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MA Gen L ch 23l § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23l - Local Infrastructure Development Program|Section 2 - Establishment of Development Zones; Petition

Section 2. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law or charter provision to the contrary, a municipality, acting through its municipal governing body, may establish development zones under this chapter. In the event that 2 or more municipalities elect to jointly establish or consolidate contiguous development zones, the municipal governing body of each municipality wherein the development zone shall be located shall approve by a majority vote the petition for the establishment of such a development zone.  (b) The establishment of a development zone shall be initiated by the filing of a petition signed by all persons owning real estate within the proposed development zone in the office of the clerk of the municipality and the office of the agency. The petition shall contain at least:  (1) a legal description of the boundaries of the proposed development zone;  (2) the written consent to the establishment of the development zone and to the adoption of the improvement plan or an amended improvement plan, by the persons with the record ownership of 100 per cent of the acreage to be included in the development zone; provided, however, that any real estate owned by the commonwealth or an agency or political subdivision thereof, included in the boundaries of the development zone, shall not be included in the count of persons owning tax parcels or acreage in the proposed development zone for the purposes of this clause;  (3) the name of the proposed development zone;  (4) a map of the proposed development zone, showing its boundaries and any current public improvements which may be added to or modified by any improvements;  (5) the estimated timetable for construction of the improvements;  (6) estimates of any other private or public funding sources;  (7) the improvement plan for the proposed development zone; and  (8) the procedure by which the municipality shall be reimbursed for any costs incurred by it in establishing the development zone and for any administrative costs to be incurred in the administration and collection of infrastructure assessments imposed within the proposed development zone.
MA Gen L ch 23l § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23l - Local Infrastructure Development Program|Section 6 - Tax Exemption for Bonds or Notes Issued by Agency

Section 6. Bonds or notes issued by the agency and their transfer and their interest or income, including any profit on the sale thereof, and the improvements belonging to the public facilities' owner shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the commonwealth; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall limit or restrict the ability of the commonwealth or the municipality to otherwise tax the individuals and companies or their real or personal property or any person living or business operating within the boundaries of the development zone.
MA Gen L ch 23l § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23l - Local Infrastructure Development Program|Section 7 - Applicability of Chapter 40q Requirements to Bonds Issued by Agency

Section 7. For purposes of this chapter, the agency may issue bonds secured by infrastructure assessments under and according to the terms of chapter 40Q. With the approval of the municipal governing body, the agency may issue its bonds in place of those of the municipality under chapter 40Q provided that the municipality has fulfilled all requirements set forth in said chapter 40Q that would be required of the municipality if it were itself issuing bonds under said chapter 40Q. In addition, the municipality shall include in its invested revenue district development program as defined in said chapter 40Q, a description of the rights and responsibilities of the assessing party, the agency and the municipality with respect to the program. In such case, the municipality may designate the agency as the issuer of bonds under said chapter 40Q for the purpose of financing any of the project costs as defined in said chapter 40Q and that are located in, or functionally serving the needs of, the development zone. The municipality shall determine the percentage of the captured assessed valuation, as defined in said chapter 40Q, of property within the boundaries of the development zone that the municipality is pledging under an invested revenue district development program as defined in said chapter 40Q for the payment of the agency's bonds. With the written agreement of the persons owning specific tax parcels in the development zone, the assessing party may adopt a plan whereby any of the assessing powers described in this chapter are made applicable exclusively to those parcels in order to secure and fund the debt service for the bonds. The project costs as defined in said chapter 40Q shall not be reduced by the amount of the revenues derived under this chapter and the revenues derived from such a plan may be made contingent upon or abated, in whole or in part, by the assessing party upon the receipt of the anticipated revenues generated through the pledged captured assessed valuation. At its option, the municipality may waive any adjustment for the inflation factor as defined in said chapter 40Q in order to increase the captured assessed valuation available to finance improvements benefiting the development zone. The assessing party, the agency and the municipality shall enter into an agreement delineating the rights and responsibilities of each under such district improvement financing.
MA Gen L ch 23l § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23l - Local Infrastructure Development Program|Section 8 - Agreements for Benefit of Bond Holders

Section 8. The agency may make representations and agreements for the benefit of the holders of the agency's bonds and notes or other obligations to provide secondary market disclosure information. The agreement may include: (i) covenants to provide secondary market disclosure information; (ii) arrangements for such information to be provided with the assistance of a paying agent, trustee, dissemination or other agent; and (iii) remedies for breach of the agreements, which remedies may be limited to specific performance.
MA Gen L ch 23l § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23l - Local Infrastructure Development Program|Section 9 - Collection of Infrastructure Assessments by Collector-Treasurer of Municipality; Disbursement of Revenues

