested and obsolescence of said disposal plant, which amount of
compensation shall be determined by the governing body of the city.
The amount to be paid by such person, firm, corporation, association,
municipality or any body politic outside of such city may be readjusted
from time to time, and in no case shall such permit or compensation amount
be fixed for a period to exceed five years. Such funds so collected shall
be used by the governing body of the city in defraying the expense of
maintaining and operating such disposal plant: Provided, however, That
the governing body of any such city may, at its discretion, provide by
ordinance for the collection of sewer rental charges to cover maintenance
and operating costs of the sewage-disposal plant, and may apportion such
charges among those discharging sewage into said sewer system in proportion
to the quantity and strength of sewage produced and discharged into said
sewage system.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 10.--PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
13-1018j.Same; tax levy; election; when; when charges to be made for
use of system.
The governing body of such city shall provide for the payment of said
bonds and the interest thereon as the same become due and payable by the
levy of a general tax on all taxable property in such city. And the
governing body of any such city is hereby authorized to levy an annual tax
on all real, personal and mixed property in such city, to be used
exclusively for the purpose of maintaining and operating sewage-disposal
works. The revenue derived from such tax shall be kept in a separate fund
by the city treasurer and shall be used for no other purpose: Provided,
however, That before said bond issue shall be made, the issuance thereof
and the building of said plant shall be submitted to the vote of the
citizens of said city at a general or special election, said time to be
selected by the governing body of said city, and on the ballot of said
general or special election there shall be written the following: "Shall
sewage-disposal plant be built by the issuance of bonds? Two squares, one
followed by the word 'Yes' and one followed by the word 'No,' and a cross
shall be marked in the square indicating the voter's intent." A majority of
the votes cast at said election on said proposition shall govern, and the
governing body be guided thereby: Provided, however, That the
governing body of said city may issue internal improvement bonds in a sum
not exceeding $25,000 without submitting such issue to the vote of the
people, for the purpose of making a preliminary survey, employing engineers
for such work and making plans and specifications for such sewage-disposal
plant, and for paying costs of a special election, if held.
Any person, firm or corporation outside of the city limits and now
discharging sewage into the sewage system of the city, or who shall
hereafter discharge sewage into said sewage system, shall be required to
pay a fair and reasonable compensation annually to the city for the
maintenance and operation of said disposal plant. The amount of
compensation shall be fixed by the governing body of said city and shall be
based upon the amount and character of the sewage so discharged, the cost
of operation and maintenance, the capital invested and obsolescence of said
disposal plant.
Any person, firm, corporation, association, municipality or any body
politic operating outside of the city limits who may hereafter desire to
use the sewer system of any such city, or who shall use the same, shall,
after the construction of such sewage-disposal plant and before discharging
any sewage into the sewage system of such city, secure a permit from the
governing body of such city for the purpose of discharging sewage into the
sewage system of such city, and shall pay a fair and reasonable
compensation annually, having regard for the amount and character of sewage
discharged into the sewer system of such city, the maintenance, operation,
capital invested and obsolescence of said disposal plant, which amount of
compensation shall be determined by the governing body of the city.
The amount to be paid by such person, firm, corporation, association,
municipality or any body politic outside of such city may be readjusted
from time to time, and in no case shall such permit or compensation amount
be fixed for a period to exceed five years. Such funds so collected shall
be used by the governing body of the city in defraying the expense of
maintaining and operating such disposal plant: Provided, however, That
the governing body of any such city may, at its discretion, provide by
ordinance for the collection of sewer rental charges to cover maintenance
and operating costs of the sewage-disposal plant, and may apportion such
charges among those discharging sewage into said sewer system in proportion
to the quantity and strength of sewage produced and discharged into said
sewage system.