§ 70-36. Collections and penalties.

(a)

A $10.00 late fee shall be assessed to any sanitation service customer who fails to pay a monthly service charge within 30 days after it is due.

(b)

The failure of any sanitation and/or sewer service customer within the city limits to pay the monthly sanitation and/or sewer charge within 30 days after it is due may also subject the customer to, in addition to the late fees set forth hereinabove, discontinuation of water service in accordance with the intergovernmental agreement entered into between the Town of Ball and Waterworks District Number 3. If water service is disconnected, the customer shall be responsible for, and in addition to any applicable late fees and outstanding charges, a $40.00 disconnection fee, which shall be paid prior to reconnection of water service.

(c)

The failure of any sanitation service customer, whether inside the town limits or not, to pay the gross amount due after 60 days of due date may also result in cessation of sanitation service to that customer.

(d)

Upon termination of waste collection services due to non-payment of fees, the municipality shall have, when duly recorded in the parish records, a lien and privilege upon the real property of such owners as listed on the property tax rolls for the reimbursement of such expenses including attorney's fees, and such amount shall be carried as an assessment against the property upon the tax rolls and may be collected in the same manner as are all taxes of the town.

(e)

In addition to the remedies set forth hereinabove, the municipality reserves all rights afforded to it under state law to collect those amounts owed to it due to delinquent accounts.

(f)

When solid waste collection services are withheld to a unit by the municipality because of nonpayment of fees due, it shall be the duty of the customer to have the solid waste removed from the premises weekly and to see that no undue accumulation has occurred. Failure to do so is hereby deemed to be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $500.00 or imprisonment for up to six months, or both.

(Ord. No. 130-1997, § 11, 12-16-1997; Ord. No. 133-97, § 11, 12-16-1997; Ord. No. 131-97a, § 1, 11-17-1998; Ord. No. 285-2012, § II, 12-11-2012)