HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2370        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1444

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel J. Ryan

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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:

Date Added:

Daniel J. Ryan

2nd Suffolk

2/17/2021

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

3/4/2021

Joseph W. McGonagle, Jr.

28th Middlesex

3/4/2021

Jessica Ann Giannino

16th Suffolk

3/4/2021

David Biele

4th Suffolk

3/4/2021

Thomas M. Stanley

9th Middlesex

3/8/2021

Peter Capano

11th Essex

3/10/2021

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

3/10/2021

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

3/17/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

9/7/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2370        FILED ON: 2/17/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1444

By Mr. Ryan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1444) of Daniel J. Ryan and others relative to public housing.  Housing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1321 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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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 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.