(HB 1125)
Municipal sewer utility charges, resolutions may be used to set rates.
Section
1.
That
§
9-48-26
be amended to read as follows:
9-48-26.
Any municipality which has installed or
shall
plans to
install
sanitary and storm
sewerage, a system of sewerage, sewerage pumping stations, or sewage treatment or purification
works, any and all of which are hereinafter termed
sewer utilities
,
for public use may by ordinance
or resolution
establish
just and equitable rates of
charges
or rentals
to be paid to
such
the
municipality for the use of
such
the
sewer utilities by every user whose premises are served by a
connection to
such
the
sewer utilities
,
directly or indirectly. A municipality may also submit to the
voters of
such
the
municipality at any general election or any special election called for such
purpose the question of whether or not the municipality shall
be authorized to
establish charges
or rentals
for the use of sewer utilities. If a majority of the voters voting upon
such
the
question
shall
vote in favor
thereof
of the question,
then
such
the
municipality may by ordinance
or
resolution
establish
just and equitable rates of
charges
or rentals
to be paid to
such
the
municipality
for the use of
such
the
sewer utilities by every user whose premises are served by a connection to
such
the
sewer utilities
,
directly or indirectly.
For the purposes of this section the term, sewer
utilities, means any main, trunk, and service sewers; sanitary and storm sewers; and septic or
sewage treatment plants, drains, and manholes.