§ 34 — Collection

Annually on or before the first day of February, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member of municipality, requiring that the amount of the tax be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative body of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasury for the amount of the tax, and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of the order in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any tax assessed against it by the District, it shall incur a penalty of eight percent of the amount due plus interest at the rate of one percent per month. The penalty and interest, together with the amount due, court costs, and reasonable attorney’s fees of the District, may be recovered by the District in a civil action under this section.

Legislative History

(Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)