130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by the House Ways and Means Committee

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998
Sub. H. B. No. 244

REPRESENTATIVES VAN VYVEN-BRADING-CORBIN-MOTTLEY-SCHULER-SCHURING- TAYLOR-TERWILLEGER


A BILL
To enact sections 319.281 and 3709.091 of the Revised Code to require that the county auditor place on the general tax list and duplicate as a lien on real property any unpaid operation permit or inspection fee for a household sewage disposal system.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:


Section 1. That sections 319.281 and 3709.091 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 319.281. THE COUNTY AUDITOR SHALL PLACE ON THE GENERAL TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE COMPILED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 319.28 OF THE REVISED CODE THE AMOUNT OF ANY UNPAID OPERATION PERMIT OR INSPECTION FEE FOR A HOUSEHOLD SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM, TOGETHER WITH ANY ACCRUED PENALTIES FOR LATE PAYMENT AND ANY FEE CHARGED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR PLACING THE AMOUNT ON THE GENERAL TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE AND FOR THE EXPENSES OF ITS COLLECTION, CERTIFIED BY THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER OF A CITY OR GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3709.091 OF THE REVISED CODE. THE AMOUNT OF THE UNPAID FEE PLACED ON THE GENERAL TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE SHALL BE A LIEN ON THE REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH THE HOUSEHOLD SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM IS LOCATED FROM THE DATE THE AMOUNT WAS PLACED ON THE TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE, AND SHALL BE CHARGED AND COLLECTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS TAXES ON THE LIST.

Sec. 3709.091. (A) AS USED IN THIS SECTION:

(1) "HOUSEHOLD SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM" MEANS ANY SEWAGE DISPOSAL OR TREATMENT SYSTEM, OR PART THEREOF, FOR A SINGLE-FAMILY, TWO-FAMILY, OR THREE-FAMILY DWELLING THAT RECEIVES SEWAGE.

(2) "SEWAGE" MEANS ANY LIQUID WASTE CONTAINING ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE MATTER IN SUSPENSION OR SOLUTION FROM WATER CLOSETS, URINALS, LAVATORIES, BATHTUBS, LAUNDRY TUBS OR DEVICES, FLOOR DRAINS, DRINKING FOUNTAINS, OR OTHER SANITARY FIXTURES, AND MAY INCLUDE LIQUID CONTAINING CHEMICALS IN SOLUTION.

(B) IF ANY OWNER, LEASEHOLDER, OR ASSIGNEE OF REAL PROPERTY FAILS TO PAY A FEE AS REQUIRED BY RULE OF A BOARD OF HEALTH OF A CITY OR GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3709.09 OF THE REVISED CODE FOR AN OPERATION PERMIT FOR, OR FOR INSPECTION OF, A HOUSEHOLD SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM LOCATED ON THE REAL PROPERTY, THE HEALTH COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OR GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT OR THE COMMISSIONER'S DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE MAY DO EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

(1) CERTIFY, ON OR BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER, THE AMOUNT OF THE UNPAID FEE, TOGETHER WITH ANY ACCRUED PENALTIES FOR LATE PAYMENT AND ANY FEE CHARGED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR PLACING THE AMOUNT ON THE GENERAL TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE AND FOR THE EXPENSES OF ITS COLLECTION, TO THE COUNTY AUDITOR TO BE PLACED ON THE GENERAL TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 319.281 OF THE REVISED CODE;

(2) COLLECT THE AMOUNT OF THE UNPAID FEE, TOGETHER WITH ANY ACCRUED PENALTIES FOR LATE PAYMENT AND ANY FEE CHARGED BY THE COUNTY AUDITOR FOR PLACING THE AMOUNT ON THE GENERAL TAX LIST AND DUPLICATE AND FOR THE EXPENSES OF ITS COLLECTION, FROM THE OWNER, LEASEHOLDER, OR ASSIGNEE OF THE REAL PROPERTY WHO IS LIABLE FOR ITS PAYMENT, BY FILING A CIVIL ACTION AGAINST THE OWNER, LEASEHOLDER, OR ASSIGNEE IN THE NAME OF THE CITY OR GENERAL HEALTH DISTRICT.

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