HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4412        FILED ON: 8/9/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4083

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tommy Vitolo and Cynthia Stone Creem

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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 bidding requirements for a certain affordable housing project in the town of Brookline.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tommy Vitolo

15th Norfolk

7/19/2021

Cynthia Stone Creem

First Middlesex and Norfolk

8/9/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

9/15/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4412        FILED ON: 8/9/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4083

By Representative Vitolo of Brookline and Senator Creem, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4083) of Tommy Vitolo and Cynthia Stone Creem (by vote of the town) relative to bidding requirements for a certain affordable housing project in the town of Brookline.  Housing.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

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 bidding requirements for a certain affordable housing project in the town of Brookline.

 

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

Provided that the General Court may reasonably vary the form and substance of this requested legislation which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition, 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 Brookline Housing Authority or by a limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by the Brookline Housing Authority of the federally-funded Colonel Eugene B. Floyd Apartments located at 32 Marion Street, Assessor’s Parcel ID 167-19-00, in the Town of Brookline, 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 General Laws. A conveyance of the project, whether by leasehold or fee estate, to an urban redevelopment corporation organized pursuant to chapter l21A of the General Laws or to a nonprofit state and federally tax-exempt corporation organized for the purpose of or to a limited partnership or limited liability company whose primary purpose is 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 Brookline Housing Authority on the date of the conveyance.

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