By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate,
No. 2446) of Bruce E. Tarr and Bradford Hill (by vote of
the town) for legislation relative to the operation of the
sewer system of the town of Ipswich. Municipalities and |
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 2 of Section 83 of
the Acts of 1999 is hereby rescinded.
SECTION 2. Section 7 of Chapter 30 of
the Acts of 1946 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:
“Notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence to the contrary, if the
owners of not less than 66 2/3 per cent of the land abutting a proposed sewer
project, calculated on a basis consistent with the determined method of
betterment of those lots to be served by said project, in accordance with
Massachusetts General Laws, Chpater 83, Section 15,
petition the sewer commissioners for construction of an extension of the sewer
system subject to betterment, the sewer commissioners may assess betterments up
to 100 per cent of the cost of such extension to the sewer system.”
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect
upon its passage.
