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AUG- a 71994 E �. collection. She felt the citizens should have the option of taking their trash to the transfer stations and separating it there. Referring to the notice of non -ad valorem assessment that was sent out by Property Appraiser David Nolte, she noted that it states, "Please understand that these assessments when billed, will have to be paid. If they are are not, a tax certificate will be sold and you could lose title to your property." She asked if it would be the same for the mandatory collection charge, and Chairman Eggert advised that basically it will be the same thing. Attorney Vitunac explained that you will be sent a bill monthly or quarterly which you have to pay, If you don't pay, the County will either take you to court and get a lien on your property or will take you to criminal court or to one of the environmental control boards. Some way or another, the County will take action against those who do not pay the mandatory collection bill. This will be different than the SWDD assessment for the Landfill, which is automatically collected by the Tax Collector. It will be a different procedure, but the end result is the same -- you stand to lose your house. Mrs. Park quoted from a copy of a newspaper article dated April 11, 1990 about Flagler County asking the Attorney General for a specific ruling on whether liens can be placed on homes for non-payment of these charges. The bottom line is that Attorney General Butterworth ruled that the garbage collection fee would appear to be a service charge and could not be placed on the ad valorem tax roll. He also said that they do not qualify as non ad valorem assessments enforceable as a tax against property. Attorney Vitunac explained that the problem in Flagler County was that they were charging varying amounts based on volume and putting monthly bills on the tax bill. That is illegal. We know that, and we are not doing that. Our procedure has been approved by our Tax Collector and our Property 30