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2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 5 - Planning and Research Capability of Mobd; Description of Organization

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 5. The director of economic development shall establish in MOBD a planning and research capability. Said director shall prepare and keep current a general statement of the organization of MOBD, of the assignment of functions to its various administrative units, officers and employees, and of the established places at which and the methods whereby the public may receive information or make requests. Such statement shall be known as MOBD's description of organization. A current copy of the description of organization shall be on file in the office of the state secretary and in the executive office for administration and finance.
Chapter 23A: Section 5. MOBD's description of organization
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 72 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 5. The director of MOBD shall prepare and keep current a general statement of the organization of MOBD, of the assignment of functions to its various administrative units, officers and employees, and of the established places at which and the methods whereby the public may receive information or make requests. Such statement shall be known as MOBD's description of organization. A current copy of the description of organization shall be on file in the office of the state secretary and in the executive office for administration and finance.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 6 - Advisory Committees and Council

[ First paragraph effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 6. To assist MOBD in the discharge of its duties, the director may appoint, without regard to chapter 31, advisory committees on regional planning and commercial and industrial development from among interested citizens of the commonwealth. The director shall establish an advisory council that shall assist and advise the director on matters related to the administration and evaluation of the regional business development program created under section 3J.
[ First paragraph as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 73 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
To assist MOBD in the discharge of its duties, the director may appoint, without regard to chapter 31, advisory committees on regional planning and commercial and industrial development from among interested citizens of the commonwealth. The director may establish an advisory council that may assist and advise the director on matters related to the administration and evaluation of the regional business development program created under section 3J.
[ Second paragraph effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Members of such committees shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for their expenses. Such committees shall receive assistance from appropriate divisions of MOBD as designated by the director of economic development. Each committee shall annually, on or before November 1, make a report to the director of economic development and may make such special reports as it or the director of economic development may deem desirable.
[ Second paragraph as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 74 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Members of such committees shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for their expenses. Such committees shall receive assistance from MOBD as designated by the director of MOBD. Each committee shall annually, on or before November 1, make a report to the director of MOBD and may make such special reports as it or the director of MOBD may deem desirable.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 7 - Annual Reports

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 7. The director of economic development shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court an annual report which shall contain the description of organization of MOBD, and such other matters as he deems appropriate. He shall also include in such annual report such information as may be required by the commissioner of administration. He shall from time to time submit such other reports as the commissioner of administration may require.
Chapter 23A: Section 7. Annual reports
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 75 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 7. The director of MOBD shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court an annual report which shall contain the description of organization of MOBD, and such other matters as he deems appropriate. He shall also include in such annual report such information as may be required by the commissioner of administration. He shall from time to time submit such other reports as the commissioner of administration may require.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 8 - Acceptance of Gifts and Grants

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 8. MOBD may accept gifts or grants of money or property from any source, which shall be held in trust for the use of MOBD by the director of economic development as custodian.
Chapter 23A: Section 8. Acceptance of gifts and grants
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 76 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 8. MOBD may accept gifts or grants of money or property from any source, which shall be held in trust for the use of MOBD by the director of MOBD as custodian.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 9 - Employees; Appointments and Removals; Consultants

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 9. The director of economic development may, subject to appropriation, appoint and remove all employees of the MOBD including directors, as may be necessary to carry out the work of MOBD. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made in accordance with chapter 31. From time to time, the director of economic development may, subject to appropriation and the laws and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as he may deem necessary.
Chapter 23A: Section 9. Employees; appointments and removals; consultants
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 77 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 9. The director of MOBD may, subject to appropriation, appoint and remove all employees of the MOBD as may be necessary to carry out the work of MOBD. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made in accordance with chapter 31. From time to time, the director of MOBD may, subject to appropriation and the laws and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as he may deem necessary.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 10a - Buy Massachusetts Program

