The city manager shall file a statement of such expenses incurred under section
8.06.002 hereof, as the case may be, giving the amount of such expenses and the date on which said work was done or improvements made, with the county clerk, and the city shall have a privileged lien on such lot or lots or real estate upon which said work was done or adjacent to any street which shall be cleared or any work done under this article in accordance with the provisions of Health and Safety Code, section 342.007, which lien shall be second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements, and said amount shall bear ten percent (10%) interest from the date said statement was filed. It is further provided that for any such expenditures, and interest, as aforesaid, suit may be instituted and recovery and foreclosure of said lien may be had in the name of the city, and the statement of expenses so made, as aforesaid, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie proof of the amount expended for such work or improvements.
(2001 Code, sec. 12.503)