21-188 - Contracts for collection.
§ 21-188. Contracts for collection.
Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole or in part embracedwithin the district, are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts onsuch terms and conditions as such contract or contracts may contain,providing for the collection by such county, city or town and payment over tothe commission of the fees, rents or other charges or to be charged by thecommission to the owners or lessees or tenants of real estate within suchcounty, city or town, or providing for the payment to the commission by suchcounty, city or town of a sum or sums of money in lieu of all or part of thefees, rents and other charges which would otherwise be charged by thecommission to the owners or lessees or tenants of real estate within suchcounty, city or town. Such county, city or town is vested with powers to doeverything necessary or proper to carry out and perform every such contract,including the same powers with respect to fees, rents and other charges asare conferred by this chapter upon a commission, and to provide for thepayment or discharge of any obligation thereunder by the same means and inthe same manner as any other of its obligations, except that no tax shall belevied on real estate for such obligation. The commission is authorized toreduce ratably in accordance with such contract the fees, rents and othercharges which would otherwise be charged by the commission to the owners orlessees or tenants of real estate within such county, city or town, butnothing in this section or any such contract shall be construed to preventthe commission from charging to and collecting from such owners or lessees ortenants of such real estate, in the same manner as provided for such fees,rents and other charges, any deficiency in any payment agreed to be made bysuch county, city or town.
(1938, p. 526; Michie Code 1942, § 1560aaa.)