Amendment ID: S1981-6-R1

Redraft Amendment 6

Clarifying municipal authority

Mr. Eldridge moves to amend the bill by inserting the following section:-

SECTION XX.

SECTION 1. Chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after section 127P, the following section:-

Section 127Q.  Nothing in sections 127A to 127P, inclusive, shall be construed to preempt a municipality from adopting an ordinance or by-law requiring a cash surety from the owner or mortgagee of residential abandoned property, foreclosed property, or property that is being foreclosed upon; provided, however that the surety shall not exceed $5,000 per property and shall be used to ensure that the identified property complies with the state sanitary code.