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§ 21-141. Short title - This chapter may be known, designated and cited as the...
§ 21-142. Definitions - Whenever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a...
§ 21-143. Ordering and conduct of elections - Every order made pursuant to this chapter requiring the opening...
§ 21-144. Court proceedings - Whenever in this chapter the circuit court of any county,...
§ 21-145. Territory which may be embraced in district - Any integral body of territory within which are situated waters...
§ 21-146. Notice of hearing on petition for creation - Upon the presentation of a petition complying with the requirements...
§ 21-147. Contents of petition - Every such petition shall pray for the creation of the...
§ 21-148. Signatures on petition - Every such petition shall be signed by not less than...
§ 21-149. Hearing and determination; ordering election - Any person interested may answer the petition and make defense...
§ 21-150. Order when election favors establishment - If upon the certification of the result of such election...
§ 21-151. Exclusion from district of county, city or town voting against establishment - If upon the certification of the results of the election...
§ 21-152. Approval of State Health Commissioner - The State Health Commissioner is authorized, upon being satisfied that...
§ 21-153. Governing bodies may adopt resolutions - The governing body of each city and county and town...
§ 21-154. Incorporation of district; name and style - Each district heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to this chapter...
§ 21-155. Powers of commission - Each commission, constituting a corporation is hereby invested with the...
§ 21-156. Exemption of bonds from taxation - The bonds of such district or commission, and the property...
§ 21-157. Creation of board or commission to control corporation - In and for each district, a board or commission is...
§ 21-158. Officers of board or commission - The board or commission shall elect from its members a...
§ 21-159. Compensation and expenses of commission members - The members of the commission shall receive no salary, but...
§ 21-160. Meetings of commission - Regular meetings of the commission shall be held at least...
§ 21-161. Quorum - Three members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and...
§ 21-162. Suspension or removal of members of commission - Members of the commission may be suspended or removed by...
§ 21-163. Oath and bond of members of commission - Each member of the commission shall, before entering upon the...
§ 21-164. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1970, c. 463.
§ 21-165. Manner of letting contracts - All contracts, except in cases of emergency, over $5,000 that...
§ 21-166. How power of eminent domain exercised - The powers of condemnation or eminent domain conferred on the...
§ 21-167. County, city or town not liable for act of commission - No pecuniary liability of any kind shall be imposed upon...
§ 21-168. Enumeration of powers of commission - Every commission shall have the following powers: (1) To adopt...
§ 21-169. Relief from pollution to be purpose of commission - The purposes of every commission shall be the relief of...
§ 21-170. Acquisition and use of pipes, sewers, plants, stations, etc. - Every commission is authorized and directed to acquire, in the...
§ 21-171. Collection from public sewage systems - The commission is authorized and directed when in the judgment...
§ 21-172. Use of public sewer and disposal facilities - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...
§ 21-173. Use of public places - In order to carry out and effectuate the purposes of...
§ 21-174. Special contracts for disposal of sewage and other wastes - (a) Every commission is authorized to enter into contracts with...
§ 21-175. Approval of disposal methods - The method proposed to be used by a commission for...
§ 21-176. Prohibition of sale or encumbrance of system - Neither the commission nor any of the counties, cities or...
§ 21-177. Agents and employees of commission - The commission is authorized, except as otherwise provided in §...
§ 21-178. Funds of commission - (a) All moneys of a commission, whether derived from the...
§ 21-179. Accounts and records - Every commission shall keep and preserve complete and accurate accounts...
§ 21-180. Authorization - Every commission is authorized to charge and collect fees, rents,...
§ 21-181. Uniformity and basis - Such fees, rents and charges being in the nature of...
§ 21-182. Schedule - The commission shall prescribe and from time to time when...
§ 21-183. Time and place of payment - The commission shall likewise fix and determine the time or...
§ 21-184. Effect of failure to pay - In the event that the fees, rents or charges charged...
§ 21-185. Register - The commission shall keep and preserve a complete register, or...
§ 21-186. Appeal from action fixing fees, etc. - From any action of the sanitation commission in prescribing fees,...
§ 21-187. Actions for collection - The commission shall have the right to recover the amount...
§ 21-188. Contracts for collection - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...
§ 21-189. Outstanding bonds not to exceed ten million dollars - Bonds of a commission shall at no time be outstanding...
§ 21-190. Election prior to issuance - No bonds shall be issued by a commission, except to...
§ 21-191. Other matters determined by resolution - All other matters relating to the issuing of such bonds,...
§ 21-192. Form and contents - Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the commission, and...
§ 21-193. How sold - Such bonds may be sold at public or private sale...
§ 21-194. Resolutions may be part of contract with bondholders - Any resolutions of the commission authorizing any bonds may contain...
§ 21-195. Negotiability - Any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds...
§ 21-196. Liability of Commonwealth, county, city or town - The bonds, notes and other obligations, and any indebtedness, of...
§ 21-197. No personal liability - Neither the members of the commission, nor any person executing...
§ 21-198. Purchase by commission - The commission is authorized, out of any funds available therefor,...
§ 21-199. Bonds constitute legal investments - Any bonds issued pursuant to the authority of this chapter...
§ 21-200. Special remedies of bondholders - (a) The provisions of this section shall be applicable to...
§ 21-200.1. Bonds mutilated, lost or destroyed - Should any bond issued by the commission become mutilated or...
§ 21-201. Interim certificates - Pending the preparation, execution and delivery of definitive bonds of...
§ 21-202. Inviolability of rights and remedies - The Commonwealth does pledge to and agree with the holders...
§ 21-203. Notice of intention to withdraw - Any county or city in whole or in part embraced...
§ 21-204. Right to withdraw and set up separate district - If after the giving of such notice and within one...
§ 21-205. Proof that steps for withdrawal have been taken - The governing body of any county or city proposing to...
§ 21-206. Power of county or city electing to set up separate district - Any county or city which elects to construct and operate...
§ 21-207. Withdrawal must be within one year - The transfer and vesting of rights, powers and duties shall...
§ 21-208. Additional rights conferred on city or county withdrawing - The foregoing provisions of § 21-206 shall be deemed to...
§ 21-209. No election on issuance of bonds within six months - No election upon the question of the issuance of bonds...
§ 21-210. Disposal system to be erected by separate district - Any county or city which elects to construct and operate...
§ 21-211. City withdrawing to provide for disposal of sewage of county or town - If any city shall withdraw from the district pursuant to...
§ 21-212. Effect of nonappointment of members of commission on withdrawal - In the event that the members of the commission shall...
§ 21-213. Member of commission becoming nonresident because of removal or withdrawal - If any member of a commission shall, through removal from...
§ 21-214. Plans, maps, etc., to be available to commission - Each county, city or town in whole or in part...
§ 21-215. Payments by county, city or town - Each county, city, town or other public body shall promptly...
§ 21-216. Contracts with counties, cities and towns outside of district - Any commission, and any county, city or town in whole...
§ 21-217. Powers conferred on counties, cities and towns in addition to other powers - The powers conferred by this chapter on counties, cities and...
§ 21-218. Discharge into tidal waters of matter causing pollution - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...
§ 21-219. Discharge of matter injurious to system - No county, city, town or other public body, or person...
§ 21-220. Remedies to prevent violation - Any county, city, town or other public body, or person...
§ 21-221. Jurisdiction - Jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this article and to...
§ 21-222. Discharge of sewage from vessel while afloat, etc. - No violation of any provision of this article shall be...
§ 21-223. Punishment of violations - Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be...