Section 10A. The MOBD shall establish a Buy Massachusetts Program. In implementing said program the MOBD shall analyze and compile a list of products or goods that companies and businesses in the commonwealth need or that are produced for them. The raw materials listed shall include agricultural items produced in the commonwealth and parts of special services provided by said companies. Special attention shall be given to those items or products that such companies currently purchase outside the commonwealth or from foreign countries and especially an item or product needed or required for the first time. MOBD shall make inquiries as to the needs of locally-based companies and businesses and determine if other commonwealth based companies and business entities need the item or product, or are capable of making or producing the item or product with additional capital or retooling. MOBD shall utilize said lists for the purpose of bringing together the needs, as so determined, with the business entities utilizing said products or items and more than one entity may be serviced by one or more local suppliers or buyers, the purpose of said program being to connect local companies' needs with products made or services provided by other local companies.
The Massachusetts office of business development may expend such funds as may be appropriated therefor, and may accept federal funds, or private gifts and grants to assist it in carrying out the purposes as set forth in this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13 - Employees; Assistance From Other State Agencies

Section 13. MOBD may employ such personnel as may be necessary to carry out its duties under the provisions of chapter forty D.
All departments, divisions, boards, bureaus, commissions or other agencies of the state government shall provide such assistance and information as MOBD may request in order to carry out said duties.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13e - Office of Travel and Tourism; Executive Director; Appointment; Powers and Duties

Section 13E. There shall be within the partnership an office of travel and tourism which shall be under the supervision and control of an executive director. The powers and duties given to the executive director of the office of travel and tourism in this chapter and in any other general or special law shall be exercised and discharged subject to the direction, control and supervision of the partnership.
[ Second paragraph effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
The executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be appointed by the governor, and serve at the pleasure of the governor. The position of executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be classified under section 45 of chapter 30 and the executive director of travel and tourism shall devote full time during business hours to the duties of the office of travel and tourism and shall give to the state treasurer a bond for the faithful performance of those duties.
[ Second paragraph as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 81 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
The executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be appointed by the secretary of economic development. The position of executive director of the office of travel and tourism shall be classified under section 45 of chapter 30 and the executive director of travel and tourism shall devote full time during business hours to the duties of the office of travel and tourism and shall give to the state treasurer a bond for the faithful performance of those duties.
The executive director of travel and tourism shall be the executive and administrative head of travel and tourism and shall be responsible for administering and enforcing the laws relative to travel and tourism and to any administrative unit of that office. Powers and duties given to an administrative unit of travel and tourism by a general or special law shall be exercised subject to the direction, control and supervision of the executive director of travel and tourism.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13f - Office of Travel and Tourism; Function

Section 13F. The office of travel and tourism shall serve as the principal agency for promoting the recreational, cultural, historic and scenic resources of the commonwealth to increase its desirability as a location for tourism, convention, travel and recreation-related activities by providing informational, marketing and technical assistance to public and private nonprofit entities organized for similar purposes.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13g - Office of Travel and Tourism; Employees; Appointment and Removal

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 13G. The executive director of travel and tourism may, subject to appropriation and with the approval of the partnership, appoint and may, with like approval, remove all such employees as may be necessary to carry out the work of tourism. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made under chapter 31. The executive director may, subject to appropriation and the laws and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as the executive director may deem necessary.
Chapter 23A: Section 13G. Office of travel and tourism; employees; appointment and removal
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 82 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 13G. The executive director of travel and tourism may, subject to appropriation, appoint and may, with like approval, remove all such employees as may be necessary to carry out the work of tourism. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made under chapter 31. The executive director may, subject to appropriation and the laws and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as the executive director may deem necessary.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13i - Office of Travel and Tourism; Gifts and Grants; Acceptance

Section 13I. The office of travel and tourism may accept gifts or grants of money or property from any source, which shall be held in trust for the use of tourism by the treasurer of the partnership as custodian.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13j - Offices Within Office of Travel and Tourism: Massachusetts Film Office; Massachusetts Sports Partnership; Reports

Section 13J. (a) The following offices shall be within the office of travel and tourism: the Massachusetts film office, which shall be the official and lead agency to facilitate motion picture production and development in the commonwealth, and the Massachusetts sports partnership, which shall be the official and lead agency to facilitate and attract major sports events and championships in the commonwealth. All reports shall be made available on the office of travel and tourism's website.
[ Subsection (b) effective until May 30, 2023. Deleted by 2023, 7, Sec. 84. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
(b) The Massachusetts sports partnership shall meet on a quarterly basis and shall annually, not later than March 1, report the results of its findings and activities for the preceding year and its recommendations to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and to the senate and house chairs of the joint committee on tourism, arts and cultural development.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13m - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Directors; Appointment; Qualifications

