Session Laws

RESOLVED, That a special commission, to consist of three members of the senate, one of whom shall be a member of the minority party, four members of the house of representatives, one of whom shall be a member of the minority party, the secretary of communities and development or his designee, the director of the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency or his designee, and six persons to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a representative of the Massachusetts Municipal Association, one of whom shall be a representative from a nonprofit organization, one of whom shall be a representative from a community development corporation, and three of whom shall be persons knowledgeable in the area of housing construction and development concerns in cities and towns of the commonwealth, with a preference given to persons holding public office in a city or town, is hereby established for the purpose of making an investigation and study relative to the implementation of low and moderate income housing provisions. Said commission shall report to the general court the results of its investigation and study, and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect, by filing the same with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate on or before April twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.