SB 971 — AN ACT CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION CHARTER.

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971 January Session, 2019 ANLCO ACTNo. CONCERNING AN AMENDMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION CHARTER.

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(PD) AN ACT CONCERNING AMENDMENTS TO THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COMMISSION CHARTER.

No bonds, notes or other certificates of debt, except such as are to mature in six months or less and to be paid from current taxes shall be issued under authority of [thisthis act]act number 511 of the special acts of 1929 if such issue shall bring the total outstanding indebtedness of the district to an amount in excess of five per centum of the combined grand lists of said district unless otherwise provided by special act.

In computing the total outstanding indebtedness of the district for the purposes of this section, there shall be deducted the amount of the district's sinking fund, the amount of bonds issued for the supply of water or for the construction of subways or underground conduits for cables, wires or pipes, the principal amount of all such bonds having been refunded or replaced by other indebtedness the proceeds and projected earnings on which LCO \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00971-R01 of 2 SB.docx Substitute Bill No.

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(Effective from passage) In any town or city in which The Metropolitan District shall furnish water directly to the inhabitants for domestic and other purposes and shall maintain a sanitary sewer system, the district board of The Metropolitan District may:

(1) Develop a program for control and abatement of stormwater pollution from existing land uses, and the detection and elimination of connections to the stormwater system that threaten the public health or welfare or the environment;

(2) provide public education and outreach relating to stormwater management activities and establish procedures for public participation;

and (3) provide for the administration of such stormwater management program.

In accomplishing the purposes of this section, such program may plan, layout, acquire, construct, reconstruct, maintain, supervise and manage stormwater control systems.

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(Effective from passage) For the purpose of providing adequate funding to accomplish the goals of section 2 of this act, the district board of The Metropolitan District may, in the event that stormwater is discharged to a sanitary sewer system located in a town or city described in section 2 of this act, impose a stormwater discharge fee upon such town or city.

The district board may from time to time adopt, alter or repeal ordinances for the determination of the nature and amount of such stormwater discharge fee and for the adjustment of special cases, by measurement or estimation of stormwater LCO No.

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Such ordinances may prescribe the methods of collection, may provide for a penalty and may prescribe and limit the purposes for which avails of the stormwater discharge fees shall be used.

Nothing herein contained shall preclude use of other methods of meeting the expense of the stormwater management program described in section 2 of this act.

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3 from passage New section Statement of Purpose:

To amend the charter of The Metropolitan District by permitting the district board to (1) establish a stormwater authority, and (2) impose a stormwater discharge fee.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets.

Proposed additions are indicated by underline, not underlined.] the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is LCO No.

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