Budget Amendment ID: FY2021-S4-179

JUD 179

Ensuring EDI Readiness

Ms. Jehlen, Mr. Eldridge, Ms. Rausch and Ms. Chang-Diaz moved that the proposed new text be amended By inserting the following new section:

Section XX. Any district court, housing court, or the Boston municipal court, shall not accept a summary process filing nor allow a filing for summary process to progress until such time that the court certifies that it has sufficient legal services available at tier 1 events, mediation services, interpretation services, or housing specialists available to adequately provide for any low-income defendant as those services are described in the Housing Court standing order number 6-20. In certifying court readiness, the court shall issue an estimate for the anticipated number of case filings against low-income defendants for each week for at least 5 weeks ahead. The court shall also certify that it has made available the informational attachment required under section XX, required to accompany any notice to quit. Any notice to quit issued during any time before the court has certified its readiness to proceed shall not be valid to file a summary process action.