Massachusetts General Laws
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 44b - Community Preservation

Section 1 - Title - Section 1. This chapter shall be known and may be...

Section 2 - Definitions - Section 2. As used in this chapter, the following words...

Section 3 - Acceptance of Secs. 3 to 7 - Section 3. (a) Sections 3 to 7, inclusive, shall take...

Section 4 - Surcharge on Real Property; Collection - Section 4. (a) Upon acceptance of sections 3 to 7,...

Section 5 - Community Preservation Committee; Members; Recommendations; Acquisition of Land - Section 5. (a) A city or town that accepts sections...

Section 6 - Annual Revenues; Open Space, Historic Resources and Community Housing - Section 6. In each fiscal year and upon the recommendation...

Section 7 - Community Preservation Fund - Section 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 53 of chapter...

Section 8 - Surcharges; Fees of Registers of Deeds; Fees of Assistant Recorder - Section 8. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the fees of...

Section 9 - Massachusetts Community Preservation Trust Fund - Section 9. (a) There shall be established and set up...

Section 10 - Annual Distributions of Monies in Trust Fund - Section 10. (a) The commissioner of revenue shall annually on...

Section 11 - General Obligation Bonds or Notes - Section 11. A city or town that accepts sections 3...

Section 12 - Real Property Interest; Permanent Restriction; Management - Section 12. (a) A real property interest that is acquired...

Section 13 - Accurate Account of Recommendations and Actions; Records of Appropriations and Expenditures and of Real Property Interests - Section 13. The community preservation committee shall keep a full...

Section 14 - State Grants - Section 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...

Section 15 - Tort Liability for Destruction of Real Property Purchased With Funds From Chapter - Section 15. (a) A person who, without permission, knowingly carries...

Section 16 - Amendments to Amount and Computation of Surcharge; Revocation of Secs. 3 to 7 - Section 16. (a) At any time after imposition of the...

Section 17 - Rules and Regulations - Section 17. The commissioner of revenue shall have the authority...