§ 226-43. Collection of charges for collection and disposal service.

(a)

In the event that the fees, rentals or other charges for the services and facilities of said waste collection and disposal system shall not be paid when due, the county may discontinue and shut off the supply of the services and facilities of said waste collection and disposal system to the person, firm, corporation or other body, public or private, so supplied with such services or facilities, until such fees, rentals or other charges, including interest, penalties and charges for the shutting off and discontinuance or the restoration of such services or facilities are fully paid, and for such purposes may enter on any lands, waters and premises of such person, firm, corporation, or other body, public or private, within or without the boundaries of the county. Such delinquent fees, rentals or other charges, together with interest penalties and charges for the shutting off and discontinuance or the restoration of such services or facilities, and reasonable attorneys' fees and other expenses, may be recovered by the county by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction. The county may also enforce payment of such delinquent fees, rentals, or other charges by any other lawful method of enforcement.

(b)

All such fees, rentals or other charges for the services and facilities of said waste collection and disposal system shall be and constitute liens upon the lands and premises served by such waste collection and disposal system, which liens shall be on a parity with the lien of state, county and municipal taxes, but shall be prior and superior to all other liens on such lands and premises. The county shall be obligated to diligently foreclose the lien of said fees, rentals or other charges which are delinquent and such liens may be foreclosed under the same mode and procedure provided by the laws of the State of Florida for the foreclosure of mortgages on real property.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 65-2357, § 13)