§ 32-7-141 — Sewage collection, treatment, and disposal

(1) For the purpose
of providing sewage collection, treatment, and disposal, a service authority has,
insofar as consistent with this article, any additional special powers applicable to
the provision of that specific service as provided in part 5 of article 4 of this title.
Any municipality as defined therein participating with the service authority shall
have the additional powers provided municipalities in part 5 of article 4 of this title.

(2) If the board finds that a sewer line connection is necessary for the
protection of the public health, and if the sewer line of the service authority are
within four hundred feet of the nearest property line of such premises, the board
may compel the owner of any business, dwelling, or other inhabited premises within
the service authority to connect such premises, in accordance with the applicable
plumbing code, to a sewer line. Notice to compel such connections shall be given to
such owner by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to make such
connection within twenty days after receipt of such notice, and if such connection
has not begun within such period and completed with reasonable diligence by such
owner, the board may thereupon make such connection, and the service authority
shall, upon completion, have a first and prior lien on the premises for the cost of
such connection. Such liens shall be enforced in accordance with the provisions of
section 32-7-117.

Legislative History

Source: L. 72: p. 479, � 1. C.R.S. 1963: � 89-25-41.