§ 50-49. Maintenance charges.

Said county authority shall be authorized to charge a reasonable sum for the maintenance of any of said improvements after the original cost of construction has been assessed in the manner provided by this article. Such maintenance cost may be distributed and assessed against the property in the same manner that the original cost of construction is authorized to be assessed by this article. Such maintenance cost may be charged and assessed by charging a flat rate for each service connection to be provided for by regulation adopted by the county authority taking into consideration the kind of building or other improvements to be served or said county in its discretion may levy an annual maintenance charge to be prorated among the property owners benefited by said improvements on such equitable basis as the members of said county authority may deem advisable. Such board of commissioners or other county authority is authorized to provide by regulation the method and manner of collecting such maintenance charges and for the issuance of executions therefor and for the sale of property thereunder in the event of failure of the property owner to pay such cost.

(1949 Ga. Laws (Act No. 334), page 1423, § 18)