H 2096 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act relative to wastewater treatment and disposal in the town of Provincetown

This bill authorizes the town of Provincetown to expand its sewer system to accommodate new connections and increase treatment capacity. It allows the town to charge assessments on properties that benefit from this expansion and to adjust annual sewer fees to ensure costs are distributed fairly among all users. Additionally, the legislation repeals a previous law from the year 2000 that restricted these actions. The changes take effect immediately upon the bill's passage.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Nov 2023
House Passage
Jan 2024
Senate Passage
Jan 2024
Signed into Law
Jan 2024
Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Signed Jan 31, 2024
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Jan 31, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2024
executive
Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Enacted and laid before the Governor
upper
Jan 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Enacted
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
upper
Nov 15, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third and passed to be engrossed
lower
Nov 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
lower
Oct 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
lower
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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