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H2250 • 2025

An Act dissolving the Whately Water District

An Act dissolving the Whately Water District

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Sponsor
Blais, Natalie M.
Last action
2025-09-11
Official status
Referred to Senate Committee on Rules
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act dissolving the Whately Water District

An Act dissolving the Whately Water District By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act dissolving the Whately Water District By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 2250) of Natalie M.
  • Blais for legislation to dissolve the Whately Water District.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-09-11 Senate

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  2. 2025-09-08 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  3. 2025-07-31 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  4. 2025-07-31 House

    Rules suspended

  5. 2025-07-31 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  6. 2025-07-16 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee as changed and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  7. 2025-05-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  8. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

  9. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act dissolving the Whately Water District
By Representative Blais of Deerfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2250) of Natalie M. Blais for legislation to dissolve the Whately Water District. Municipalities and Regional Government.
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Rules

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.2250

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of the Whately Water District, established by chapter 433 of the acts of 1971, may convey any real estate or interest in real estate owned or controlled by the district. The proceeds of such sale shall be used to reimburse customers of the district previously served by the district’s well sources and are now served by the town of Whately water department for the connection to such town service.

SECTION 2. The Whately Water District and its board of water commissioners, established by chapter 433 of the acts of 1971, are hereby dissolved. The tenure of all water commissioners shall be terminated on the effective date of this section.

SECTION 3. Section 2 shall take effect upon the completion of the sale of all real estate interests owned or controlled by the district and the distribution of the proceeds of such sale pursuant to section 1.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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