§ 32-91. When service charge billings are due; penalties for delinquency.

(a)

Water and sewer charges for service rendered by the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (hereinafter called "Department") shall be billed to customers for such reasonable periods as the County Manager may from time to time establish. If such charges are not fully paid by said customers on or before the past due dates set forth on customers' bills, a ten (10) percent late charge may be added to the water and sewer bill and imposed upon the customer by the Department in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Manager. Unpaid balances of said customers for such charges and late charges shall be subject to an interest charge at the rate of eight (8) percent per annum. Imposition of said interest charge shall commence sixty (60) days after the final bill date for water and sewer charges.

(b)

Water and sewer charges and late charges, together with any interest charges, shall be debts due and owing the Department and all of same shall be recoverable by the County or its assignee, on behalf of the Department, in any court of competent jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 84-10, § 1, 2-7-84; Ord. No. 08-22, § 1, 2-7-08)