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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2944 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1530 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Carlos González |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to nonprofit receivership authorization. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carlos González10th Hampden1/18/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf17th Worcester1/26/2023Lindsay N. Sabadosa1st Hampshire1/26/2023Joanne M. ComerfordHampshire, Franklin and Worcester2/9/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden2/10/2023James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester2/19/2023Natalie M. Higgins4th Worcester2/28/2023Michael D. BradySecond Plymouth and Norfolk3/9/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2944 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1530 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative González of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1530) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carlos González and others relative to nonprofit receivership of vacant residential property. The |
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| 20 | 20 | | Judiciary. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to nonprofit receivership authorization. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 Section 127I of chapter 111 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2following paragraph:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 Following appointment of a receiver for a vacant residential property, the court, upon |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4motion by the receiver with notice to the owner, mortgagee, and all interested parties, may allow |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5for the sale of the property to a nonprofit entity for fair market value in its then current condition. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6Any such sale shall be conditioned upon the court finding that the nonprofit will correct all |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7outstanding state sanitary code violations and rehabilitate the property for affordable sale to a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8first-time homebuyer from a household whose income is not more than 120 per cent of median |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9income as determined by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10further that the nonprofit has the expertise and resources necessary to do so. Any such motion |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11filed by the receiver under this section shall not be heard by the court for at least thirty days |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12following the filing date, during which period the owner, mortgagee, and any other interest 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13parties may join a motion for leave to correct all state sanitary code violations at the property. |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14Upon finding that the owner, mortgagee, or other interested party has the intention and ability to |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15correct the code violations, the court shall stay hearing on the receiver’s motion for a reasonable |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16period of time to allow the owner, mortgagee, or other interested party to do so. |
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