SECTION 21. Chapter 40B of the General Laws as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting the following:
“Any town consisting of less than 30,000 in population be exempt from all rules and restrictions currently applicable. Said communities shall not be compelled or forced in any way, shape or manner by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to accept legislation which mandates and accommodates any Chapter 40B or similar 40B-like housing projects unless the project receives approval of no less than a seventy percent favorable vote of the registered voters at a town election or general election of said community.
In addition, any 40B proposed projects in the Commonwealth involving towns or cities having less than 30,000 in population be held in ‘suspension or abeyance’ until such time as this proposed legislation can be decided by the State Legislature”.
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