[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Dudley as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1988 (Art. 29 of the 1952 General Bylaws)[1]]
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Editor's Note: MGL c. 40, § 22F, License fees; service charges, was accepted by Town Meeting 5-18-2009 by Art. 19.
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]
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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.
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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.