Pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-141-16, delinquent charges for water shall be a lien upon
the premises as provided by the aforesaid statute. Whenever a bill for water service
becomes delinquent, as provided hereinabove, the city administrator or his/her designee
may file with the Recorder of Effingham County a notice of lien in the statutory form.
If the water customer whose bill is unpaid is not the owner of the premises, and the
city administrator has notice of this, notice shall be mailed to the owner of the
premises, if his address is known to the utility billing office, prior to the filing
of the lien. The failure of the city administrator or his/her designee to record such
notice of lien or to mail such notice or the failure of the owner to receive such
notice, shall not affect the city's right to foreclose the lien for the unpaid water
bills as provided by law. In addition, pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-141-16, the city administrator
may direct the city attorney to sue a customer for delinquent service bills, plus
attorney fees.
(Ord. No. 52-2001, § II, 5-1-2001; Ord. No. 54-2008, § II, 8-5-2008; Ord. No. 23-2012,
§ XV, 5-15-2012)
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