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:

SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 516 of the acts of 1969, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 628 of the acts of 1989, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 2, the word "twenty" and inserting in place thereof the following word:- thirty-five.

SECTION 2. Section 3A of said chapter 516, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the word "two" and inserting in place thereof the following word:- three.

SECTION 3. Section 5B of said chapter 516, as appearing in section 2 of said chapter 628, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 6, the word "ten" and inserting in place thereof the following word:- fifty-five.

SECTION 4. Section 5C of said chapter 516, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 8, the words "one hundred" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- two hundred and sixty.

SECTION 4A. The house ways and means committee is hereby authorized to study the capital needs and plans of the South Essex sewerage district. Said study shall include, but not be limited to, the needs as published and subsequently changed by said sewerage district and the discrepancies contained therein, the historical increases to said district's bonding authorization, the proposed construction spending as required by the consent decree in United States of America and Conservation Law Foundation v South Essex Sewerage District, et al, United States District Court Civil Action No. 83-2814-Y, any additional spending beyond said consent decree, and the proposed short-term and long-term financing mechanism.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.