General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 70B School Building Assistance Program
- Massachusetts General Laws - School building assistance program; establishment - Chapter 70B, Section 1
Whereas the school building assistance program is the largest capital grant program operated by the commonwealth and is necessary for the establishment of public school...
- Massachusetts General Laws - School Building Authority - Chapter 70B, Section 1A
(a) There is hereby created a body politic and corporate and a public instrumentality to be known as the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 70B, Section 2
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:- “Additional Revenues”, any moneys that are not defined as the dedicated...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Purpose of program; board of education; general policy and review standards; specific powers of board - Chapter 70B, Section 3
There is hereby established a school building assistance program. The purpose of said program is generally to encourage and foster the thoughtful establishment and maintenance...
- Massachusetts General Laws - School building advisory board; establishment; members - Chapter 70B, Section 3A
(a) There shall be a school building advisory board comprised of the state auditor or his designee, the inspector general or his designee, and the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bonds - Chapter 70B, Section 3B
(a) The authority may provide by resolution for the issuance from time to time of bonds for any purpose of the trust, which bonds may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - School building authority; termination; projects to conform to federal statutory mandates - Chapter 70B, Section 3C
The authority and its existence shall continue until terminated by law, but no such law shall take effect so long as the authority shall have...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Accounts; annual report - Chapter 70B, Section 3D
The authority, in cooperation with the state treasurer, shall at all times keep accounts of all receipts, expenditures and disbursements and all assets and liabilities...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Municipality indebted to authority; offset of deficiency by state treasurer’s disbursement of funds payable to indebted municipality - Chapter 70B, Section 3E
In addition to other remedies of the authority under any bond, note or other evidence of indebtedness, if at any time any amount is distributable...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reimbursement for incidental educational, engineering and architectural services; application and documentation - Chapter 70B, Section 4
Any eligible applicant may apply to the board for reimbursement, in whole or in part, of any expenses incurred for educational, engineering and architectural services...
- Massachusetts General Laws - School facilities grant applications - Chapter 70B, Section 5
An eligible applicant may submit to the authority a statement of interest which shall be approved by a vote of the applicable local governing body...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Examination of application by board of education; notice of approval or rejection - Chapter 70B, Section 6
(a) Upon receipt of an application under section 5, from time to time, the authority may designate approved school projects. The authority shall examine forthwith...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Limit on estimated amount of grants approved by authority - Chapter 70B, Section 7
There shall be a limit on the estimated amount of grants approved by the authority during a fiscal year. For fiscal year 2008, the limit...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Order of priorities for approval of school projects and reimbursements; deferral of approval or disapproval of project applications - Chapter 70B, Section 8
The authority shall approve school projects and reimbursements under this chapter in accordance with the following order of priorities: (1) priority shall be given to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cost effective production of efficient and creative school projects; standards and procedures; regulations - Chapter 70B, Section 9
(a) In order to maximize the cost effective production of efficient and creative school projects, the authority shall require that every school project conform to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Facilities grants for approved projects; formula - Chapter 70B, Section 10
The grant percentage for approved school projects shall be calculated based on the following formula, but no grant percentage shall be greater than 80 per...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Disbursement schedule - Chapter 70B, Section 11
Grants for approved school projects shall be paid in accordance with a disbursement schedule approved by the authority.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2004, 208, Sec. 36 - Chapter 70B, Section 12 13
Repealed, 2004, 208, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Approved alternative projects; allowable costs - Chapter 70B, Section 14
For approved projects that are an alternative to construction or renovation, the authority shall establish eligible cost criteria, and on a case by case basis,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Sale or lease of school buildings for which school facilities project applicant receives grant payments - Chapter 70B, Section 15
(a) In the event that an eligible applicant sells or leases an assisted structure or facility, or a portion of that structure or facility, on...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Maintenance assessment program for school buildings - Chapter 70B, Section 16
The authority shall create a maintenance assessment program for school buildings. Such assessment program shall include a review of all major building components, maintenance records,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report; anticipated needs for school facilities projects - Chapter 70B, Section 17
(a) On or before June 30 of each year, the authority shall submit a report to the governor, the house and senate committees on ways...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 2004, 208, Sec. 36 - Chapter 70B, Section 18
Repealed, 2004, 208, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Notification of actual interest rate for bond issuance - Chapter 70B, Section 19
Municipalities and school districts shall notify the authority no later than 14 days before refinancing any bond for which the municipality or district will receive...
Last modified: September 11, 2015