Section 13M. There shall be a director of each foreign office appointed by the executive director of the international trade office, who shall be a person with at least 2 years of experience in international trade, having had administrative or business experience in the country where the office is located, who shall be fluent in at least 2 languages and who may be a foreign national. The director shall not be subject to chapter 31 or section 9A of chapter 30.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13n - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Leasing of Office Space and Equipment

Section 13N. The executive director of the international trade office may, subject to appropriation, enter into leases for office space as may be necessary and to purchase or lease equipment as may be needed for the operation of foreign offices.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13o - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Acceptance of Funds

Section 13O. The executive director of the international trade office may accept funds in the name of the international trade office and the foreign offices from private and public groups, agencies and persons, which shall be held in trust for use by the treasurer of the partnership as custodian.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13p - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Financial Report

Section 13P. The executive director of the international trade office and the director of any foreign office shall annually file a financial report with the clerks of the house of representatives and the senate and the joint legislative committee on economic development and emerging technologies on the operation and activities of the office. The report shall include a complete evaluation of the results of the activities of the foreign offices and its effects on the business economy of the commonwealth, including the areas of the export of goods and services and in the location of foreign businesses in the commonwealth.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13t - Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund

Section 13T. (a) There shall be a Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund which shall be administered by the Massachusetts marketing partnership established in section 13A and held by the partnership separate and apart from its other funds. There shall be credited to the fund $10,000,000 from the room occupancy excise imposed by section 3 of chapter 64G and section 22 of chapter 546 of the acts of 1969.
(b) There shall also be credited to the fund all revenue as designated under the Gaming Revenue Fund pursuant to subclause (b) of clause (2) of section 59 of chapter 23K.
(c) All available money in the fund that is unexpended at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund and shall be available for expenditure by the fund in the subsequent fiscal year.
(d) Money in the fund shall be applied as follows:
(i) 40 per cent to the Massachusetts marketing partnership; and
(ii) 60 per cent to regional tourism councils.
(e) The partnership shall submit an annual report to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and the joint committee on tourism, arts and cultural development not later than December 31 on the cost-effectiveness of the fund. The report shall be made available on the office of travel and tourism's website. The report shall include: (i) expenditures made by the partnership from money out of the fund to promote tourism; (ii) expenditures made by the partnership for administrative costs; (iii) expenditures made by the regional tourism councils to promote tourism; and (iv) expenditures made by the regional tourism councils for administrative costs.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 13u - Women's Rights History Trail

Section 13U. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
''Executive director'', the executive director of the office of travel and tourism under section 13E.
''Secretary'', the secretary of transportation under chapter 6C.
(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive director, in conjunction with the secretary, shall develop and implement a women's rights history trail program that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) designating properties and sites that are historically and thematically associated with the fight for women's rights and women's suffrage; and (ii) promoting education and awareness of the history of women's rights in the commonwealth.
(c) The executive director and the secretary shall produce and make available appropriate educational materials regarding the women's rights history trail program, which may include, but shall not be limited to: (i) handbooks; (ii) maps; (iii) exhibits; (iv) uniform signs; (v) interpretive guides; and (vi) electronic information.
(d) The executive director shall develop vacation itineraries based on the women's rights history trail program that shall identify: (i) surrounding attractions; (ii) restaurants; (iii) farms; (iv) lodging; and (v) any other exhibit or place that may be part of the historical theme linking the properties and sites in the women's rights history trail program.
(e) The secretary may erect and maintain signs on the state highway system or trails designated pursuant to this section; provided, however, that any state highway or trail designation shall be of a ceremonial nature and the official name of any such highway or trail shall not be changed as a result of such a designation.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 28a - Corporations; Foreign Trade Zones

Section 28A. Any public, private or nonprofit corporation, existing under the laws of the commonwealth, may, subject to the approval of the city council in a city, the town council in a town having a town council, and the town meeting in any other town, apply for the privilege of establishing, operating and maintaining a foreign trade zone in accordance with the provisions of section 81a to 81u, inclusive, of Title 19 of the United States Code Annotated, known as the Foreign Trade Zone Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the greater Fall River area, which shall include the city of Fall River and the towns of Swansea, Westport and Somerset, shall be authorized to make application to the federal foreign trade zone board.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 58 - Massachusetts Business Development Corporation; Administration of Small Business Capital Access Program

