(A) The rates and charges shall be prepared and billed by the town and shall be collected in the manner provided by law and ordinance. The rates and charges may be billed to the tenant or tenants occupying the property served unless requested in writing by the owners, but such billing shall in no way release the owners from liability in the event payment is not made as herein required. The owners of properties served which are occupied by tenants shall have the right to examine the collection records of the town for the purpose of determining whether such rates and charges have been paid by such tenants, provided that such examination shall be at the office in which said records are kept and during the hours that the office is open for business.
(B) Billing for sewage rates and charges shall be made monthly, and such rates and charges, except as hereinbefore provided, shall, in the case of metered premises, be based upon the quantity of water used on or in the property or premises as the same is measured by the water meter therein used, and said metered water usage shall be determined from the meter readings as furnished by the water utility serving the town.
('83 Code, § 4-3 I. C. 4.)