Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the district treasurer of the Mashpee Water District may retain such funds as have been deposited or invested on behalf of any person entitled to damages awarded pursuant to section six of chapter seventy-nine of the General Laws and shall not be required to transfer said funds to the state treasurer pursuant to chapter two hundred A of the General Laws where the name of said person could not be determined after reasonable investigation, including publication of the name and last known address of the person so entitled at least once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the town of Mashpee. Said water district may, by majority of voters present at an annual or special meeting, vote to authorize the district treasurer to transfer said funds to the district stabilization fund for future appropriation for capital expenditures.