Massachusetts Statutes

Section 3E. (a) Tax increment financing may be offered by a municipality in accordance with section 59 of chapter 40 to the controlling business of a certified project, or to any person or entity undertaking a real estate project or to any person or entity expanding a facility if…

Section 3F. (a) The controlling business or affiliate awarded EDIP tax credits shall file a report with MOBD, signed by an authorized representative of the controlling business or affiliate, certifying whether the controlling business or affiliate has achieved the job creation pr…

Section 3G. (a) The EACC may designate 1 or more areas as an economic target area or economic opportunity area in connection with an application from a municipality seeking the designation under the federal Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Program or other local, stat…

Section 3H. (a) There shall be a permit regulatory office within the executive office of economic development. The secretary of economic development shall appoint a person with experience in permitting and business development to serve as the director of the permit regulatory off…

Section 3I. (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter but subject to appropriation, the Massachusetts office of business development shall upon receipt of qualifying applications, expend not less than $500,000 annually in matching grants to assist municipalities to…

Section 3J. (a) The Massachusetts office of business development shall partner with regional economic development organizations to establish a plan to support regionally based efforts to grow and retain existing businesses and attract new business to the commonwealth. To implemen…

Section 3K. (a)(1) The Massachusetts office of business development shall award up to 12 contracts for regional business development services. Each contract shall specify the municipalities which comprise the region to be served under that contract. (2) Eligible organizations sha…

Section 3L. (a) The Massachusetts office of business development shall provide initial assistance to a business which contacts the office requesting service. The Massachusetts office of business development shall provide the business with information about the various regional ec…

Section 3M. (a)(1) For the purposes of this section, ''office'' shall mean the Massachusetts office of business development established in section 1, or any constituent office thereof. (2) There is hereby established a pilot program for a live theater tax credit for which a live …

Section 4. The Massachusetts office of business development shall have an office in western Massachusetts under the direct supervision of the director. Subject to appropriation, the director shall hire such employees as he may from time to time deem necessary for the proper perfo…

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 ma…

Section 56. (a) The secretary of economic development shall coordinate the quasi-public entities and public purpose agencies of the commonwealth as to their economic development projects, programs and plans. (b) The secretary shall aggregate the data submitted under subsection (i…

Section 57. (a) For the purposes of this section and section fifty-eight the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meaning: ''Agency'', the Massachusetts office of business development. ''Borrower'', any business that receives a …

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 …

Section 59. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Person'', any individual and any partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other entity, or their subsidiaries; ''State agency…

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…

Section 1. The executive office of housing and livable communities shall be the principal office of the commonwealth to formulate and carry out state housing policy, responsible for expending funds, marshalling resources, and advancing innovative solutions to provide safe, access…

Section 10. Wherever, in any general or special law, there are used the following words:— (a) division of housing, (b) division of urban renewal, (c) bureau of relocation, (d) bureau of project development services, (e) bureau of construction services, (f) bureau of property mana…

Section 10A. The executive office may enter into a contract with a local housing authority for the purpose of assisting housing development by expending such monies as may be appropriated for the purpose of making non-interest bearing advances to housing authorities organized und…

Section 24. As used in this section the following words, unless the context requires otherwise, shall have the following meaning: ''Community action agency'', a nonprofit agency which has previously been designated and authorized to accept funds from the federal Community Service…

Section 24A. Subgrantees of fuel assistance programs shall provide written notice of the existence of weatherization assistance programs when such programs are available to all recipients of fuel assistance, and shall provide written notice of the names of said recipients to weat…

Section 24B. The executive office of housing and livable communities shall, subject to appropriation, operate a low-income sewer and water assistance program to provide assistance in paying the sewer and water bills of homeowners earning less than one hundred and fifty percent of…

Section 25. As used in sections twenty-six to twenty-seven, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly is indicated from the context: ''Annual income'', a person's or family's gross annual income less such reasonable allow…

Section 26. It is hereby found and declared that there now exists in many cities and towns in the commonwealth an acute shortage of decent, safe and sanitary housing for persons and families of low or moderate income and others. That this shortage is inimical to the safety, healt…

Section 27. The commonwealth, acting by and through the executive office of housing and livable communities, may, to the extent of appropriations provided for such purpose, enter into contracts with sponsors of rental housing projects for financial assistance in the form of a gra…

Section 29. As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Community development block grant'', funds designated to promote the development of viable urban communities within the commonwealth and whi…

Section 30. Subject to appropriation, the executive office shall administer a program of emergency housing assistance to needy families with children and pregnant woman with no other children. The executive office shall administer the program throughout the commonwealth at locati…