Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3042 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 409 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3042
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 Middlesex1/9/2025Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/9/2025 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 409 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3042
19	19	By Representatives Cataldo of Concord and Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill,
20	20	House, No. 3042) of Simon Cataldo and Carmine Lawrence Gentile (by vote of the town) that
21	21	town of Concord be authorized to establish a building permit fee surcharge for affordable
22	22	housing in said town. Revenue. [Local Approval Received.]
23	23	[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
24	24	SEE HOUSE, NO. 2729 OF 2023-2024.]
25	25	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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27	27	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
28	28	(2025-2026)
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30	30	An Act establishing a building permit fee surcharge for affordable housing in the town of
31	31	Concord.
32	32	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
33	33	of the same, as follows:
34	34	1 SECTION 1. The Town of Concord, hereafter referred to as “the Town,” may, by bylaw,
35	35	2require the payment of an affordable housing surcharge for any construction that (i) requires a
36	36	3building permit and (ii) exceeds a minimum construction value to be determined by the Select
37	37	4Board of the Town. The bylaw shall specify the amount of said affordable housing surcharge, the
38	38	5method by which the surcharge may be increased from time to time, and any types of
39	39	6construction or uses to which the affordable housing surcharge shall not apply.
40	40	7 SECTION 2. All fees received pursuant to this act shall be deposited into the Concord
41	41	8Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund established pursuant to section 55C of Chapter 44 of
42	42	9the General laws and used for any purposes permitted thereunder. 2 of 2
43	43	10 SECTION 3. For the purposes of this act, “affordable housing” shall mean housing with
44	44	11an affordable housing restriction recorded with the Middlesex South Registrar of Deeds that
45	45	12requires the housing to be rented or owned by families and individuals whose income at initial
46	46	13occupancy is no more than 150 per cent of the area mean income as determined by the Federal
47	47	14Department of Housing and Urban Development guidelines and adjusted for family size and that
48	48	15thereafter such units shall be rented or sold, subject to such restrictions on appreciation as
49	49	16determined by the municipality to be reasonable and necessary to maintain long term
50	50	17affordability, to families or individuals at incomes of no more than 150 per cent of the area mean
51	51	18income.
52	52	19 SECTION 4. Acceptance of this act by the Town of Concord shall be by vote of
53	53	20approval at an annual or special Town Meeting. Sections 1 to 3, inclusive shall take effect 30
54	54	21days after such acceptance by the Town.