Section 15750 - Elimination and abatement of larvae breeding places and liens(a) Authorization.-- (1) The county commissioners of counties of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class may eliminate breeding places of mosquitoes on private or public property within the county.(2) The county commissioners may provide for all acts, including entry upon private or public property, to carry out plans which, in the county commissioner's opinion and judgment through consultation with public health or veterinary officials, are deemed to be necessary for the preservation of human or animal health by the elimination of breeding places of mosquitoes or which will tend to exterminate disease-carrying mosquitoes within the county.(b) Public nuisance abatement.-- (1) Any water in which mosquito larvae breed is declared a public nuisance and subject to abatement.(2) If a breeding place exists on any lands in the county, other than meadow or marsh lands subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, which breeding place should, in the opinion of the county commissioners, be abated, the county commissioners shall, in writing, order the owner of the lands to abate the public nuisance within a reasonable period and in a manner to be specified in the order.(3) If the owner has failed to comply with an order at the expiration of the period under paragraph (2), or if the owner of the land cannot be ascertained or found, the county commissioners shall abate the public nuisance and may assess all or part of the cost of the abatement against the lands on which the breeding place exists. The county commissioners may file municipal liens for the assessments within the time and in the manner provided by law, to be subject in all respects to the general law providing for the filing and recovery of municipal liens.Added by P.L. (number not assigned at time of publication) 2024 No. 14,§ 4, eff. 7/8/2024.