References in the Report the Impact of the State-Owned Land PILOT and Solar Taxation Policies on Municipalities

Sources referenced in this study.

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760 CMR 22.00 et seq.

art. 97 of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution.

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M.G.L. c. 164, § 47C.

M.G.L. c. 40, § 59

M.G.L. c. 40, § 60

M.G.L. c. 58, §§ 13-17

M.G.L. c. 58A, § 7

M.G.L. c. 59 § 5G

M.G.L. c. 59, § 21C

M.G.L. c. 59, § 38H(b)

M.G.L. c. 59, § 5, cl. 45

M.G.L. c. 59, § 5, cls. 17, 17C, 17C½, 17D, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F, 22H, 37, 37A, 41, 41B, 41C, 41C½.

M.G.L. c. 59, § 5, cls. 3, 11.

M.G.L. c. 63, § 58

M.G.L. c. 7C, § 33

M.G.L. c. 7C, § 40

M.G.L. c.164, § 1

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St. 1974, c. 492, § 6.

St. 1975, c. 734

St. 1978, c. 388.

St. 1984, c. 372, § 40A

St. 1987, c. 564, § 52

St. 2016, c. 218, § 108

St. 2020, c. 177.

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