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Sec. 20. Notwithstanding any other law, the agency may fix, levy, or
collect any standby or availability charge or assessment in connection with
the provision of water service pursuant to the procedures set forth in the
Uniform Standby Charge Procedures Act (Chapter 12.4 (commencing with
Section 54984) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
Sec. 21. The agency may impose and collect capacity charges and
connection fees pursuant to Section 66013 of the Government Code.
Sec. 22. The agency may prescribe, by resolution or ordinance, that
when any capacity charges or connection fees adopted pursuant to this act
become due and are unpaid under and in accordance with the rules and
regulations concerning those charges and fees, the charges and fees may be
secured and collected in accordance with the procedures specified in Sections
23 and 24.
Sec. 23. The amount of any delinquent and unpaid capacity charges or
connection fees shall be collected with the annual taxes next levied upon
the property that is subject to the imposition of a capacity charge or
connection fee, and that amount constitutes a lien on that property as of the
same time and in the same manner as the tax lien securing annual property
taxes. If during the year preceding the date on which the first installment
of real property taxes that evidence the charges appears on the roll, any real
property to which the lien would attach has been transferred or conveyed
to a bona fide purchaser for value, or if a lien of a bona fide encumbrancer
for value has been created and attaches to the real property, the lien that
would otherwise be imposed by this section shall not be added to and become
part of the annual assessment and it shall not attach to the real property. A
county in which the agency is located shall deduct from the capacity charges
and connection fees collected by it an amount sufficient to compensate the
county for costs incurred in collecting the delinquent and unpaid capacity
charges and connection fees. The amount of that compensation shall be
fixed by agreement between the board of supervisors of the county and the
board of directors of the agency.
Sec. 24. (a) If delinquent and unpaid capacity charges or connection
fees are determined to exist by the agency, the amount of those charges or
fees may, in the discretion of the agency, be secured at any time by filing
for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the
real property is located a certificate specifying the amount of those charges
and fees and the name and address of the person liable for the delinquent
and unpaid charges or fees.
(b) From the time of recordation of the certificate, the amount required
to be paid, together with interest and penalties, constitutes a lien upon all
real property in the county owned by the person or later acquired before the
lien expires. The lien shall have the force, priority, and effect of a judgment
lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the filing of the
certificate, unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may,
within 10 years from the filing of the certificate or within 10 years from the
date of the last extension of the lien in the manner provided in this
subdivision, be extended by filing for record a new certificate. From the

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