HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3886        FILED ON: 4/3/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3540

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Byron Rushing

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Byron Rushing

9th Suffolk

4/3/2017


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3886        FILED ON: 4/3/2017

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3540

By Mr. Rushing of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3540) of Byron Rushing (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to redevelopment of the affordable housing project known as West Newton-Rutland-East Springfield public housing in the South End section of the city of Boston.  Housing.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston.

 

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. Construction and development activity related to redevelopment by the Boston Housing Authority of the federally-funded West Newton-Rutland-East Springfield public housing project, or any part thereof, shall not be subject to any general or special law related to the procurement and award of contracts for the planning, design, construction management, construction, reconstruction, installation, demolition, maintenance, or repair of buildings by a public agency, but shall be subject to sections 26 to 27H, inclusive, of chapter 149 of the Generals Laws. Contracts for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling, or repair of any publicly owned public works that service this project and would otherwise be subject to section 39M of chapter 30 of the General Laws shall be subject to said section 39M if the redevelopment of the project is funded in part by state or federal government low-income housing tax credit, grant, or loan, or pursuant to the issuance of tax-exempt bonds authorized by general law. A conveyance of the project, whether by leasehold or fee estate, to an urban redevelopment corporation organized under chapter 121A of the General Laws or to a nonprofit state and federally tax-exempt corporation organized for the purpose of revitalizing the project, shall be subject to chapter 30B of the General Laws to the extent that the project is conveyed to an entity that is not owned, controlled, or managed by the Boston Housing Authority on the date of the conveyance.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.