Massachusetts Statutes

Section 57. A city or town owing debts incurred in aid of a railroad corporation shall annually raise by taxation an amount sufficient, with the income, if any, derived from its stock or securities, to pay the interest on such debts.

Section 58. No city or town shall pay a bill incurred by any official thereof for wines, liquors or cigars.

Section 59. The supreme judicial or superior court, by mandamus or other appropriate remedy, at law or in equity, upon the suit or petition of the attorney general or of the mayor, or of one or more taxable inhabitants of a city, town or district authorized by law to incur debt, …

Section 6. Cities and towns may, by a majority vote, incur debt for temporary loans for the payment of land damages or any proportion of the general expenses of altering a grade crossing which they are required primarily to pay, or any proportion of the expense of constructing a …

Section 60. A town treasurer or a treasurer of a district, who violates any provision of sections twenty-three to twenty-five, inclusive, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 61. A county, city, town, district or corporation which neglects or refuses to issue a bond, note or certificate in accordance with section fifty-two when requested so to do by the sinking fund commissioners of any city, town or district shall be subject to a penalty of n…

Section 62. Any city, town or district officer who knowingly violates, or authorizes or directs any official or employee to violate, any provision of this chapter, or any other provision of general law relating to the incurring of liability or expenditure of public funds on accou…

Section 63. Whenever the proceeds of the sale or other disposal of real estate, including the taking by eminent domain by another governmental unit, but other than that acquired through tax title foreclosure, by a city, town, or district, exceed five hundred dollars, the same sha…

Section 63A. Whenever in any fiscal year a town, which term, as used in this section, shall include a city, shall sell any real estate, the board or officer executing the deed therefor in the name and behalf of the town shall, as a condition precedent to the power to deliver such…

Section 64. Any town or city having unpaid bills of previous fiscal years which may be legally unenforceable due to the insufficiency of an appropriation in the fiscal year in which such bills were incurred may, in the case of a town, at an annual meeting by a four fifths vote, o…

Section 65. In any city which accepts this section by vote of the city council, with the approval of the mayor, and in any town which accepts this section at a town meeting, advances of pay may be made to any officer or employee thereof in advance of his regular vacation to the e…

Section 66. In any city having a plan E or plan D charter with the approval of the city manager, in any other city with the approval of the mayor, and in towns with the approval of the selectmen, advances may be made to any officer or employee thereof in anticipation of necessary…

Section 67. The treasurer of any city or town, on behalf of the city or town, may contract with an employee to defer a portion of that employee's compensation and may, for the purposes of funding a deferred compensation program for said employee, established in accordance with th…

Section 67A. The treasurer of any city or town, on behalf of the city or town, may contract with an employee to make contributions for and in the name of such employee, from amounts otherwise payable to the employee as current compensation, to an Individual Retirement Account (''…

Section 68. Whenever a city, town or district votes to grant a salary increase to all or any of its employees, such increase may be retroactive to a date not earlier than the beginning of the fiscal year prior to the date of such vote.

Section 69. If a check or electronic funds transfer in payment of a municipal or district service rendered or fee or charge imposed is not duly paid, there may, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be imposed on the person who tendered such check or electronic funds …

Section 6A. If a city, town or district has been allotted a grant by the federal government, the commonwealth, or any agency or department of either, or by any body politic or public instrumentality of the commonwealth, or similar entity, for any purpose for which the city, town …

Section 7. Cities and towns may incur debt, by a two-thirds vote, within the limit of indebtedness prescribed in section 10, for the following purposes and payable within the periods hereinafter specified not to exceed 30 years or, except for clauses (2), (3), (6) and (7), within…

Section 70. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections thirty-one and fifty-three, any city or town may, by vote of its town meeting, town council or city council authorize the collector, treasurer or other department head, with the approval of the selectmen, town manager or mayo…

Section 71. Contracts under the authority of section seventy shall be subject to such regulations and guidelines as the commissioner of revenue may issue. The commissioner of revenue is further authorized to negotiate contracts with vendors for particular types of services to be …

Section 72. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, any local government entity may receive federal funds for reimbursable medical services where all conditions set forth in this section are met. Federal payments under Title XIX of the Social…

Section 73. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any design and construction services included in a public-private partnership development agreement seeking assistance under chapter 29C may request technical assistance from the public-private partnership in…

Section 8. Cities and towns may incur debt, by a two-thirds vote, outside the limit of indebtedness prescribed in section 10, for the following purposes and payable within the periods hereinafter specified or, except with respect to clauses (1), (2), (3A), (9) and (18), within su…

