[Adopted 1988 (Art. 29 of the 1952 General Bylaws)]
In accordance with MGL c. 40, § 21(13), all Town officers
shall pay into the Town treasury all fees received by them by virtue
of their office.
[Added 10-24-2016 by
Art. 23; amended 5-22-2017 by
Art. 18]
A. All municipal charges and bills shall be due and payable within 30
days of date of mailing by the Treasurer/Collector or other Town official
empowered to do so.
B. All receivables which remain unpaid after said 30 days shall accrue
interest payable to the Town at an annual interest rate of 12% as
permitted by state law.
C. This bylaw is authorized under the provisions of MGL c. 40, § 21E. Massachusetts General Laws Chapter
40, § 21E, reads as follows: "Any city or town may, by ordinance or by-law, and any district by vote of the district meeting, establish due dates for the payment of municipal charges and bills, and may fix a rate at which interest shall accrue if such charges remain unpaid after such due dates; provided, however, that the rate of interest shall not exceed the rate at which interest may be charged on tax bills under the provisions of section fifty-seven of chapter fifty-nine."
[Adopted 10-25-2004 by
Art. 17 (Art. 42 of the 1952 General Bylaws)]
[Amended 6-22-2020 by
Art. 11]
The Conservation Commission, upon receipt of an application,
or at any point during the hearing process, is authorized to require
an applicant to pay a fee for the reasonable costs and expenses borne
by the Commission for specific expert engineering and other consultant
services deemed necessary by the Commission to come to a final decision
on the application. This fee is called the "consultant fee." The specific
consultant services may include, but are not limited to, interdepartmental
site inspections and evaluations of submittals to those departments;
performing or verifying the accuracy of resource area survey and delineation;
analyzing resource area functions and values, including wildlife habitat
evaluations, hydrogeologic and drainage analysis; and researching
environmental or land use law. The Commission is authorized to set
fees on a site by site basis or by estimate for those projects which
come before its review it deems necessary for consultant oversight.