HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2409        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1205

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Promoting Green Affordable Housing in the Commonwealth ..

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 section:-

Section 21A.  Any low or moderate income residential construction project built under a comprehensive permit is required to be 20% more energy efficient than the average state efficiency for similar-use buildings.

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