Sec. 11. P&SL 1949, c. 211, §9, 2nd ¶ is amended to read:

The money set aside for the sinking fund shall must be devoted to the retirement of said the notes and bonds, and shall may not be used for no any other purposes, and shall must be invested in such securities as savings banks are allowed to hold.

Sec. 12. P&SL 1949, c. 211, §10, 2nd ¶, as enacted by P&SL 1987, c. 22, §7, is amended to read:

The rates may include a readiness-to-serve charge against owners or persons in possession, or against whom taxes are assessed, of all buildings or premises intended for human habitation or occupancy which that are accessible to sewers or drains of the district, but not actually connected to them, whether or not the buildings or premises are occupied. A building or premises shall be deemed to be are considered accessible to a sewer or drain of the district for purposes of this section if the building or premises, or any private sewer or drain directly or indirectly connected to it them or carrying waste water or commercial or industrial waste from it them, comes at any point within 100 300 feet of a sewer or drain of the district, provided that the owner of the building is not required to acquire any real property or easement in real property for the sole purpose of making the connection.

Sec. 13. P&SL 1949, c. 211, §10-A, 2nd ¶, as repealed and replaced by P&SL 1953, c. 92, §10, is amended to read:

The treasurer of the district shall have has the authority and power to collect the rates, and he is empowered to exercise the authority hereinafter set forth pursuant to this section in enforcing the collection of any rates due and payable to the district.

Sec. 14. P&SL 1949, c. 211, §10-A, 3rd ¶, as amended by P&SL 1965, c. 98, §4, is further amended to read:

In addition to other methods previously established by law for the collection of the rates, the lien herein created by this section may be enforced in the following manner. Whenever any When a rate has become becomes payable within 18 months preceding the first day of January of any year and remains unpaid, the treasurer may, during the month of January, give to the person against whom the rate is assessed or real estate owner or leave at his the last and usual place of abode, or send by registered