HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 190        FILED ON: 1/7/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1179

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Promoting Sustainable Development in Affordable Housing.

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. Chapter 40B of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting, after section 21, the following new section:-

Section 21A.  All low and moderate income housing constructed under a comprehensive permit shall adhere to the Massachusetts Sustainable Development Principles.

SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect on July 1, 2009.