Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-462

EHS 462

Preventing Blighted Properties

Ms. Chandler and Messrs. Eldridge, DiDomenico and McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4510-0100, by adding at the end thereof the following: "provided further, that, notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, on or before September 30, 2011, the department shall amend its regulations at 105 CMR 410.020, or any successor regulations defining “owner” for purposes of the State Sanitary Code, to clarify that a mortgagee of a dwelling that has filed a complaint or served notice to authorize foreclosure pursuant to the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, or such mortgagee’s agents, assigns or mortgage servicers, shall be deemed to have care, charge or control of all tenant-occupied or vacant dwelling units, and associated common areas of such dwelling except when such dwelling is a condominium."