SENATE DOCKET, NO. 611        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 384

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Bruce E. Tarr

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act providing for increased sewer rate relief..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Bruce E. Tarr

 

Robert L. Hedlund

 

Ann-Margaret Ferrante

5th Essex


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 611        FILED ON: 1/19/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 384

By Mr. Tarr, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 384) of Ferrante, Tarr and Hedlund for legislation to provide increased sewer rate relief [Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture].

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 437 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act providing for increased sewer rate relief..

 

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

Section 2Z of Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004?Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word project in line 21 the following:- "And any project in which construction has been initiated and for which completion has been scheduled in Fiscal Year 2011 or thereafter in which the total cost is greater than $8,000 per capita on a per resident basis as determined by the most recent United States census or any sewer system that experiences extraordinary rate increases due to a mandate pursuant to environmental laws and regulations."