SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2977 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ SENATE, November 4, 2024. The committee on Senate Ways and Means to whom was referred the Senate Bill to increase housing production in the city of Lowell (Senate, No. 2470), - reports, recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment substituting a new draft with the same title (Senate, No. 2977). For the committee, Michael J. Rodrigues 1 of 1 FILED ON: 11/4/2024 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2977 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _______________ In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court (2023-2024) _______________ An Act to increase housing production in the city of Lowell. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1 SECTION 1. Section 2 of chapter 193 of the acts of 2000, as appearing in section 1 of 2chapter 97 of the acts of 2002, is hereby amended by striking out, each time it appears, the figure 3“45” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following figure:- 40. 4 SECTION 2. Section 3 of said chapter 193, as so appearing, is hereby amended by 5striking out the figure “180” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 187. 6 SECTION 3. Said section 3 of said chapter 193, as so appearing, is hereby further 7amended by striking out the figure “81” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 75.