B.__In accordance with a municipal fire district ordinance enacted by a municipality pursuant to section 3158.

The municipalities shall commit their assessments to the constables or collectors of the municipalities.__The constable or collector has all the authority and powers to collect these taxes or service charges as is vested by law to collect state, county and municipal taxes.__Within 30 days after the date fixed by the municipality on which its taxes are due, the treasurer of the municipality shall pay the amount of the tax assessed under this section to the treasurer of the district.

2. Failure to pay. If the treasurer of a municipality fails to pay the sum assessed under this section, or fails to pay any part of the sum by the date set in the year in which the tax or service charge is levied, the treasurer of the district may issue a warrant for the amount of the tax or service charge, or so much of the tax as or service charge that remains unpaid, to the sheriff of the appropriate county, requiring the sheriff to levy the tax or service charge by distress and sale on real and personal property of any of the inhabitants of the municipality. The sheriff or a deputy shall execute the warrant.

SUMMARY

This bill authorizes municipalities to create municipal fire districts that may, by ordinance, charge service charges for fire protection. The bill also amends a statute to authorize municipalities to collect regional fire district service charges in addition to taxes.