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H 3654 <br />Chapter <br />of the ,Acts of 2026 <br />T H M C O M M O N W EA L T is O F M A S S A C H U S E T T S <br />Sn the One Hundred and Eighty -,Ninth General Court <br />AN ACP REGULATING SEWER HETTERMMNT ,ASSESSMENTS XN THE COMMONWEALTH. <br />Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat it <br />purpose, which is to authorize forthwith cities and towns to collect interes <br />an unpaid sewer betterment assessments, therefore it is hereby declared to b <br />an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the publi <br />convenience. <br />Be zt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Coux <br />assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows.. <br />Chapter 83 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting afte <br />section x,58 the following 2 sections: - <br />Section 15C. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary <br />a city or town that accepts this section may assess and collect interest on a <br />unpaid balance of a sewer betterment assessment at a rate up to 2 per cen <br />above the net rate of interest chargeable to the city or town for the project <br />to which the assessment relates. <br />Seation 15D. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, <br />a city or town that accepts this section may apportion all future sewer <br />assessments or unpaid balances Of assessments over a period not to exceed 31 <br />years, and may structure the payments so that the amounts payable in the <br />several years for principal and interest combined are as nearly equal a; <br />practicable. These equal payments may be further apportioned and collected b7 <br />the city or town on quarterly tax bills at the option of the city or town. A, <br />owner of land assessed may pay the total remaining principal amount due <br />without a prepayment penalty. <br />House of Representatives, January'4 , 2016. <br />Preamble adopted, q%��� , Speaker. <br />Xu Sena e, January (0 <br />Preamble adopted, %� President. <br />Rouse a at' s 2016. <br />Bill, passed -to be enacted, Speaker. <br />I Se; a January It , 2016, <br />Bill passed to be enacted, President. <br />2016. <br />Approved, <br />at o l clolck and %...minutes, M. <br />�✓-� � gvernoT. <br />