A LIEN ON YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN CREATED BY THE

............ WATER DISTRICT.

TO: ............

You are the party named on the Water Lien Certificate filed on ............, 20.. and recorded in Book ....., Page .... in the ....... County Registry of Deeds. This ......... Water District filing created a lien mortgage on the real estate described in the Water Lien Certificate.

On ........., 20.., the water lien mortgage will be foreclosed and your right to redeem the mortgage and recover your property by paying the district's charges and interest that are owed will expire.

IF THE LIEN FORECLOSES,

THE ......... WATER DISTRICT WILL OWN

YOUR PROPERTY, SUBJECT ONLY TO

SANITARY DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL TAX LIENS.

If you can not pay the outstanding charges, costs and interest that are the subject of this notice or the subject of installment payment arrangements that you have made with the district, please contact me immediately to discuss this notice.

....................

District Treasurer

SUMMARY

This bill expands current law with regard to the collection of unpaid water utility rates. Currently, water districts created by private and special law have a lien on property served by the district to secure payment of unpaid rates. This bill provides that all consumer-owned water utilities, which includes municipal water departments, have such liens.

The bill preserves current law that provides that when a landlord has applied for and is granted water utility service to a multiunit residential rental property, a water utility, which includes any private water company or public water district or municipal water department, has a lien on the property and on any interest the landlord has in the multiunit residential rental property to secure payment for the water utility's service to that property.