Section 8A. In any city which accepts this section upon its submission in accordance with law at its first regular city election following the effective date of this section, an order authorizing the issue of bonds, notes or certificates of indebtedness for any purpose specified …

Section 8B. The treasurer of any city, if authorized by vote of the city council with the approval of the mayor, and the treasurer of any town if authorized by vote of the town may borrow from time to time such sums as may be necessary to replace funds of such city or town which …

Section 8C. A city or town which has appropriated money for the acquisition of land, to be expended together with a sum or sums of money allotted by the commissioner of natural resources under section eleven of chapter one hundred and thirty-two A or by the United States or by bo…

Section 9. Districts may by a two thirds vote authorize the incurring of debt for purposes prescribed, and payable within the periods specified, by sections seven and eight, so far as they are authorized by law to make expenditures for the purposes mentioned therein, and the amou…

Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Commissioner'', the commissioner of revenue. ''Debt service'', payments of principal and interest upon qualified bonds issued pursuant to …

Section 10. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any city or town of the obligation imposed on it by law to appropriate and to include in its annual tax levy amounts necessary to pay, in each year, the principal and interest maturing and becoming due on any quali…

Section 11. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prohibit any city, town or regional school district from applying for authorization to issue qualified bonds pursuant to the terms of this chapter in connection with the construction, reconstruction, development…

Section 11A. The proceedings of the city or town authorizing the issuance of qualified bonds may contain such covenants and provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including co…

Section 12. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to pledge the credit and assets of the commonwealth to the support of bonds issued pursuant to this chapter or to guarantee payment or stand as surety for the payment of bonds pursuant to this chapter.

Section 2. Whenever a city, town or regional school district votes, in accordance with law, to incur debt and to issue bonds for any purpose or purposes for which it is authorized by law to borrow, the treasurer of the city, town or regional school district, with the approval of …

Section 3. If the investigation determines to the satisfaction of the board that such city, town or regional school district should be entitled to issue qualified bonds, the board may by resolution authorize such city, town or regional school district to issue such qualified bond…

Section 4. Within sixty days after the submission to it of an application under section two, the board shall authorize the issuance of qualified bonds, if it is satisfied that the issuance of qualified bonds is appropriate. The authorization shall be recorded in a resolution adop…

Section 5. All qualified bonds when issued shall contain a recital to the effect that they are issued pursuant to the Qualified Bond Act and are entitled to the benefits of the provisions of this chapter. The final maturity of such qualified bonds shall occur not less than ten no…

Section 6. Any city, town or regional school district which has been authorized by the board to issue qualified bonds may issue temporary notes in anticipation of the issuance of the qualified bonds to the extent permitted by sections seventeen and seventeen A of chapter forty-fo…

Section 7. The treasurer of each city, town or regional school district which issues qualified bonds shall certify to the state treasurer the maturity schedule, interest rate, and dates of payment of debt service on the qualified bonds within ten days after the date of issuance o…

Section 8. The commonwealth hereby covenants with the purchasers, holders and owners, from time to time, of qualified bonds that it will not repeal, revoke, rescind, modify, or amend the provisions of section seven so as to create any lien or charge on or pledge, assignment, dive…

Section 9. The certification to the state treasurer as to the amount payable in any year for debt service on such qualified bonds shall be fully conclusive as to such qualified bonds from and after the time of issuance of such qualified bonds, notwithstanding any irregularity, om…

Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act.

Section 10. (a) The commissioner of revenue shall annually on or before November 15 disburse monies from the fund established in section 9 to a city or town that has accepted sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and notified the commissioner of its acceptance. The community shall notify t…

Section 11. A city or town that accepts sections 3 to 7, inclusive, may issue, from time to time, general obligation bonds or notes in anticipation of revenues to be raised pursuant to section 3, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the Community Preservation Fund. Bonds o…

Section 12. (a) A real property interest that is acquired with monies from the Community Preservation Fund shall be bound by a permanent restriction, recorded as a separate instrument, that meets the requirements of sections 31 to 33, inclusive, of chapter 184 limiting the use of…

Section 13. The community preservation committee shall keep a full and accurate account of all of its actions, including its recommendations and the action taken on them and records of all appropriations or expenditures made from the Community Preservation Fund. The committee sha…

Section 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, every city and town may accept sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and may thereupon receive state grants under section 10. A city or town that accepts said sections 3 to 7, inclusive, shall not be …