Chapter 23A

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 may establish an a…

Section 60. (a) For the purposes of this section and section 61 the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meaning: ''Agency'', the Massachusetts office of business development, or its successor, or its designated agent. ''Borrowe…

Section 60A. As used or referred to in sections 60B to 60C, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- (a) ''Eligible section of substantial poverty'', a section of one or more cities or towns of the commonwealth whi…

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 area…

Section 60C. (a) Any corporation, with respect to any business facility which it owns or operates may file with the office of business development an application for a certificate that such facility is an eligible business facility. Such application shall be in such form and shal…

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, establishe…

Section 63. (a) There shall be in the executive office of economic development a MassWorks infrastructure program: (i) to issue public infrastructure grants to municipalities and other public instrumentalities for design, construction, building, land acquisition, rehabilitation, …

Section 64. (a) There shall be established within the executive office of economic development a Massachusetts creative economy network, hereinafter referred to as the network, which shall be directed by a state creative economy director. The network shall consist of private, pub…

Section 65. (a) There shall be within the executive office of economic development a Massachusetts Food Trust Program. The purpose of this program shall be to establish a financing infrastructure that increases access to healthy food options and improves economic opportunities fo…

Section 66. (a) For purposes of this section and section 66A, ''rural community'' shall mean a municipality with a population density of less than 500 persons per square mile or a population of less than 7,000 persons, in each case as shown in the most recent U.S. decennial censu…

Section 66A. (a) The executive office of economic development shall administer a rural development program to promote economic opportunity and prosperity in rural communities. The program shall provide financial assistance on a competitive basis to municipalities, other public en…

Section 67. (a) The secretary of economic development shall establish a financial services advisory council in the executive office of housing and economic development, the purpose of which shall be to advise the governor or the governor's designee on policies, strategies and ini…

Section 68. (a) The executive office of economic development, in consultation with the executive office of technology services and security and the department of revenue, shall establish and maintain a registry for all operators under chapter 64G who file an application and are i…

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 …

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 informatio…

Section 70. (a) The terms defined in paragraph (zz) of section 6 of chapter 64H shall apply to this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (b) The secretary of the executive office of economic development, in consultation with the commissioner of revenue, shall de…

Section 71. (a) There shall be a small business ombudsperson, focused on boosting economic growth in the commonwealth, within the executive office of economic development. The small business ombudsperson shall serve as a resource for small businesses within the commonwealth and p…

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.

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 ti…