Section 9. The collector-treasurer of each municipality, at the option of the municipality and the agency, may collect any infrastructure assessments, including any recording fees, on behalf of the agency under an agreement between the municipality and the agency and to disburse the funds to any designated management entity or financial institution selected by the agency. The collector-treasurer shall disburse revenues to the management entity or financial institution within 30 days after the collection of such fees, together with the interest earned on the holding of such fees.
MA Gen L ch 23l § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23l - Local Infrastructure Development Program|Section 10 - Applicability

Section 10. (a) If any provision of this chapter is inconsistent with any general or special law, administrative order or regulation or any resolution or ordinance of the municipality, this chapter shall control. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no provision of any resolution or ordinance of the municipality requiring ratification by the voters of certain bond issues shall apply to the issuance of bonds or notes of the agency under this chapter, nor shall any such provision be applicable to the manner of voting or the limitations as to the amount and time of payment of debts incurred by the agency.  (b) Except as specifically provided in this chapter, all other statutes, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations of the commonwealth and the municipality shall be fully applicable to the property, property owners, residents and businesses located in the development zone. This chapter shall not obligate the municipality or the agency to pay any costs for the acquisition, construction, equipping or operation and administration of the improvements located within the development zone.
MA Gen L ch 23m § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 23m - Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy|Section 2 - Option of Municipalities to Participate in Commercial Sustainable Energy Program

Section 2. Each municipality in the commonwealth shall have the option to participate in the commercial sustainable energy program as a participating municipality by a majority vote of the city or town council, by a majority vote of the board of selectmen or by resolution of its legislative body, as may be appropriate, pursuant to which the municipality shall assess, collect, remit and assign betterment assessments, in return for commercial energy improvements for a benefitted property owner located within such municipality and for costs reasonably incurred in performing such acts.
MA Gen L ch 24a § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 24a - Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation|Section 1 - Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation; Appointment, Salary and Duties of Director; Divisions

Section 1. (a) Within the executive office of housing and economic development, there shall be an office of consumer affairs and business regulation, in this chapter called the office. The office shall be headed by a director of consumer affairs and business regulation, hereinafter referred to as the director, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the governor and who shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty. The director shall receive such salary as the governor may determine, provided that such salary is equivalent to the salary received by the director of labor and workforce development and the director of economic development. The director shall devote full time during business hours to the duties of his office, and shall have the powers and duties provided in sections four to seven, inclusive, of chapter six A.  (b) There shall be within the office the following divisions containing the following state agencies or functions: (1) the division of business regulation, including the department of telecommunications and cable and all other state agencies within that department; the department of banking and insurance and all other state agencies within that department, including the small loans regulatory board and the trustees of the General Insurance Guaranty Fund; (2) the division of consumer affairs, including the division of registration established by section 8 of chapter 13, including the several boards of registration serving in that division; and (3) the division of standards, established by section 5. Nothing in this section shall be construed as conferring any power or imposing any duties upon the director with respect to the foregoing agencies except as expressly provided by law.
MA Gen L ch 24a § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 24a - Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation|Section 2 - Additional Duties

Section 2. In addition to its other duties, the office shall:  (a) maintain a telephone information service;  (b) conduct surveys of consumer needs;  (c) investigate consumer problems in cooperation with the attorney general;  (d) publish educational brochures;  (e) establish programs and services to assist consumers in understanding their rights and responsibilities in consumer transactions;  (f) recommend and implement consumer protection policies;  (g) monitor the marketplace to promote fair and honest competition; and  (h) establish a trust fund for the purpose of consumer education and to further the office's other purposes and, to such extent the director shall have the powers provided in section six of chapter six A. Nothing herein shall restrict any official or agency not within said office from performing consumer-related responsibilities assigned to him or it by law.
MA Gen L ch 24a § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 24a - Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation|Section 4 - Certification of Assessments; Collection

Section 4. On or before the first day of October of the year in which an assessment is made pursuant to the provisions of section nine A, the director shall certify to the commissioner of revenue the amount of the assessment to be made and the name and address of each company against whom such assessment is made. Such assessments shall be collected by said commissioner in accordance with applicable provisions of chapter sixty-three; provided, however, that each such company shall pay the amount assessed against it within thirty days from the receipt of notice of assessment from said commissioner. The amount so collected shall be credited to the General Fund.
MA Gen L ch 24a § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 24a - Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation|Section 5 - Division of Standards