Section 58. The agency is hereby authorized to do the following:
(a) to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts business development corporation, hereinafter referred to as MBDC, established under the provisions of chapter six hundred and seventy-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-three, to act as the agent of the agency with respect to the administration of the program. Said contract: (1) shall be for a period of two years and shall be renewed for additional two year periods subject to the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section; and (2) shall provide for compensation and reimbursement of the agent on terms the agency may deem appropriate for the administration of said program for any expenses incurred by the MBDC in connection with its services as agent and for such other services as the agency may deem appropriate including, but not limited to the use of the premises, personnel and personal property of the MBDC.
(b) conduct an annual review and assessment of the performance of the MBDC in its capacity as agent for the agency to determine whether the contract referenced in paragraph (a) should be renewed for an additional two year period. Said review shall be based on whether the MBDC has satisfactorily met the terms and conditions of the contract.
Upon an initial determination by the agency that the MBDC's performance is unsatisfactory, the MBDC shall be given the opportunity to take corrective action. If, upon a final review of the MBDC's performance the agency continues to conclude that the MBDC's performance is unsatisfactory, it shall submit to the joint committee on commerce and labor its recommendation to terminate the contract with MBDC and transfer the contract to another agency.
(c) to make and publish rules and regulations respecting the implementation of the small business capital access program established by this section and any other rules and regulations necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section; and
(d) to do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers expressly given and granted in this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 60b - Employment Assistance and Training Program

[ Text of section added by 2023, 7, Sec. 91 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
Section 60B. The Massachusetts office of business development shall, subject to appropriation, initiate, organize, develop and coordinate an employment assistance and training program designed to enlarge and improve the skills of the work force, especially those within urban areas containing sections of substantial poverty.
In the development of such a program, the Massachusetts office of business development shall coordinate with all existing state agencies including, but not limited to, the executive office of labor and workforce development, the and the executive office of education, and with any similar training programs sponsored, directed or funded by the federal government operating within the commonwealth.
The office of business development shall, from time to time, determine and designate eligible sections of substantial poverty and it shall approve and certify the training or assistance programs which are to be utilized or undertaken by an eligible business facility.
The Massachusetts office of business development may promulgate regulations to implement this section, including the criteria for a business facility to become an eligible business facility and the requirements to renew a certificate of eligibility.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 61 - Massachusetts Business Development Corporation; Purpose; Powers

Section 61. The Massachusetts Office of Business Development or its successor, hereinafter referred to as MOBD, is hereby authorized to do the following:
(a) Enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Business Development Corporation, hereinafter referred to as MBDC, established under the provisions of chapter 671 of the acts of 1953, to act as the agent of MOBD with respect to the administration of the program. Said contract: (1) shall be for a period of two years and shall be renewed for additional two-year periods subject to the requirements of paragraph (b); and (2) shall provide for compensation and reimbursement of the agent on terms that the MOBD may deem appropriate for the administration of said program for any expenses incurred by the MBDC in connection with its services as agent and necessary for the implementation of the program.
(b) Conduct an annual review and assessment of the performance of the MBDC in its capacity as agent for MOBD to determine whether the contract referenced in paragraph (a) should be renewed for an additional two-year period. Said review shall be based on whether the MBDC has satisfactorily met the terms and conditions of the contract.
Upon an initial determination by MOBD that the performance of MBDC is unsatisfactory, the MBDC shall be given notice of such determination and an opportunity to take corrective action. If, upon a final review of the MBDC's performance MOBD continues to conclude that the performance of the MBDC is unsatisfactory, it shall, 90 days prior to terminating the contract with MBDC, submit to the joint committee on commerce and labor its recommendation to terminate such contract with MBDC and transfer the contract to another agent.
(c) Make and publish rules and regulations respecting the implementation of the redevelopment access to capital program and any other rules and regulations necessary to fulfill the purposes of this section.
(d) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes and exercise the powers expressly given and granted in this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development › Section 69 - Micro Business Development Center

