Massachusetts 2025-2026 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H3443 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 459 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3443
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Christopher J. Worrell
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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 relative to the creation of a branch of the Boston Public Library within an affordable
13	13	housing development in the Dorchester section of the City of Boston.
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15	15	PETITION OF:
16	16	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christopher J. Worrell5th Suffolk1/9/2025 1 of 2
17	17	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 459 FILED ON: 1/9/2025
18	18	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3443
19	19	By Representative Worrell of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3443) of
20	20	Christopher J. Worrell (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the
21	21	procurement and award of contracts for construction of a certain subsidized affordable housing
22	22	project, including space for a branch library to be procured by the Boston Public Library, in the
23	23	city of Boston. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight. [Local Approval Received.]
24	24	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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26	26	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
27	27	(2025-2026)
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29	29	An Act relative to the creation of a branch of the Boston Public Library within an affordable
30	30	housing development in the Dorchester section of the City of Boston.
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. Construction and development activity related to redevelopment by the
34	34	2developer selected by the Boston Planning & Development Agency of subsidized affordable
35	35	3housing, including space for a branch library to be procured by the Boston Public Library, to be
36	36	4built on BPDA-owned land under a ground lease, or any part thereof, shall not be subject to any
37	37	5general or special law related to the procurement and award of contracts for the planning, design,
38	38	6construction management, construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition, maintenance, or
39	39	7repair of buildings by a public agency, but shall be subject to sections 26 to 27H, inclusive, of
40	40	8chapter 149 of the Generals Laws. Contracts for the construction, reconstruction, alteration,
41	41	9remodeling, or repair of any publicly owned public works that service this project and would
42	42	10otherwise be subject to section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws shall be subject to said
43	43	11section 39M if the redevelopment of the project is funded in part by state or federal government 2 of 2
44	44	12low-income housing tax credit, grant, or loan, or pursuant to the issuance of tax-exempt bonds
45	45	13authorized by general law. A conveyance of the project, whether by leasehold or fee estate, to an
46	46	14urban redevelopment corporation organized under chapter 121A of the General Laws or to a
47	47	15nonprofit state and federally tax-exempt corporation organized for the purpose of revitalizing the
48	48	16project, shall be subject to chapter 30B of the General Laws to the extent that the project is
49	49	17conveyed to an entity that is not owned, controlled, or managed by the Boston Public Library on
50	50	18the date of the conveyance.
51	51	19 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.