Bill Text: MA S437 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Provide increased sewer rate relief
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-13 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means [S437 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S437-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Tarr, Bruce (SEN)
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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 passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to provide increased sewer rate relief
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Tarr, Bruce (SEN) |
First Essex and Middlesex |
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Richard R. Tisei |
Middlesex and Essex |
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Michael R. Knapik |
Second Hampden and Hampshire |
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Robert L. Hedlund |
Plymouth and Norfolk |
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Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
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F. Jay Barrows |
1st Bristol |
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Ann-Margaret Ferrante |
5th Essex |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. S00551 OF .]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to provide increased sewer rate relief.
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 2Z of Chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the word project in line 21 the following:-
“And any project in which construction has been initiated and for which completion has been scheduled in Fiscal Year 2009 or thereafter in which the total cost is greater than $8,000 per capita on a per resident basis as determined by the most recent United States census or any sewer system that experiences extraordinary rate increases due to a mandate pursuant to environmental laws and regulations.”
