The Town Collector shall annually furnish to each
department, board, commission or division, hereinafter referred to
as the licensing authority, that issues licenses or permits including
renewals and transfers, a list of any person corporation, or business
enterprise, hereinafter referred to as the party, that has neglected
or refused to pay any local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments
or any other municipal charges for not less than a twelve-month period,
and that such party has not filed in good faith a pending application
for an abatement of such tax or a pending petition before the appellate
tax board.
The licensing authority may deny, revoke or suspend
any license or permit, including renewals and transfers of any party
whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority
from the Town Collector or with respect to any activity, event or
other matter which is the subject of such license or permit and which
activity, event or matter is carried out or exercised or is to be
carried out or exercised on or about real estate owned by any party
whose name appears on said list furnished to the licensing authority
from the Town Collector; provided, however, that written notice is
given to the party and the Town Collector, as required by applicable
provisions of law, and the party is given a hearing, to be held not
earlier than 14 days after said notice. Said list shall be prima facie
evidence for denial, revocation, or suspension of said license or
permit to any party. The Town Collector shall have the right to intervene
in any hearing conducted with respect to such license denial, revocation
or suspension. Any findings made by the licensing authority with respect
to such license denial, revocation or suspension shall be made only
for the purposes of such proceeding and shall not be relevant to or
introduced in any other proceeding at law, except for any appeal from
such license denial, revocation or suspension. Any license or permit
denied, suspended or revoked under this section shall not be reissued
or renewed until the license authority receives a certificate issued
by the Town Collector that the party is in good standing with respect
to any and all local taxes, fees, assessments, betterments or other
municipal charges, payable to the municipality as the date of issuance
of said certificate.
Any party shall be given the opportunity to enter
into a payment agreement, thereby allowing the licensing authority
to issue a certificate indicating said limitations to the license
or permit and the validity of said license shall be conditioned upon
the satisfactory compliance with said agreement. Failure to comply
with said agreement shall be grounds for the suspension or revocation
of said license or permit; provided however, that the holder be given
notice and a hearing as required by applicable provisions of law.
The Board of Selectmen may waive such denial, suspension,
or revocation if it finds there is no direct or indirect business
interest by the property owner, its officers or stockholders, if any,
or members of his immediate family, as defined in MGL c. 268A, § 1,
in the business or activity conducted in or on said property.