Massachusetts General Laws
Title XVII - Public Welfare
Chapter 121a - Urban Redevelopment Corporations

Section 1 - Definitions - Section 1. Unless a different meaning clearly appears from the...

Section 2 - Declaration of Public Necessity; Acquisition and Regulation of Private Property - Section 2. It is hereby declared that blighted open, decadent...

Section 3 - Establishment of Corporations to Carry Out Projects; Number of Projects for Each Corporation; Co-Operative Corporations - Section 3. Three or more persons may associate themselves by...

Section 4 - Rules and Regulations of Housing Boards; Standards for Project Plans; Variations - Section 4. The housing board may make, and from time...

Section 5 - Application for Approval of Project; Contents - Section 5. The persons who have executed an agreement of...

Section 6 - Project Approval; Procedure - Section 6. Whenever the housing board is asked to approve...

Section 6a - Contracts; Contents; Filing; Inspection; Approval; Collection of Amounts Payable - Section 6A. As soon as any such corporation determines to...

Section 6b - Notice of Hearing - Section 6B. The planning board shall give notice of each...

Section 6c - Appeals; Procedure - Section 6C. Any person aggrieved by the disapproval of a...

Section 7 - Borrowing Money to Finance Project; Capital Stock Subscriptions and Sale; Stocks, Bonds or Other Securities of Corporation as Legal Investments - Section 7. No more than such proportion of the estimated...

Section 7a - Purchase or Lease of Real Estate by Urban Redevelopment Corporation From Housing Authority; Approval - Section 7A. A corporation organized under section three or an...

Section 8 - Inspection of Buildings; Proceedings Upon Violation of Rules and Regulations With Respect to Construction and Financing; Injunction - Section 8. The construction of all buildings upon a project...

Section 9 - Limitation in Repayment of Investment in Stock; Limitations of Dividends - Section 9. Except as provided in section sixteen, the stockholders...

Section 10 - Exemption From Taxation and Assessments; Valuation; Appeals; Annual Payment; Additional Tax and Project Approval Procedure - Section 10. For a period of fifteen years after the...

Section 11 - Acquisition and Sale of Land or Interests in Land; Approval - Section 11. Any corporation authorized to undertake or acquire projects...

Section 12 - Receipt of Loans and Grants From the Federal Government and Other Sources; Borrowing Money; Issuance of Notes and Indebtedness - Section 12. Any such corporation shall have power to receive...

Section 13 - Application to Change Type and Character of Buildings on Project; Approval - Section 13. Any such corporation may apply to the housing...

Section 14 - Contracts With Cities or Towns Relative to Public and Private Ways, Sidewalks, Parks and Other Public Improvements; Contracts for Sale, Lease or Exchange of Real Estate - Section 14. Any such corporation, in accordance with the provisions...

Section 15 - Application of Receipts in Excess of Authorized Expenditures - Section 15. Should the gross receipts of any such corporation...

Section 16 - Rights, Privileges, Obligations and Duties of Corporation After Period of Organization - Section 16. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if...

Section 16a - Successor in Interest to Corporation; Options; Filing of Certificate - Section 16A. If an action is brought or if proceedings...

Section 18 - Authority of Insurance Companies to Undertake Projects; Exceptions - Section 18. An insurance company incorporated under the laws of...

Section 18a - Authority of Savings Banks and Co-Operative Banks to Undertake Projects; Limitations; Loans; Association of Banks - Section 18A. A savings bank or co-operative bank incorporated in...

Section 18b - Authority of Corporation to Take Over Existing Project; Application; Changes in Project; Certificate of Board - Section 18B. Three or more persons may associate themselves by...

Section 18c - Authority of Persons to Undertake or Acquire and Carry on Urban Redevelopment Projects - Section 18C. Individuals, and associations of persons organized in the...

Section 18d - Condominium Projects; Regulations - Section 18D. For the purposes of this section, it is...

Section 19 - Partial Invalidity - Section 19. The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared...