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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 987 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 309 |
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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 | | Jeffrey Rosario Turco and Rob Consalvo |
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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 updating and modernizing Chapter 40R.. |
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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:Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk1/14/2025 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 987 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 309 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Turco of Winthrop and Consalvo of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 309) of Jeffrey Rosario Turco for legislation to further regulate smart growth zoning |
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| 20 | 20 | | districts. Community Development and Small Businesses. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to updating and modernizing Chapter 40R.. |
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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 1. Section 9 of chapter 40R of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2hereby amended by striking out subsections (a) and (b) and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3following 2 subsections:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 (a) The commonwealth shall pay from the trust fund or other funds from appropriations |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5or other money authorized by the general court a zoning incentive payment, according to the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6following schedule: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 Projected Units of New Construction% Payment |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8 Up to 20% $20,000 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 21 to 100% $150,000 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10 101 to 200% $400,000 2 of 3 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 201 to 500% $740,000 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 501 or more% $1,200,000 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 Subject to any conditions imposed by the department as a condition of approving a smart |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15growth zoning district or starter home zoning district, the zoning incentive payment shall be |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16payable upon confirmation of approval of the district by the department. The projected number |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17of units shall be based upon the zoning adopted in the smart growth zoning district or starter |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18home zoning district. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19 (b) The commonwealth shall pay from the trust fund or other funds from appropriations |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20or other money authorized by the general court a 1-time density bonus payment to each city or |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21town with an approved smart growth zoning district and a 1-time production bonus payment to |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22each city or town with an approved starter home zoning district. This payment shall be $6,000 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23for each housing unit of new construction created in the smart growth zoning district and $6,000 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24for each housing unit of new construction created in the starter home zoning district. The amount |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25due shall be paid on a unit-by-unit basis in accordance with department regulations, upon |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26submission by a city or town of proof of issuance of a building permit for a particular housing |
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| 55 | 55 | | 27unit or units within the district.” |
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| 56 | 56 | | 28 SECTION 2. Section 12 of Chapter 40R of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 57 | 57 | | 29inserting in line 3, after the word “review”, the following words:- |
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| 58 | 58 | | 30 “, including but not limited to an analysis of the incentive payments, in Section 9, to |
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| 59 | 59 | | 31determine that those payments are consistent with housing costs per the Consumer Price Index.” 3 of 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 32 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect for tax years beginning on or after January 1, |
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| 61 | 61 | | 332025. |
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| 62 | 62 | | 34 SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any other section of the law to the contrary, no later than |
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| 63 | 63 | | 3510 years after the date of enactment, the increased incentives, as identified in section 1 and |
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| 64 | 64 | | 36section 2, shall revert back to their original figures. |
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