Session Laws

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

SECTION 1. Subsection 6 of section 3 of chapter 151B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1990 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "ancestry", in line 19, the words:- , children, marital status, veteran status or membership in the armed services, the receiving of public assistance,.

SECTION 2. The second paragraph of section 9 of said chapter 151B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "writing", in line 23, the words:- , but not later than three years after the alleged unlawful practice occurred,.

SECTION 3. Said second paragraph of said section 9 of said chapter 151B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by inserting after the second sentence the following sentence:- Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful practice relative to housing under this chapter, but who has not filed a complaint pursuant to section five, may commence a civil action in the superior or probate court for the county in which the alleged unlawful practice occurred or in the housing court within whose district the alleged unlawful practice occurred; provided, however, that such action shall not be commenced later than one year after the alleged unlawful practice has occurred.

SECTION 4. The third paragraph of said section 9 of said chapter 151B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence.