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§ 50.01 UTILITY BILLS.
   (A)   Meter readings will be taken on the twenty-fifth day of each month, and payments will be due by the tenth of the following month.
   (B)   Bills not paid by the twentieth day of the month in which they become due shall become subject to a late fee, and bills not paid by the thirtieth day of the month in which they become due shall be deemed to be delinquent. Upon being deemed to be delinquent, as herein defined, the municipality may discontinue the appropriate service pursuant to the provisions of § 50.02. Once discontinued, service shall not be recommenced except upon payment in full of the delinquent charges and upon further payment of a reconnection fee. The amount of the late fee and of the reconnection fee shall be set by the governing body and placed on file in the office of the Municipal Clerk-Treasurer. The municipality may also take any action authorized by law to effect collection of the delinquent charges.
(Prior Code, § 3-301) (Ord. 2012-7, passed 7-10-2012)
§ 50.02 DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE; NOTICE PROCEDURE.
   (A)   For the purpose of this section, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
      DOMESTIC SUBSCRIBER. Shall not include municipalities, cities, villages, political subdivisions, companies, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies or businesses of any nature.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1602)
   (B)   No utility owned and operated by the village furnishing water, natural gas or electricity at retail in the village shall discontinue service to any domestic subscriber for nonpayment of any past due account unless the utility first gives written notice by mail to any subscriber whose service is proposed to be terminated at least seven days prior to termination. As to any subscriber who has previously been identified as a welfare recipient to the utility by the Department of Health and Human Services, the notice shall be by certified mail, and notice of such proposed termination shall be given to the Department.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1603)
   (C)   Prior to the discontinuance of service to any domestic subscriber by a utility owned and operated by the village, the domestic subscriber, upon request, shall be provided a conference with the Board of Trustees. A utility owned and operated by the village shall not be subject to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-1608 through 70-1614, but the Board of Trustees shall establish a procedure to resolve utility bills when a conference is requested by a domestic subscriber. The procedure shall be in writing and a copy of such procedure shall be furnished upon the request of any domestic subscriber. The Board of Trustees shall notify the domestic subscriber of the time, place and date scheduled for such conference.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1604)
   (D)   The utility shall establish a third-party notice procedure for the notification of a designated third party of any proposed discontinuance of service and shall advise its subscribers, including new subscribers, of the availability of such procedures.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1607)
   (E)   This section shall not apply to any disconnections or interruptions of services made necessary by the utility for reasons of repair or maintenance or to protect the health or safety of the domestic subscriber or of the general public.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1615)
§ 50.03 UNAUTHORIZED RECONNECTIONS PROHIBITED; EVIDENCE.
   (A)   When water service has been disconnected pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-1601 through 70-1615, or § 50.02, any person who reconnects such service without the knowledge and consent of the municipality shall be deemed guilty of an offense.
   (B)   Proof of existence of any reconnection as provided in this section shall be taken as prima facie evidence of the guilt of the person in possession of the premises where such reconnection is proved to exist.
(Prior Code, § 3-303) Penalty, see § 50.99
Statutory reference:
   Similar provisions, see Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 86-329 through 86-331
§ 50.04 DELINQUENT UTILITY CHARGES; LIEN; CIVIL ACTION.
   (A)   All water rates, taxes or rent assessed by the Board of Trustees shall be a lien upon the premises or real estate, upon or for which the same is used or supplied; and such taxes, rents or rates shall be paid and collected and such lien enforced in such manner as the Board of Trustees shall by ordinance direct and provide.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-538)
   (B)   All sewer charges established by the Board of Trustees shall be a lien upon the premises or real estate for which such water is used or supplied. Such lien shall be enforced in such manner as the Board or Trustees provides by ordinance.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-925.01)
   (C)   If the service charge established by the Board of Trustees for the use of any village sewage disposal plant and sewerage system is not paid when due, such sum may be recovered by the village in a civil action or it may be certified to the County Assessor and assessed against the premises served and collected or returned in the same manner as other village taxes are certified, assessed, collected and returned.
(Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-503)
   (D)   Unless the Board of Trustees otherwise provides, on June 1 of each year, the Village Clerk-Treasurer shall report to the Board a list of all unpaid accounts due for utilities service together with a description of the premises served. If the Board approves the report, the Clerk-Treasurer shall certify the report to the County Clerk to be collected as a special tax in the manner provided by law.
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