Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §1208, 2nd ¶, as amended by PL 1987, c. 548, is further amended to read:

The treasurer of the district shall have has full and complete authority and power to collect the rates, tolls, rents and other charges established under section 1202 and the same shall must be committed to him the treasurer. The treasurer may, after demand for payment, sue in the name of the district in a civil action for any rate, toll, rent or other charge remaining unpaid in any court of competent jurisdiction. In addition to other methods established by law for the collection of rates, tolls, rents and other charges, and without waiver of the right to sue for the same, the lien hereby created may be enforced in the following manner. The treasurer, when a rate, toll, rent or other charge has been committed to him the treasurer for collection, may, after the expiration of 3 months and within one year after the date when the same became due and payable, give to the owner of the real estate served, or leave at his the owner's last and usual place of abode, or send by certified mail, return receipt requested, to his the owner's last known address, a notice in writing signed by the treasurer or bearing his the treasurer's facsimile signature, stating the amount of that rate, toll, rent or other charge, describing the real estate upon which the lien is claimed and stating that a lien is claimed on the real estate to secure the payment of the rate, toll, rent or other charge and demanding the payment of the rate, toll, rent or other charge within 30 days after service or mailing, with $1 for the treasurer for mailing the notice together with the certified mail, return receipt requested, fee. The notice shall must contain a statement that the district is willing to arrange installment payments of the outstanding debt. For the purpose of this section, a mobile home is defined as real estate, and the lien must be placed on the mobile home and not on the land when the mobile home is located on the land of another person and the owner of the mobile home is obligated directly to pay the rates. After the expiration of a period of 30 days and within one year thereafter, the treasurer shall record in the registry of deeds of the county in which the property of such person is located a certificate signed by the treasurer setting forth the amount of such rate, toll, rent or other charge, describing the real estate on which the lien is claimed, and stating that a lien is claimed on the real estate to secure payment of the rate, toll, rent or other charge and that a notice and demand for payment of the same has been given or made in accordance with this section and stating further that such rate, toll, rent or other charge remains unpaid. At the time of the recording of any such certificate in the registry of deeds as provided, the treasurer shall file in the office of the district a true copy of such