HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2949        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1743

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act further regulating eminent domain..

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 79 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 5C the following section:–

    Section 5D.  No property shall be taken for private economic development unless the property is a blighted area as defined in section 1 of chapter 121B.