General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 44B Community Preservation
- Massachusetts General Laws - Title - Chapter 44B, Section 1
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 44B, Section 2
As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, have the following meanings:— “Acquire”, obtain by gift,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Acceptance of Secs. 3 to 7 - Chapter 44B, Section 3
(a) Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, shall take effect in any city or town upon the approval by the legislative body and their acceptance by...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Surcharge on real property; collection - Chapter 44B, Section 4
(a) Upon acceptance of sections 3 to 7, inclusive, and upon the assessors’ warrant to the tax collector, the accepted surcharge shall be imposed. (b)...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Community preservation committee; members; recommendations - Chapter 44B, Section 5
(a) A city or town that accepts sections 3 to 7, inclusive, shall establish by ordinance or by-law a community preservation committee. The committee shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual revenues; open space, historic resources and community housing - Chapter 44B, Section 6
[Text of section applicable as provided by 2012, 139, Sec. 218 as amended by 2012, 239, Sec. 48.] In each fiscal year and upon the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Community preservation fund - Chapter 44B, Section 7
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 53 of chapter 44 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a city or town that accepts...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Surcharges; fees of registers of deeds; fees of assistant recorder - Chapter 44B, Section 8
(a) Except as otherwise provided, the fees of the registers of deeds to be paid when a document or instrument is recorded shall be subject...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts community preservation trust fund - Chapter 44B, Section 9
(a) There shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth a separate fund, to be known as the Massachusetts Community Preservation...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual distributions of monies in trust fund - Chapter 44B, Section 10
[Text of section applicable as provided by 2012, 139, Sec. 218 as amended by 2012, 239, Sec. 48.] (a) The commissioner of revenue shall annually...
- Massachusetts General Laws - General obligation bonds or notes - Chapter 44B, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Real property interest; permanent restriction; management - Chapter 44B, Section 12
[Subsection (a) applicable as provided by 2012, 139, Sec. 218 as amended by 2012, 239, Sec. 48.] (a) A real property interest that is acquired...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Accurate account of recommendations and actions; records of appropriations and expenditures and of real property interests - Chapter 44B, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State grants - Chapter 44B, 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...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Tort liability for destruction of real property purchased with funds from chapter - Chapter 44B, Section 15
(a) A person who, without permission, knowingly carries away or steals, mutilates, destroys, damages, causes to be damaged or cuts any tree, shrub, grass or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Amendments to amount and computation of surcharge; revocation of Secs. 3 to 7 - Chapter 44B, Section 16
[Subsection (a) applicable as provided by 2012, 139, Sec. 218 as amended by 2012, 239, Sec. 48.] (a) At any time after imposition of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations - Chapter 44B, Section 17
The commissioner of revenue shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations to effect the purposes of this chapter.
Last modified: September 11, 2015