07 LC 28
3337
House
Bill 721
By:
Representative Holmes of the
61st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 36-60-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to a prohibition against a water supplier´s cut off of water to premises
because of indebtedness of prior owner, occupant, or lessee, records required,
and limited liens for unpaid charges for water, gas, sewerage service, or
electricity, so as to change certain provisions relating to limited liens for
unpaid charges for gas, sewerage service, or electricity; to repeal conflicting
laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 36-60-17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a
prohibition against a water supplier´s cut off of water to premises because
of indebtedness of prior owner, occupant, or lessee, records required, and
limited liens for unpaid charges for water, gas, sewerage service, or
electricity, is amended by revising subsection (d) as follows:
"(d)
A public or private supplier of gas, sewerage service, or electricity shall not
impose a lien against real property to secure unpaid charges for gas, sewerage
service, or electricity unless the owner of such real property is the person who
incurred the charges.
For purposes
of this subsection, the term 'sewerage' includes without limitation storm-water
runoff."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.