An Act authorizing the town of Wellesley to dissolve its Housing Development Corporation
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| Date | Branch | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 9/5/2025 | Executive | Signed by the Governor, Chapter 24 of the Acts of 2025 |
| 8/28/2025 | Senate | Enacted and laid before the Governor |
| 8/28/2025 | House | Enacted |
| 8/25/2025 | Senate | Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed |
| 8/25/2025 | Senate | Taken out of the Orders of the Day |
| 8/7/2025 | Senate | Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session |
| 8/4/2025 | House | Read third and passed to be engrossed |
| 7/23/2025 | House | Read second and ordered to a third reading |
| 7/23/2025 | House | Rules suspended |
| 7/23/2025 | House | Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting |
| 7/14/2025 | House | Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling |
| 6/3/2025 | Joint | Hearing scheduled for 06/10/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1 |
| 5/15/2025 | Senate | Senate concurred |
| 5/12/2025 | House | Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government |
No additional cosponsors.
| Committee | Recommendation | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| J10 | Favorable | 1 entries |
| H52 | Place in OD | — |
| H36 | Correctly Drawn | — |
Notwithstanding section 5 of chapter 311 of the acts of 1998, or any other general or special law, all property and funds held by the Housing Development Corporation of the town of Wellesley established under said act of 1998 are hereby transferred to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund of the town of Wellesley established pursuant to section 55C of chapter 44 of the General Laws and shall be managed, disposed of or expended in accordance with said section 55C of said chapter 44 and any applicable by-law of the town of Wellesley.
Chapter 311 of the acts of 1998 is hereby repealed.
This act shall take effect upon the posting or publication by the town clerk in accordance with section 32 of chapter 40 of the General Laws of an amendment to the general by-laws of the town of Wellesley establishing an affordable housing trust in the town pursuant to said section 55C of said chapter 44.
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 5 of chapter 311 of the acts of 1998, or any other general or special law, all property and funds held by the Housing Development Corporation of the town of Wellesley established under said act of 1998 are hereby transferred to the Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund of the town of Wellesley established pursuant to section 55C of chapter 44 of the General Laws and shall be managed, disposed of or expended in accordance with said section 55C of said chapter 44 and any applicable by-law of the town of Wellesley. SECTION 2. Chapter 311 of the acts of 1998 is hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon the posting or publication by the town clerk in accordance with section 32 of chapter 40 of the General Laws of an amendment to the general by-laws of the town of Wellesley establishing an affordable housing trust in the town pursuant to said section 55C of said chapter 44.