The district may not construct any sewer extension unless it first complies with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1252, subsections 7 and 9.

Sec. 2. P&SL 1955, c. 69, §18, as amended by P&SL 1961, c. 33, §2, is further amended to read:

Sec. 18. Lien for payment of rates. There shall be a A lien is claimed to secure the payment of rates established under section 17 and assessments established under section 17-A of this act and legally assessed on real estate within the district, which shall take takes precedence of all other claims on such real estate, excepting only claims for taxes.

The treasurer of the district shall have has the authority and power to sue for and collect the rates, tolls, rents, impact fees, assessments and charges, all of which shall be are committed to him the treasurer. In addition to other methods previously established by law for the collection of the rates, tolls, rents, impact fees, assessments and charges, the lien herein created in this section may be enforced in the following manner; provided, however, that in as long as when making the assessment commitment there shall be is a description of the real estate served by the several sewers of the district, sufficiently accurate to identify the real estate against which any of the several rates, tolls, impact fees, assessments and charges may be levied; the treasurer, when a rate, toll, impact fee, assessment or charge has been committed to him the treasurer for collection, may, after the expiration of 12 months and within 15 months after date of commitment to him the treasurer, in the case of a person resident in the town where the rate, toll or charge is assessed, give to the person against whom the same is assessed, or leave at his that person's last and usual place of abode, or send by certified mail to his that person's last known address, a notice