Montgomery County                           2909

(c) Interest Penalties—Interest shall be collected for late pay-
ment on the full amount of the monthly invoices. Interest and
penalties imposed for failure to pay refuse disposal charges, which
are included on the tax bill, shall be applied in the same manner and
to the same extent as are other tax penalties. Interest for monthly
invoices or for charges on the tax bills shall be at the same interest
rate as then in effect for late payment of real property taxes.

87-28. Default in Payment.

Upon default in the payment of any refuse disposal charges the
following shall take place:

(a)    Default in payment of refuse disposal charges within fif-
teen (15) days of the date of monthly invoices rendered by the
County, shall result in having the posted collateral applied against
the amount due and in the immediate suspension of the privilege of
utilizing the County refuse disposal facilities by all vehicles of the
person, company or agency in default of payment until such time as
full payment including interest penalties have been received and all
or any portion of the collateral used to satisfy the outstanding
obligation has been redeposited with the Director of Finance.

(b)    For default in payment by any property owner billed for
refuse disposal on his tax bill, the property against which such
charges have been made shall be sold at tax sale in the same manner
as real property is sold for non-payment of taxes.

87-29. Refunds.

No refunds shall be made except for refuse disposal charges
billed and collected as part of the tax bill as herein provided below
or for mistake in computation of charges due. A property owner shall
pay the property tax bill, which includes refuse disposal charges,
in full, for the period billed. Refunds of refuse disposal charges
will not be made, except upon application of the property owner,
where the property is to be unoccupied for at least sixty (60)
consecutive days and no refuse is generated from the property for
such a period, and said property owner has given prior written
notification to the County seven (7) days prior to the absence. Such
notification shall be made a part of a request for a refund of refuse
collection service charge and shall indicate the dates for which refuse
collection and disposal services will not be required. Refunds may
not be made for shorter periods or without prior written notification.
Refunds will be pro-rated.

Sec. 4. The Council hereby declares that an emergency exists
and that this legislation is necessary for the immediate protection of
public health and safety. Therefore, this Act shall take effect on the
date on which it becomes law.

Effective: June 29, 1971