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S2652 • 2025

An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities

An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Dooner, Kelly A.
Last action
2026-05-14
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities

An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities By Mrs.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities By Mrs.
  • Dooner and Mr.
  • Thurber of Somerset, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No.
  • 2652) of Kelly A.

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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. 2026-05-14 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 80 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-05-07 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-05-04 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  5. 2026-02-09 House

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

  6. 2026-02-09 House

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-02-09 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  8. 2026-02-05 House

    Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  9. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  10. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  11. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-12-04 Senate

    Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  13. 2025-11-04 Joint

    Hearing rescheduled to 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-2 and Virtual Hearing location changed

  14. 2025-11-03 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 11/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in A-1

  15. 2025-10-20 House

    House concurred

  16. 2025-10-16 Senate

    Referred to the committee on Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities
By Mrs. Dooner and Mr. Thurber of Somerset, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2652) of Kelly A. Dooner, Justin Thurber and Norman J. Orrall (with approval of the mayor and city council) for legislation to authorize the city of Taunton to establish a separate billing rate for water supplied to manufactured housing communities. Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill S.2652

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the city of Taunton may establish a uniform, separate billing rate for municipal water service supplied within Taunton to manufactured housing communities, as defined in section 32F of chapter 140 of the General Laws. The separate billing rate shall: (i) not charge for water service on a descending unit rate basis; (ii) only apply to such communities or portions thereof that receive a single invoice for all usage therein based on a master water meter; and (iii) not apply to manufactured homes that are individually metered by the city.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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