Section 69. (a) The MOBD shall establish a micro business development center, in this section referred to as the center, which shall foster micro businesses in the commonwealth by providing resources, including information on available loans, grants and technical assistance. The center shall provide micro businesses with information and technical assistance related to aspects of micro business management, including but not limited to, (i) business plan development; (ii) technology development; (iii) lending assistance; (iv) market research support; and (v) procurement and contracting aid. For the purposes of this section, the term ''micro business'' shall mean a business: (i) with no more than 5 employees; (ii) located in a census tract as reported in the most recently completed decennial census published by the United States Census Bureau that has a median household income not greater than 80 per cent of the statewide median household income; and (iii) with no more than $250,000 in annual revenue.
(b) The center shall advise the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation in the design, administration and disbursement of loans and grants to entrepreneurs in the commonwealth for low and moderate-income entrepreneurs who are forming, running or expanding microbusinesses in the commonwealth.
(c) The center may expend funds as may be appropriated therefor, accept federal funds, or private gifts and grants to assist in carrying out the purposes as set forth in this section.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 2 - Divisions; Associate Directors; Public Instrumentalities

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. Repealed by 2023, 7, Sec. 103. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
Section 2. (a) There shall be within the department such divisions as the director may establish for its efficient operation. Each such division shall be under the charge of an associate director who shall be appointed by the director and who shall be subject to the direction, control and supervision of the director. Each associate director shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of his appointment and shall be appointed and may be removed by the director. The position of associate director shall not be subject to the provisions of section 9A of chapter 30 or chapter 31. Each associate director shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office.
(b) There shall also be within the department the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, the Massachusetts Home Mortgage Finance Agency, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership, the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, the Massachusetts Community Development Finance Corporation, the manufactured homes commission, the commission of Indian affairs, and the American and Canadian French Cultural Exchange Commission. The department shall provide general policy guidance for these public instrumentalities, but shall not exercise any supervision or control with respect to such instrumentalities, except to the extent otherwise provided by law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 4 - Bureaus; Department's Description of Organization; Bureau Chiefs

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. Repealed by 2023, 7, Sec. 103. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298.]
Section 4. There shall be established within the department such bureaus as the director shall from time to time deem necessary. All such bureaus shall be under the direction, control and supervision of the director, who may abolish or merge any such bureaus as he may deem advisable. The director shall prepare and maintain on a current basis a general statement of the organization of the department, of the assignment of functions to its various administrative units, officers and employees, and of the established places at which and the methods whereby the public may receive information or make requests. Such statement shall be known as the department's description of organization. A current copy of the description of organization shall be on file in the offices of the state secretary and in the executive office for administration and finance. Each bureau, subject to appropriation, shall be under the charge of a bureau chief, who shall be a person of skill and experience in the field of his appointment. The position of bureau chief shall not be subject to the provisions of section nine A of chapter thirty or chapter thirty-one, and persons shall be appointed to and may be removed from such position by the director.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 5a - Housing Appeals Committee

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 5A. There shall be within the department a housing appeals committee, consisting of three members to be appointed by the director, of whom one shall be an officer or employee of the department, and two members to be appointed by the governor for terms of one year each, of whom one shall be a member of a board of selectmen and one a member of a city council or similar governing body of a city. The members shall serve for terms of one year each, and the director shall designate the chairman. A member of the committee shall receive no compensation for his services, but shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for all reasonable expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of his official duties. Said committee shall hear all petitions for review filed under section twenty-two of chapter forty B, and shall conduct said hearings in accordance with rules and regulations established by the director.
The department shall provide such space and clerical and other assistance as the committee may require.
Chapter 23B: Section 5A. Housing appeals committee
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 104 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 5A. There shall be within the executive office a housing appeals committee, consisting of 3 members to be appointed by the secretary, of whom 1 shall be an officer or employee of the executive office or any agency or division within the executive office, and 2 members to be appointed by the governor for terms of 1 year each, of whom 1 shall be a member of a select board and 1 a member of a city council or similar governing body of a city. The members shall serve for terms of 1 year each, and the secretary shall designate the chairperson. A member of the committee shall receive no compensation for such services, but shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth for all reasonable expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of official duties. Said committee shall hear all petitions for review filed under section 22 of chapter 40B, and shall conduct said hearings in accordance with rules and regulations established by the secretary.
The executive office shall provide such space and clerical and other assistance as the committee may require.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 6 - Annual Report; Regulations

