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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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