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(e) In the event the occupant(s) of any property or premises, having registered a municipal utility services account and transferred municipal utility services into their own name as tenant(s), thereafter quit or otherwise vacate the premises, then responsibility for future municipal utility services charges, including refuse charges, shall revert to the municipal utility services account of the property owner in accordance with section 39-16 of this Code. (f) In addition to all other civil remedies for collection of such indebtedness, in the event that the owner and occupant of the premises or property receiving refuse service are the same, then said civil debt against such customer or person shall be subject to special assessment and lien against said property in the manner provided in Sections 38790.1 and 25831 of the Government Code of the State of California. Establishment of a lien against the property shall remove said refuse charge(s) from the City's regular consolidated municipal utility services account/billing statement and toll the accrual of additional penalties therefore under this section and section 39-20 of this Code. (g) The city shall not disconnect water utility service for failure to pay the refuse service charge, unless such failure is accompanied by a customer's failure to pay the water utility service, in which case disconnection of water utility service shall be governed by article II of Chapter 39. (h) Charges for bin service, roll -off container service or for collection services more frequent or more extensive than that provided in this article for curbside service shall be paid directly to the city's solid waste collection contractor in accordance with such regulations as shall be established by contract or resolution of the city council. SECTION 12. Section 18-602 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended such that it reads in its entirety as follows: Sec. 18-602. - Persons obligated (a) The municipal utility services customer of record for each property, place or premises located in the City of Santa Ana, or person responsible to be registered for municipal utility services, including sanitation service charges, shall be liable for payment of all charges as set forth in this article, except to the extent reductions or refunds may be specifically authorized or directed by the executive director of public works or the executive director of finance, or their designees. The said sanitation service charges shall be billed as provided in section 39-20 of this Code as part of the City's regular consolidated municipal utility services account/billing statement but shall be listed as a separate line item on the municipal utility services account/billing statement. (b) In the event the occupant(s) of any property, place or premises having registered a municipal utility services account and transferred municipal utility services into their own name as tenant(s), thereafter quit or otherwise vacate the premises, then Ordinance No. NS -2921 Page 54 of 57