MR. VERGA of GLOUCESTER moves that the bill be amended by inserting after Section 7, the following section:

“Section 7A: Section 2Z of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended, in line 21, by inserting after the word “project” the following:

“And any project in which construction has been initiated and for 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.”