SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1377        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 774

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Joseph A. Boncore

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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 restoring the Commonwealths public housing.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

 

Joseph A. Boncore

First Suffolk and Middlesex

 

Paul R. Feeney

Bristol and Norfolk

1/31/2019

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Michael O. Moore

Second Worcester

2/1/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

2/1/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

2/1/2019

Sal N. DiDomenico

Middlesex and Suffolk

2/1/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

4/9/2019


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1377        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 774

By Mr. Boncore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 774) of Joseph A. Boncore, Paul R. Feeney, Thomas M. Stanley, Michael O. Moore and other members of the General Court for legislation to restore the Commonwealth's public housing.  Housing.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act restoring the Commonwealths public housing.

 

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 34 of said chapter 121B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following paragraph:-

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, construction and development activity related to redevelopment of state-aided public housing projects where the land, buildings or structures associated with the housing project have been conveyed or transferred to a private entity for purposes of completing the redevelopment 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, provided that the department shall review and approve the procurement processes used to undertake this redevelopment in accordance with subsection (q) of section 26.  Provided further that all construction, reconstruction, alteration, installation, demolition, maintenance or repair shall be subject to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149 sections 26 to 27F inclusive and Massachusetts General Law Chapter 149 section 29.