Post by daisy on Feb 10, 2010 20:52:21 GMT -5
Financial Obligation of Water and Sewer Infrastructure:
Forcing annexed property owners to pay for the infrastructure necessary for services they never even wanted or needed may be one of the most egregious and devastating aspects of the annexation law.
Costs imposed on property owners can exceed $20,000—for many property owners, these costs may be the difference between keeping their homes and losing them.
Municipalities initiate the annexations and therefore should be financially responsible for water and sewer infrastructure. Citizens should pay for reasonable tap fees only if they choose to connect to the system.
There is an excellent bill in the Senate, SB 494, which addresses many of these reforms. We ask that you work off of SB 494 in developing annexation reform.
stopncannexation.blogspot.com/
www.stopncannexation.com/
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Forcing annexed property owners to pay for the infrastructure necessary for services they never even wanted or needed may be one of the most egregious and devastating aspects of the annexation law.
Costs imposed on property owners can exceed $20,000—for many property owners, these costs may be the difference between keeping their homes and losing them.
Municipalities initiate the annexations and therefore should be financially responsible for water and sewer infrastructure. Citizens should pay for reasonable tap fees only if they choose to connect to the system.
There is an excellent bill in the Senate, SB 494, which addresses many of these reforms. We ask that you work off of SB 494 in developing annexation reform.
stopncannexation.blogspot.com/
www.stopncannexation.com/
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