HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3981        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 295

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Paul W. Mark and Erika Uyterhoeven

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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 worker-owned cooperative enterprises.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

2/19/2021

Erika Uyterhoeven

27th Middlesex

2/19/2021

Susannah M. Whipps

2nd Franklin

2/22/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3981        FILED ON: 2/19/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 295

By Representatives Mark of Peru and Uyterhoeven of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 295) of Paul W. Mark, Erika Uyterhoeven and Susannah M. Whipps relative to worker-owned cooperative enterprises.  Community Development and Small Businesses.

 

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 relative to worker-owned cooperative enterprises.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 8 of Chapter 157 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after the phrase “organized under chapter one hundred and fifty-seven A,” the following:-

entities determined to meet the standard of a Worker-Owned Cooperative Enterprise (WOCE) by the state’s Apex Industry Organization, being the national nonprofit association of worker-owned businesses with the largest number of worker-owned firms in Massachusetts as its members as determined by the Undersecretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)