Section 12811.1.

(a) A district, by resolution or ordinance, may require the owner of record of real property within the district to pay the fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges for services rendered to a lessee, tenant, or subtenant, and those fees, tolls, rates, rentals, and other charges that have become delinquent, together with interest and penalties thereon, are a lien on the property when a certificate is filed in the office of the county recorder pursuant to subdivision (b) and the lien has the force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien. A lien shall not be created under this section on any publicly owned property.

(b) A lien under this section attaches when the district files for recordation in the office of the county recorder a certificate specifying the amount of the delinquent fees, tolls, rates, rentals, or other charges together with interest and penalties thereon; the name of the owner of record of the property to which services were rendered by the district; and the legal description of the property. Within 30 days of receipt of payment of all amounts due, including recordation fees paid by the district, the district shall file for recordation a release of the lien.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 6103 and 27383 of the Government Code, in filing any instrument, paper, or notice pursuant to this section, the district shall pay all applicable recording fees prescribed by law.

(d) The remedies in this section are in addition to any other remedy provided by law.

(e) This section does not apply to delinquent fees or charges for the furnishing of water or sewer service to residential property or electrical service.

(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2016.

(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 485, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2011. Section operative January 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)