AN ACT ABOLISHING THE TOWN OF HARDWICK SEWER COMMISSION AND DELEGATING TO THE SELECT BOARD CONTROL OVER THE HARDWICK SEWER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
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. Notwithstanding any general or special law or vote of the Hardwick town meeting to the contrary, the town of Hardwick sewer commission is hereby abolished and the tenure of any incumbent commissioner is hereby terminated.
SECTION 2. Upon the effective date of this act, the board of selectmen of the town of Hardwick shall have all the powers and duties of sewer commissioners provided for under any general or special law, town by-law or other applicable laws.
SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law or vote of the Hardwick town meeting to the contrary, the board of selectmen of the town of Hardwick shall have the authority to issue any approval required by any board, commission, committee or officer of the town, for the completion of the upgrade of the Gilbertville and Wheelwright Water Pollution Control Facilities and the Eagle Hill Pump Station and Force Main, as described in the letter of conditions for funding from the United States Department of Agriculture to the board of selectmen of the town of Hardwick, and the decision of the board of selectmen shall prevail over any conflicting decision of any other board, commission, committee or officer of the town; provided, however, that the authority conferred pursuant to this section shall cease upon final completion of the upgrade of the Gilbertville and Wheelwright Water Pollution Control Facilities and the Eagle Hill Pump Station and Force Main
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, January 4, 2023.