2006 Kansas Code - 14-569

      14-569.   Same; collection of charges. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if any person, firm, corporation or other entity using the sewage disposal system neglects, fails or refuses to pay the charges fixed by the governing body, such person, firm, corporation or entity shall not be disconnected from the sewage disposal system or refused the use thereof, but the charges due therefor shall be certified by the city clerk to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located, to be placed on the tax roll for collection, subject to the same penalties and collected in like manner as other taxes are by law collectible, and shall become a lien upon the real property so served.

      (b)   The lien established by subsection (a) shall not apply whenever the use of the sewage disposal system has been contracted for by a tenant and not by a landlord or owner of the property affected.

      History:   L. 1953, ch. 117, § 4; L. 2004, ch. 107, § 3; L. 2005, ch. 90, § 3; July 1.