Section 5A. The MTDC is hereby authorized to operate as a corporation for innovation development under the provisions of the rules and regulations of the United States Department of Commerce regarding corporations for innovation development and under the provisions of the Public Laws of the United States regarding such corporations. In its capacity as a corporation for innovation development, the MTDC is authorized to accept any and all grants, loans, guarantees, subsidies, matching funds, reimbursements, property, services, or other things of value from the United States or any agency thereof or from any regional governmental agency or from any government agency of any other state or from any institution, person, firm or corporation, public or private, to be used for the purposes of a corporation for innovation development as set forth in applicable federal laws and regulations. The board of directors of the MTDC may, in its discretion, establish a subsidiary corporation to operate as a corporation for innovation development if it determines that it would be preferable for operational reasons to separate said corporation for innovation development activities from the other activities of MTDC.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 40g - Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation
Section 4b - Commonwealth Fund; Co-Investment Funds
Section 4c - Administration of the Innovation Commercialization Seed Fund
Section 5a - Innovation Development; Grants, Loans, etc.; Subsidiary Corporation
Section 6 - Annual Report of Activities
Section 7 - Audit of Books and Records
Section 8 - Liberal Construction of Chapter
Section 9 - Initial Appointments to Board of Directors
Section 11 - Application of Other Laws to the Technology Development Corporation