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Legislation Details
File #:
Version:
1
991266
Name:
Amending Public Works Code relating to liens on
delinquent water and sewer charges affecting
individually metered tenant occupied single family
homes and amending late payment and utility lien
collection procedures
Status:
Type:
Ordinance
Passed
File created:
In control:
6/28/1999
Board of Supervisors
On agenda:
Final action:
6/28/1999
9/22/1999
Enactment date:
243-99
Enactment #:
Title:
Ordinance amending Public Works Code Chapter X concerning the imposition of liens to recover
revenues from delinquent water and sewer service accounts, by amending Section 150.1 to comport
with organizational changes in the 1996 Charter, amending Section 150.2 to exempt the owners of
tenant occupied single family dwellings from the imposition of water and sewer service liens;
amending Section 150.3 for grammatical consistency; amending Section 150.4 to exempt the owners
of tenant occupied single family dwellings from the imposition of water and sewer service liens, and
deleting the phrase "special assessment"; amending Section 150.5 to exempt the owners of tenant
occupied single family dwellings from the imposition of water and sewer service liens, for provision of
written notice to other customers, and to permit the collection of administrative fees for overdue water
and sewer service accounts; amending Section 150.6 to comport with organizational changes in the
1996 Charter; amending Section 150.7 regarding noticed hearings; amending Section 150.8 to
eliminate the tax priority of liens filed under the existing ordinance; amending Section 150.9 to
establish a late payment penalty fee for unpaid closed accounts; amending Section 150.10 to create a
process for transfer of liens and other overdue accounts to the Tax Collector and Bureau of
Delinquent Revenue Collection and authorizing the recovery of attorney's fees and costs by the
Bureau; amending Section 150.11 regarding release of liens upon payment and disposition of funds
collected; and amending Section 150.12 increasing debt writeoff authority from $50 to $200 and
authorizing the Bureau of Delinquent Revenue to compromise or abandon claims submitted to it by
the Public Utilities Department.
Sponsors:
Attachments:
1. Leg_Final
Action By
Date
Action
Result
Ver.
ASSIGNED UNDER 30 DAY RULE
President
6/22/1999
1
RECOMMENDED
Finance and Labor Committee
8/18/1999
1
Pass
PASSED, ON FIRST READING
Board of Supervisors
8/23/1999
1
Pass
FINALLY PASSED
Board of Supervisors
9/13/1999
1
Pass
APPROVED
Mayor
9/22/1999
1