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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title VII CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
  4. Chapter 40S SMART GROWTH SCHOOL COST REIMBURSEMENT
  5. Section 4 Annual report on cost and effectiveness of reimbursement program

Section 4

Section 4: Annual report on cost and effectiveness of reimbursement program

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]

  Section 4. The commissioners of revenue and education, the director of housing and community development and the registrar of motor vehicles shall annually report on the cost and effectiveness of the reimbursement program. This report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of municipalities which have adopted the provisions of chapters 40R and 40S, the number of smart growth zoning districts in the commonwealth, the number of eligible students per municipality, the number of municipalities receiving the smart growth school cost reimbursement, and the total reimbursement and per pupil reimbursement provided to each municipality. They shall provide the report to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on housing, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on community development and small business, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, and the secretary of administration and finance.

Chapter 40S: Section 4. Annual report on cost and effectiveness of reimbursement program

[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 189 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]

  Section 4. The commissioners of revenue and education, the secretary of housing and livable communities and the registrar of motor vehicles shall annually report on the cost and effectiveness of the reimbursement program. This report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of municipalities which have adopted the provisions of chapters 40R and 40S, the number of smart growth zoning districts in the commonwealth, the number of eligible students per municipality, the number of municipalities receiving the smart growth school cost reimbursement, and the total reimbursement and per pupil reimbursement provided to each municipality. They shall provide the report to the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on housing, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on community development and small business, the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on education, and the secretary of administration and finance.