HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3516        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1195

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Permit Applications for Low and Moderate Income Housing Being Considered by Planning Boards..

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.  Section 20 of chapter 40B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 31, the words “board of zoning appeals” and inserting in place thereof the following words:— planning board.

SECTION 2. Section 21 of said chapter 40B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 3 and 4, the words “board of appeals, established under section twelve of chapter forty A” and inserting in place thereof the following words:— planning board, established under section seventy of chapter forty-one.

SECTION 3. Said section 21 of said chapter 40B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended, in lines 5, 9, 17, 20, and in line 24, the words “board of appeals” and inserting in place thereof in each instance, the following words:— planning board.

SECTION 4. Section 22 of said chapter 40B, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in lines 7 and 10, the words “board of appeals” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:— planning board.

SECTION 5. Section 23 of said chapter 40B, as so appearing, in hereby amended by striking out, lines 4, 9 and in line 30, the words “board of appeals” and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:— planning board.