H3899 • 2025

An Act authorizing reserved capacity billing in the town of Norfolk

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Sponsor: Vaughn, Marcus S.
Last action: 2025-10-23
Official status: Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act authorizing reserved capacity billing in the town of Norfolk

An Act authorizing reserved capacity billing in the town of Norfolk By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham and Senator Rausch, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act authorizing reserved capacity billing in the town of Norfolk By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham and Senator Rausch, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
3899) of Marcus S.
Vaughn (by vote of the town) relative to reserved capacity billing in the town of Norfolk.
Municipalities and Regional Government.

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Bill History

2025-10-23 Senate
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-10-06 Senate
Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2025-10-02 House
Read third and passed to be engrossed
2025-09-02 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-09-02 House
Rules suspended
2025-09-02 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-08-04 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-07-09 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1
2025-06-12 Senate
Senate concurred
2025-03-13 House
Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing reserved capacity billing in the town of Norfolk
By Representative Vaughn of Wrentham and Senator Rausch, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3899) of Marcus S. Vaughn (by vote of the town) relative to reserved capacity billing in the town of Norfolk. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.3899

SECTION 1. Section 4 of chapter 354 of the acts of 2022 is hereby amended by inserting after the “said chapter 83” the following words:-

“, or this act”

SECTION 2. Section 6 of said chapter 354 is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:-

“In addition, the select board of the town of Norfolk exercising the powers of a sewer commission may elect to assess and collect annual charges to all customers with reserve capacity for the Norfolk wastewater treatment plant on a pro rata basis, based upon such allocation of capacity, not whether a property is connected to a common sewer system or its actual use. The town shall have all collection remedies for such charges as it would for any rate or charge under sixteen A to sixteen F, inclusive of chapter 83.”

SECTION 3. Said chapter 354 is hereby amended by inserting the following new section:-

“SECTION 9A. A property owner may enter into an agreement to sell or transfer its allocation of capacity to another parcel of land located within the town center wastewater service area, subject to the approval of the select board exercising the powers of a sewer commission.”

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