SENATE DOCKET, NO. 646        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 433

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the Northeast Solid Waste Committee.

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. The North East Solid Waste Committee, established by Chapter 328 of the Acts of 1988, is hereby abolished, as provided in this act.  The effective date of abolishment shall be August 31, 2009 and, hereinafter, this date shall be referred to as the transfer date.

SECTION 2.  All valid liabilities of the North East Solid Waste Committee which are in force immediately before the transfer date shall be obligations of the commonwealth as of the transfer date.

SECTION 3.  All valid contracts of the North East Solid Waste Committee which are in force immediately before the transfer date shall be obligations of the commonwealth as of the transfer date and the commonwealth shall have authority to exercise all rights and enjoy all interests conferred upon the committee by said contracts except as may be otherwise provided in this chapter.

SECTION 4.  The secretary of administration and finance, in consultation with the comptroller, the state secretary, the judiciary and such other departments of the commonwealth as may be necessary or appropriate, shall make such plans and arrangements as may be necessary to ensure the effective transfer of the North East Solid Waste Committee functions to the commonwealth pursuant to this chapter.