Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H4042 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4503 FILED ON: 7/31/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4042
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Alice Hanlon Peisch and Cynthia Stone Creem
8	8	_________________
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 facilitating the appropriation and expenditure of community preservation funds for
13	13	community housing purposes in the town of Wellesley.
14	14	_______________
15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Alice Hanlon Peisch14th Norfolk7/24/2023Cynthia Stone CreemNorfolk and Middlesex7/31/2023 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4503 FILED ON: 7/31/2023
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4042
19	19	By Representative Peisch of Wellesley and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill,
20	20	House, No. 4042) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and Cynthia Stone Creem (by vote of the town)
21	21	relative to the appropriation and expenditure of community preservation funds for community
22	22	housing purposes in the town of Wellesley. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local
23	23	Approval Received.]
24	24	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
25	25	_______________
26	26	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
27	27	(2023-2024)
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29	29	An Act facilitating the appropriation and expenditure of community preservation funds for
30	30	community housing purposes in the town of Wellesley.
31	31	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
32	32	of the same, as follows:
33	33	1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 of chapter 44B of the
34	34	2Massachusetts General Laws, the town of Wellesley, upon recommendation of its community
35	35	3preservation committee, is hereby authorized to appropriate or expend community preservation
36	36	4funds to the Wellesley Housing Authority, an independent body politic and corporate established
37	37	5pursuant to chapter 121B of the Massachusetts General Laws, for the acquisition, creation,
38	38	6preservation, rehabilitation or restoration, and support of community housing, as such terms are
39	39	7defined in said chapter 44B.
40	40	8 SECTION 2. Funds appropriated or expended for the rehabilitation or restoration of
41	41	9community housing that was not acquired or created pursuant to said chapter 44B shall not count
42	42	10towards the requirement in section 6 of said chapter 44B to spend, or set aside for later spending,
43	43	11not less than a certain percent of the annual revenues for community housing. 2 of 2
44	44	12 SECTION 3. The town shall not appropriate or expend any funds for the rehabilitation or
45	45	13restoration of community housing that was not acquired or created pursuant to said chapter 44B
46	46	14that were set aside for later spending on community housing projects under section 6 of said
47	47	15chapter 44B.
48	48	16 SECTION 4. The town of Wellesley, acting by and through its community preservation
49	49	17committee, shall execute a grant agreement with the Wellesley Housing Authority concurrent
50	50	18with any appropriation and expenditure of funds under this Act to ensure that all community
51	51	19preservation funds are expended appropriately.
52	52	20 SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.