Session Laws

Whereas, The deferred operation of this act would tend to defeat its purpose, which is to immediately regulate lodging houses, therefore it is hereby declared to be an emergency law, necessary for the immediate preservation of the public convenience.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 30 of chapter 140 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1986 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Any person aggrieved by a determination of a licensing authority pursuant to the provisions of this section or by the failure of a licensing authority to grant or act upon a renewal license shall have the right to appeal in accordance with the provisions of chapter thirty A to the housing court division of the trial court having jurisdiction in the city or town wherein the lodging premises are located or if there is no such housing court division having jurisdiction, the superior court division of the trial court.