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§ 3502. Powers

§ 3502. Powers A municipal corporation may construct, maintain, operate, and repair a sewage system and take, purchase, and acquire, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, real estate and easements necessary for its purposes, and enter in and upon any land for the purpose of making surveys, and lay pipes and sewers and connect the same […]

§ 3503. Contracts for service

§ 3503. Contracts for service Such municipal corporation may contract with the State, the federal government or any appropriate agency thereof, any town, city, or village, any corporation, and individuals to make disposal of domestic or stormwater sewage for such other town, city, village, corporation, or individuals.

§ 3504. Charges, enforcement

§ 3504. Charges, enforcement (a) The property owner or group of property owners using the sewage system shall be liable for the rent fixed as provided by sections 3507, 3615, and 3616 of this title. The charges, rates, or rents for such sewage system shall be a lien upon the real estate furnished with such […]

§ 3506. Commissioners

§ 3506. Commissioners (a) Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this section, the selectboard of a town, the trustees of a village, the prudential committee of a fire or lighting district, or the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, shall constitute a board of sewage system commissioners. (b) The legislative body […]

§ 3507. Duties

§ 3507. Duties (a) Such sewage system commissioners shall have the supervision of such municipal sewage system and shall make and establish all needed rates for rent, with rules and regulations for its control and operation. Such commissioners may appoint or remove a superintendent at their pleasure. The rents and receipts for the use of […]

§ 3508. Construction

§ 3508. Construction Sections 3603-3610, 3613, 3615, 3617, and 3618 of this title, relating to entry on lands, compensation, record, bonds, rents, ordinances, and meetings are adopted as a part of this chapter as fully as though herein set forth. (Amended 1959, No. 207, § 1.)

§ 3509. Sewers and plumbing; orders

§ 3509. Sewers and plumbing; orders The sewage commissioners may require the owners of buildings, subdivisions, or developments abutting on a public street or highway to have all sewers from those buildings, subdivisions, or developments connected to the municipal corporation’s sewage system. (Added 1989, No. 45, § 3.)