15.2-5138 - Enforcement of charges.
§ 15.2-5138. Enforcement of charges.
Any resolution or trust agreement providing for the issuance of revenue bondsunder the provisions of this chapter may include any of the followingprovisions, and may require the authority to adopt such resolutions or totake such other lawful action as is necessary to effectuate such provisions.The authority may adopt such resolutions and take such other actions asfollows:
1. Require the owner, tenant or occupant of each lot or parcel of land who isobligated to pay rates, fees or charges for the use of or for the servicesfurnished by any system acquired or constructed by the authority under theprovisions of this chapter to make a reasonable deposit with the authority inadvance to insure the payment of such rates, fees or charges and to besubject to application to the payment thereof if delinquent.
2. If any rates, fees or charges for the use of and for the servicesfurnished by any system acquired or constructed by the authority under theprovisions of this chapter are not paid within thirty days after due, theauthority may at the expiration of such thirty-day period disconnect thepremises from the water or sewer system, or otherwise suspend services andproceed to recover the amount of any such delinquent rates, fees or charges,with interest, in a civil action.
3. If any rates, fees or charges for the use and services of any sewer systemacquired or constructed by the authority under the provisions of this chapterare not paid within thirty days after they become due, require that theowner, tenant or occupant of such premises cease disposing of sewage orindustrial wastes originating from or on such premises by discharge directlyor indirectly into the sewer system until such rates, fees or charges, withinterest, are paid. If such owner, tenant or occupant does not cease suchdisposal at the expiration of the thirty-day period, the authority mayrequire any political subdivision, district, private corporation, board, bodyor person supplying water to or selling water for use on such premises tocease supplying water to or selling water for use on such premises withinfive days after the receipt of notice of such delinquency from the authority.If such political subdivision, district, private corporation, board, body orperson does not, at the expiration of such five-day period, cease supplyingwater to or selling water for use on such premises, then the authority mayshut off the supply of water to such premises.
The water supply to or for any person, or for use on real estate of anyperson, shall not be shut off or stopped under this section if the StateHealth Commissioner, upon application of the local board of health or healthofficer of the locality in which such water is supplied or such real estateis located, has found and certifies to the authorities charged with theresponsibility of ceasing to supply or sell such water, or to shut off thesupply of such water, that ceasing to supply or shutting off such watersupply will endanger the health of such person and the health of others inthe locality.
(Code 1950, § 15-764.24; 1950, p. 1326; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1262; 1997, c.587.)