Pursuant to Village Law § 11-1118, the Water Board shall, subject to resolution of the Village Board, establish a scale of rents for use of water and shall file a schedule of such water rents in the office of the Village Clerk.
A. 
Bills for water rents shall be due and payable semiannually on the first day of June and on the first day of December, at the Office of the Village Treasurer or authorized agent, except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. To all bills not paid within 45 days thereafter, a penalty of 10% will be added.
[Amended 9-7-2021 by L.L. No. 4-2021]
B. 
The Village Clerk shall annually certify the amounts of all unpaid water charges, including penalties, computed to the first day and month following the month in which the fiscal year commences. The Clerk shall present such certificate to the Board of Trustees and enter the certificate in the minutes of the meeting. The Board of Trustees shall levy such amounts against the real property liable therefor as a part of the annual Village tax levy, setting forth such amounts in separate columns in the annual tax roll. The amounts so levied shall be collected and enforced in the same manner and at the same time as provided by law for the collection of Village taxes.
C. 
Water rents shall be a lien and shall be prior and superior to every other lien or claim except the lien of any existing tax, assessment or other lawful charge imposed by or for the state or a political subdivision or district.