Amendment ID: S2834-6

Amendment 6

Eliminating the MWRA Entrance Fee for communities in need

Messrs. Tarr and Keenan move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following new section:-

SECTION __. Section 8(d) of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1984, as amended by Chapter 274 of the Acts of 2010, is hereby amended, by inserting after the words “provided further that no new local body will be added to the water service area without prior approval of the governor and the general court”, the following new sentence:-

“The Authority shall not charge an entrance fee for any applicant communities that show that they are seeking admission to or additional water supply from the Authority because their local sources are impacted by water quality issues, their water supply is located in a stressed basin, or local economic development is significantly constrained by their existing water supply.”