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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Manny Cruz

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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 payments in lieu of taxes by the South Essex Sewerage District in the city of Salem.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4300        FILED ON: 1/22/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act providing for payments in lieu of taxes by the South Essex Sewerage District in the city of Salem.

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 7 of chapter 339 of the acts of 1925 is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph, added by chapter 116 of the acts of 1993, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: -

Said district shall pay to the city of Salem an annual payment in lieu of taxes for all lands, facilities and other property of said district within said city in accordance with the following schedule: on July first, two thousand twenty-five the sum of six hundred thousand dollars; on July first, two thousand twenty-six the sum of seven hundred thousand dollars; on July first, two thousand twenty-seven the sum of eight hundred thousand dollars; on July first, two thousand twenty-eight the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars; on July first, two thousand twenty-nine the sum of one million dollars. Thereafter, on July first, commencing in two thousand thirty, the annual payment in lieu of tax payment to the city of Salem shall increase by the prior year’s average increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the Boston area, but in no event less than two percent over and above the prior year payment. Such annual payments shall be assessed by the district against, and such assessment shall be paid by, all members of the district with the exception of the city of Salem, such payments to be apportioned among such members in the same ration as the yearly flow of sewage each such member bears to the yearly combined flow of sewage of the district.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect as of the first day of July, two thousand twenty-five.