General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 79A Relocation Assistance
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 79A, Section 1
The following terms as used in this chapter shall, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, have the following meanings: “Acquisition”, the taking...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Relocation advisory agency; necessity of qualification prior to displacement of occupants - Chapter 79A, Section 2
No acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition, or other improvement which shall involve the displacement of occupants of dwelling units or business units shall be made unless and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Projects displacing occupants; agencies to provide relocation assistance - Chapter 79A, Section 3
Any public agency, or any person authorized to take by eminent domain, including corporations established under the provisions of chapter one hundred and twenty-one A,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Relocation plans; submission; contents - Chapter 79A, Section 4
At the time of the submission of an application for public approval or funding for a project involving the displacement of more than five dwelling...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Relocation plans; examination; review; approval - Chapter 79A, Section 5
If the costs of relocation assistance are reimbursable in whole or in part by the federal government and the relocation plan is required to be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Carrying out relocation plan; program requirements - Chapter 79A, Section 6
After approval has been granted in accordance with the provisions of section five, the relocation agency shall be authorized to carry out the relocation plan....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Relocation payments; alternative and additional payments; exemption from attachment or execution; exclusion from determination of eligibility for certain public benefits - Chapter 79A, Section 7
I. (A) Any agency or person specified under this act which acquires real property, or issues an order to vacate real property for purposes of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Substantial changes of relocation plans; notice; review; approval - Chapter 79A, Section 8
The taking agency or relocation agency shall inform the bureau of any substantial changes made in the relocation plan after approval under section five; and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Suspension of approval of relocation plan; notice - Chapter 79A, Section 9
If the bureau determines that a taking agency or relocation agency is proceeding with a project in disregard of a relocation plan approved under section...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Emergency projects; emergency approval - Chapter 79A, Section 10
If a relocation plan required by section four is disapproved under section five, or approval is suspended under section nine, because the bureau determines that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Expenditure of funds by public agency or municipality; state financial assistance - Chapter 79A, Section 11
Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any public agency for the acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition of real property or any interest therein for a particular...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations; powers of bureau - Chapter 79A, Section 12
The bureau may promulgate regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter and to assure that relocation payments are administered in a manner which...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Enforcement of state sanitary code; displacement of persons; moving expenses; state financial assistance; reports - Chapter 79A, Section 13
Any public agency displacing one or more persons by issuing an order to vacate real property for the purpose of enforcing Article II of the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Projects utilizing public mortgage financing; moving expenses - Chapter 79A, Section 14
Any person utilizing mortgage financing issued, insured, or subsidized by a public agency, including an agency of the federal government, for a project resulting in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Severability - Chapter 79A, Section 15
If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions...
Last modified: September 11, 2015