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 6. The director shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court an annual report which shall contain the description of organization of the department, and such other matters as he deems appropriate. He shall also include in such annual report such information as may be required by the commissioner of administration.
The director shall make, and from time to time revise, regulations for the conduct of the business of the department, and such other regulations as may be required by law.
Chapter 23B: Section 6. Annual report; regulations
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 104 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 6. The secretary shall prepare and submit to the governor and the general court an annual report which shall contain the description of organization of the executive office of housing and livable communities, including all divisions, bureaus, offices, and agencies within the executive office, and such other matters as the secretary deems appropriate. The secretary shall also include in such annual report such information as may be required by the secretary of the executive office for administration and finance.
The secretary of the executive office of housing and livable communities shall make, and from time to time revise, regulations for the conduct of the business of the executive office and its divisions and agencies, and such other regulations as may be required by law.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 7 - Gifts or Grants

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 7. The department may accept any gifts or grants of money or property, whether real or personal, from any source, whether public or private, including but not limited to the United States of America or its agencies, for the purpose of assisting the department in the discharge of its duties.
Chapter 23B: Section 7. Gifts or grants
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 104 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 7. The executive office of housing livable communities may accept any gifts or grants of money or property, whether real or personal, from any source, whether public or private, including but not limited to the United States of America or its agencies, for the purpose of assisting the executive office in the discharge of its duties.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 8 - Employees; Staff Officers; Appointment and Removal

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 8. The director shall appoint and may remove all employees in the department. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made in accordance with chapter thirty-one. From time to time the director may, subject to appropriation and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as he may deem necessary.
In addition to associate directors and bureau chiefs, the director may appoint an executive assistant, a chief counsel and experts on urban affairs, public information and intergovernmental relations, to serve in the department, and such other officers, experts and assistants as may be necessary to carry out the work of the department. Any person holding appointment under this paragraph shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty.
Chapter 23B: Section 8. Employees; staff officers; appointment and removal
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 104 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 8. The secretary shall appoint and may remove all employees in the executive office and its divisions and agencies. Unless otherwise provided by law, all such appointments and removals shall be made in accordance with chapter thirty-one. From time to time the secretary may, subject to appropriation and regulations pertaining to the employment of consultants, employ such consultants as the secretary may deem necessary.
In addition to undersecretaries, department and division heads, and bureau chiefs, the secretary may appoint an executive assistant, a chief counsel and experts on urban affairs, public information and intergovernmental relations, to serve in the executive office, and such other officers, experts and assistants as may be necessary to carry out the work of the office. Any person holding appointment under this paragraph shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter thirty-one or section nine A of chapter thirty.
2023 Massachusetts General Laws › Part I - Administration of the Government › Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth › Chapter 23b - Department of Housing and Community Development › Section 9 - Certifications on Validity or Guaranty of Bonds or Notes of Housing Authorities and Authenticity of Documents on File

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]
Section 9. The director or such person or persons he may designate from time to time may certify to the existence of any fact which may be a condition to the validity of any bond or note of any housing authority as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-one B or of the guaranty of the commonwealth on any such bond or note, and may certify that instruments and documents are true copies of instruments and documents on file with the department. The director shall file with the state secretary a written statement of any such designation and notice of any revocation thereof. Any person dealing with any such housing authority or with the department shall be entitled to rely on such certification as conclusive evidence of the matters therein certified.
Chapter 23B: Section 9. Certifications on validity or guaranty of bonds or notes of housing authorities and authenticity of documents on file
[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Secs. 105 and 106 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]
Section 9. The secretary or such person or persons he may designate from time to time may certify to the existence of any fact which may be a condition to the validity of any bond or note of any housing authority as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and twenty-one B or of the guaranty of the commonwealth on any such bond or note, and may certify that instruments and documents are true copies of instruments and documents on file with the executive office. The secretary shall file with the state secretary a written statement of any such designation and notice of any revocation thereof. Any person dealing with any such housing authority or with the department shall be entitled to rely on such certification as conclusive evidence of the matters therein certified.