Bill H.4310 187th (2011 - 2012)

The following Sections shall be added to Chapter 250 of the Acts of 2006:



Section 3. The Board of Sewer Commissioners shall have the sole authority to establish a program by which it may purchase sewer capacity that has been previously allocated to a vacant parcel and for which a betterment has been assessed but which has not been utilized. The Board of Sewer Commissioners shall have the sole authority to reallocate any capacity purchased through an established capacity purchase program in accordance with its standard methods for allocation.



Section 4. The Board of Sewer Commissioners may establish a fund for the deposit of money received for the purchase of sewer capacity under the sewer capacity purchase program. The Board of Sewer Commissioners may expend money from said fund, or from any other legal funding sources, for the purchase of sewer capacity under the sewer capacity purchase program without further appropriation.



Section 5. At such time as the Board of Sewer Commissioners establishes a sewer capacity purchase program, it shall adopt rules and regulations for the effective administration of the program.



Section 6. Sections 3 and 4 shall take effect upon passage.



provided, that the General Court may reasonably vary the form and substance of the requested legislation within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.