An act prohibiting water, fire and other districts from shutting off water supplied to customers during the COVID-19 emergency.
Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020 is hereby amended by inserting after section 11 the following section:-
SECTION 11A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, as a result of the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, or the governor’s March 10, 2020 declaration of a state of emergency, a water or fire district or other district supplying water service shall not: (i) shut off water service to a customer for failure to pay a bill or any portion of a bill the district issued to a customer and (ii) the district shall not send communications that threaten to shut off water service to any of their customers for failure to pay a bill or any portion of a bill the district issued to a customer. The provisions of this section shall expire 90 days after the state of emergency in the commonwealth related to COVID-19 is lifted.
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