Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H2729 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3749 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2729
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Simon Cataldo and Carmine Lawrence Gentile
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act establishing a building permit fee surcharge for affordable housing in the town of
13	13	Concord.
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15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Simon Cataldo14th Middlesex1/20/2023Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/20/2023Michael J. BarrettThird Middlesex1/27/2023 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3749 FILED ON: 1/20/2023
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2729
19	19	By Representatives Cataldo of Concord and Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill,
20	20	House, No. 2729) of Simon Cataldo, Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Michael J. Barrett (by vote
21	21	of the town) that town of Concord be authorized to establish a building permit fee surcharge for
22	22	affordable housing in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
23	23	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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25	25	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
26	26	(2023-2024)
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28	28	An Act establishing a building permit fee surcharge for affordable housing in the town of
29	29	Concord.
30	30	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
31	31	of the same, as follows:
32	32	1 SECTION 1. The Town of Concord, hereafter referred to as “the Town,” may, by bylaw,
33	33	2require the payment of an affordable housing surcharge for any construction that (i) requires a
34	34	3building permit and (ii) exceeds a minimum construction value to be determined by the Select
35	35	4Board of the Town. The bylaw shall specify the amount of said affordable housing surcharge, the
36	36	5method by which the surcharge may be increased from time to time, and any types of
37	37	6construction or uses to which the affordable housing surcharge shall not apply.
38	38	7 SECTION 2. All fees received pursuant to this act shall be deposited into the Concord
39	39	8Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to section 55C of Chapter 44 of
40	40	9the General laws and used for any purposes permitted thereunder.
41	41	10 SECTION 3. For the purposes of this act, “affordable housing” shall mean housing with
42	42	11an affordable housing restriction recorded with the Middlesex South Registrar of Deeds that 2 of 2
43	43	12requires the housing to be rented or owned by families and individuals whose income at initial
44	44	13occupancy is no more than 150 per cent of the area mean income as determined by the Federal
45	45	14Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines and adjusted for family size and that
46	46	15thereafter such units shall be rented or sold, subject to such restrictions on appreciation as
47	47	16determined by the municipality to be reasonable and necessary to maintain long term
48	48	17affordability, to families or individuals at incomes of no more than 150 per cent of the area mean
49	49	18income.
50	50	19 SECTION 4. Acceptance of this act by the Town of Concord shall be by vote of
51	51	20approval at an annual or special Town Meeting. Sections 1 to 3, inclusive shall take effect 30
52	52	21days after such acceptance by the Town.