Sec. 1. 33 MRSA §593-A is enacted to read:

§593-A.__Utility billing for time-share estates

Notwithstanding section 593, subsection 2, when a sanitary district provides sewer services to time-share units, the managing entity may collect and receive money from the time-share owners for the purpose of paying the sewer user fees.

If required by the sanitary district through its duly enacted billing policy or ordinance, the managing entity shall collect and receive money from the time-share owners for the purpose of paying to the district the sewer user fees for the time-share estates.

The sanitary district shall provide the managing entity a combined or total sewer bill and any additional information that may be reasonably useful for the managing entity to allocate the cost of sewer service to the time-share owners.

In addition to the collection provisions of Title 38, section 1202, a lien for unpaid sewer services for time-share estates may also be enforced under the provisions of section 594.

SUMMARY

This bill allows sanitary districts to use the same process used by municipalities to collect real estate taxes from time- share estates when the districts collect charges levied against time-share estates.