The Town Treasurer may require of any prospective
consumer, whether such consumer is an individual, firm or corporation,
a deposit as set from time to time by the Town Council, which may
be applied toward payment of delinquent water bills or other charges
for which such customer may become liable to the Town under this chapter.
Water rates for water sold by the Town shall
be as determined from time to time by the Town Council, and a schedule
of the water rates so determined shall be maintained in current status
at all times in the offices of the Town Manager, the Town Clerk and
the Town Treasurer.
The Town Treasurer, as provided for in § 55
of the Town Charter, shall collect all water bills and all charges
made for furnishing and supplying water by the Town to its consumers.
If water services have been discontinued for
nonpayment of any bill, the service for water shall not be reconnected
until the bill has been paid in full to the Town Treasurer and, in
addition thereto, a reconnection charge paid as adopted from time
to time by the Town Council.
Every person convicted of a violation of any
provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided shall
be punished by a fine of not more than $2,500 or by a jail sentence
of not more than 12 months, either or both.