Section 3L. (a) The Massachusetts office of business development shall provide initial assistance to a business which contacts the office requesting service. The Massachusetts office of business development shall provide the business with information about the various regional economic development organizations with which it has contracted and continue to serve as primary contact for that business until the business has established a relationship with a particular region. The Massachusetts office of business development shall notify all regional economic development organizations, on a nondiscriminatory basis, of business prospects that have expressed interest to the Massachusetts office of business development in moving to the commonwealth.
(b) The Massachusetts office of business development shall coordinate activity among regional economic development organizations and between regional economic development organizations and the commonwealth's economic development agencies and the commonwealth's initiatives: (i) to ensure that initiatives led by the commonwealth or quasi-public economic development agencies receive information and advice from the regional economic development organizations; and (ii) to ensure that initiatives led by the regional economic development organizations receive information and advice from agencies within the executive branch and from quasi-public economic development agencies.
(c) The Massachusetts office of business development shall support the secretary of housing and economic development in the creation of the statewide economic development plan under section 16G of chapter 6A.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 23a - Department of Economic Development
Section 1 - Massachusetts Office of Business Development; Director; Grants; Financial Reports
Section 3 - Divisions; Directors
Section 3a - Economic Development Incentive Program; Establishment; Definitions for Secs. 3a to 3g
Section 3i - Rail-Trail Construction; Matching Grants to Municipalities; Environmental Insurance
Section 3j - Mobd Partnerships With Regional Economic Development Organizations
Section 5 - Planning and Research Capability of Mobd; Description of Organization
Section 6 - Advisory Committees and Council
Section 8 - Acceptance of Gifts and Grants
Section 9 - Employees; Appointments and Removals; Consultants
Section 10a - Buy Massachusetts Program
Section 10b - Massachusetts Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative
Section 13 - Employees; Assistance From Other State Agencies
Section 13b - Marketing Partnership; Offices Within the Partnership
Section 13c - Marketing Partnership; Powers and Duties
Section 13e - Office of Travel and Tourism; Executive Director; Appointment; Powers and Duties
Section 13f - Office of Travel and Tourism; Function
Section 13g - Office of Travel and Tourism; Employees; Appointment and Removal
Section 13h - Office of Travel and Tourism; Advisory Commission
Section 13i - Office of Travel and Tourism; Gifts and Grants; Acceptance
Section 13k - Massachusetts International Trade Office; Executive Director
Section 13m - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Directors; Appointment; Qualifications
Section 13n - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Leasing of Office Space and Equipment
Section 13o - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Acceptance of Funds
Section 13p - Foreign Offices for International Trade; Financial Report
Section 13q - International Trade Office; Provision of Technical Assistance
Section 13r - International Trade Office; Advisory Council
Section 13t - Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund
Section 13u - Women's Rights History Trail
Section 14 - Financial Assistance Program for Tourist Promotion Agencies
Section 28a - Corporations; Foreign Trade Zones
Section 57 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 57 and 58; Small Business Capital Access Program
Section 59 - Code of Corporate Standards Relative to the People's Republic of China; Definitions
Section 61 - Massachusetts Business Development Corporation; Purpose; Powers
Section 62 - Interagency Permitting Board; Members; Duties
Section 63 - Massworks Infrastructure Program; Public Infrastructure Grants Issued to Municipalities
Section 64 - Massachusetts Creative Economy Network
Section 65 - Massachusetts Food Trust Program
Section 66 - Rural Policy Advisory Commission; Members; Powers and Duties; Meetings; Annual Report
Section 67 - Financial Services Advisory Council