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H4842 • 2025

An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board

An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board

Housing
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Michelle L. Ciccolo
Last action
2026-05-19
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 84 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board

An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4842) of Michelle L.
  • Ciccolo and Cindy F.
  • Friedman (by vote of the town) relative to the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-05-19 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 84 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-05-11 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-05-11 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-05-07 Senate

    Read second, ordered to a third reading, read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-04-30 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  7. 2026-04-27 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  8. 2026-03-23 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  9. 2026-03-23 House

    Rules suspended

  10. 2026-03-23 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  11. 2026-03-12 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  12. 2026-01-06 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 01/06/2026 from 12:00 PM-12:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  13. 2025-12-18 Senate

    Senate concurred

  14. 2025-12-15 House

    Referred to the committee on Housing

Official Summary Text

An Act to clarify the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board
By Representative Ciccolo of Lexington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4842) of Michelle L. Ciccolo and Cindy F. Friedman (by vote of the town) relative to the organization of the Lexington Housing Assistance Board. Housing. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4842

SECTION 1: Chapter 192 of the Acts of 2024 shall be amended by: a. replacing Section 1 thereof with the following: "There is hereby established an independent, nonprofit housing corporation to be known as the Lexington Housing Assistance Board, Inc. or "LexHAB" which shall be organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes described in section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended." b. replacing Section 11 thereof with the following: "In the event that the board shall be dissolved in accordance with law at any time, all property and interests therein, assets, and rights of said board existing at such time shall be transferred to the town of Lexington, or to a qualified non-profit housing development corporation described in section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and designated by the town of Lexington, which property and assets shall be used exclusively for charitable purposes described in section 501(c)(3) of said Internal Revenue Code; and title to all such property and all such rights shall vest in the town of Lexington automatically without the need for further action or instrument, and the town of Lexington shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, and acting by and through its Select Board, assume, hold and exercise the powers and duties of said board set forth herein with respect to such property and rights so transferred to said town."

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