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 the provisions of chapter 338 of the acts
of 1913,
or any other general or special law to the contrary, the Rockland sewer
commission is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement for the disposal of
sewage emanating from a certain parcel of land in the town of Norwell, as
identified in a deed dated February 28, 1992, recorded at the Plymouth county
registry of deeds in book 10787, page 177, and known and numbered as 141
Longwater Drive in said town, which parcel is hereinafter referred to as
"the
property".
SECTION 2.
Said agreement may allow for the use of the system of
sewer
mains, or
any portion thereof, belonging to the town of Rockland. The agreement may be
entered into at a time, on such terms and conditions as herein stated or
as
deemed to be in the best interests of said town as determined by the
Rockland sewer commission.
SECTION 3.
The owner of the property shall pay all or a portion of
the
costs, charges, and fees arising from or incidental to the use of the mains,
pump stations, treatment works and other facilities and services provided by
the
town of Rockland, including:
(a) all planning, engineering, procurement, construction costs, and fees for
the
design, redesign or upgrading of the mains, pump stations and facilities of the
Rockland sewer system that may be necessary to carry sewage flow from the
property;
(b) all planning, engineering, procurement and facilities of any kind for
the
design and construction of the particular drains and mains laid from the
property to the mains in said town;
(c) obtaining all easements or other rights in land and all necessary
permits and
approvals required for laying of the drains and mains to transport waste water
from the property to the mains of said sewer system and maintaining the
same for the term of the connection agreement;
(d) all legal, engineering or other costs and fees incurred by said
sewer
commission or said town in connection with or arising out of the
preparation of said agreement, including the negotiation thereof, and for the
preparation for, connection with, and operation of the connection from the
property to said sewer system;
(e) all periodic user fees for the operation of the connection and treatment
of
sewage provided pursuant to the agreement contemplated in this act, as
determined
from time to time by said sewer commission.
Approved April 14, 1999.