Section 5. (a) There shall be a division of standards within the office of consumer affairs and business regulation. The director of the office, with the approval of the governor, shall appoint a deputy director of standards and, with like approval, may remove him. The deputy director of standards shall have charge of the division of standards and shall, in addition to the powers and duties conferred and imposed upon him by law, perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by the director of the office of consumer affairs and business regulation.  (b) Except as otherwise provided, the director of the office may employ and remove such inspectors, investigators, clerks and other assistants as the work of the division of standards may require. He may employ, for periods not exceeding ninety days, such experts as may be necessary to assist said division in the performance of any duty imposed upon it by law and such employment shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one.  (c) The deputy director of standards and all inspectors and other permanent employees of the division of standards, shall devote their full time to the affairs of said division. Said deputy director, all such inspectors and such other employees of said division as may be designated by the director of the office shall, before entering upon their duties, be sworn to the faithful performance thereof. All such inspectors shall aid the deputy director of standards in the performance of his duties, shall have all necessary powers therefor and shall give bond for the faithful performance of their duties. Whoever hinders, obstructs or in any way interferes with the deputy director of standards or any such inspector in the performance of any official duty imposed by law shall, except as otherwise provided, be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than two months.
MA Gen L ch 25 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 1 - Department of Public Utilities; Seal

Section 1. There shall be a department of public utilities, in this chapter called the department. It shall have an official seal, which shall be judicially noticed.
MA Gen L ch 25 § 1a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 1a - Department Priorities

[ Text of section added by 2021, 8, Sec. 15 effective June 24, 2021.]  Section 1A. In discharging its responsibilities under this chapter and chapter 164, the department shall, with respect to itself and the entities it regulates, prioritize safety, security, reliability of service, affordability, equity and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions to meet statewide greenhouse gas emission limits and sublimits established pursuant to chapter 21N.
MA Gen L ch 25 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 2 - Commonwealth Utilities Commission; Membership; Appointment and Terms; Chairman; Quorum; Salaries; Annual Report

Section 2. The department shall be under the supervision and control of the commonwealth utilities commission, in this chapter called the commission, which shall consist of 3 members, 2 of whom shall be appointed and may be removed by the secretary of energy and environmental affairs for a term coterminous with that of the governor. The third member shall be appointed and may be removed by the secretary for a term of 4 years. The secretary shall designate one commissioner as chairman, who shall serve as chairman for 2 years, and may be reappointed, unless removed as chairman by the secretary, with the approval of the governor. Commission members shall have background or expertise in electricity or natural gas matters. Any appointment or removal by the secretary under this section shall require the approval of the governor. The commissioners shall devote their full time to the duties of their office. Not more than 2 members of the commission shall be members of the same political party. Any decision made or order issued by the commission may be made by majority vote of a quorum of 2 members.  The initial base salary of the chairman of the commission shall be $90,000, and the initial base salary of the other members shall be $82,500. Said salaries shall be subject to step increases consistent with the provisions of sections 45 and 46C of chapter 30. The members shall receive necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties.  The commission shall make an annual report of its activities in January of each year to the general court.
MA Gen L ch 25 § 2a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 2a - Energy Advisory Board; Membership; Duties

Section 2A. There is hereby established within the executive office of energy and environmental affairs an energy advisory board, appointed by the governor, consisting of thirteen members: three representatives of investor-owned electric utilities; one representative of an investor-owned gas utility; two representatives of the environmental community; two representatives of the business community; one consumer representative; one representative of organized labor appointed from a list of three qualified names submitted by the Massachusetts State Labor Council, AFL–CIO; one representative of energy conservation providers; one representative of the independent power industry and the secretary of consumer affairs and business regulation. Said advisory board shall meet at least four times each fiscal year and shall make recommendations to the governor respecting mandated assessments and fees; relating to the provision of energy and energy services in the commonwealth; the relationship between existing fees and assessments on public utilities and patterns of timely regulatory action; the elimination of duplication of regulatory activity and relative to long-term planning and the future of the commonwealth's energy policy. Said advisory board shall report to the governor annually, which report shall also be submitted to the house and senate committees on ways and means no later than October first of each year. The members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation.
MA Gen L ch 25 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 25 - Department of Public Utilities|Section 3 - Commissioners; Oath; Interests in Regulated Industry Companies

Section 3. Each commissioner shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her official duties. A commissioner shall not own, or be in the employ of, or own any stock in any regulated industry company, nor shall he or she be in any way directly or indirectly pecuniarily interested in or connected with any such regulated industry company or in the employ or connected with any person financing any regulated industry company. A commissioner shall not personally or through any partner or agent render any professional service or make or perform any business contract with or for any regulated industry company, except contracts made with the commissioners as common carriers for furnishing of services, nor shall he or she directly or indirectly receive any commission, bonus, discount, present, or reward from any regulated industry company.  For the purposes of this section and the provisions of chapter 164, a regulated industry company shall be defined as any corporation, city, town or other governmental subdivision, partnership or other organization, or any individual engaged within the commonwealth in any business which is, or the persons engaged in which are, in any respect made subject to the supervision or regulation of the department by any provision of law except chapter 110A of the General Laws and chapter 651 of the Acts of 1910, as amended.