Massachusetts made significant improvements to the Community Preservation Act this year that increases the flexibility of the program and increases funding.
An overview is posted on communitypreservation.org.
Here are some useful documents that explain the changes:
- A red-line version of the CPA statute, as amended, with all changes highlighted.
- A companion section-by-section that provides short explanations for the major changes.
- Overview of the legislation prepared by the Middleboro CPC. The only change that was not enacted was the funding changes. Instead of increasing the fees at the registry of deeds, the final legislation includes money from the surplus