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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, § 4 (2026)

Redevelopment authorities; creation; dissolution

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Section 4. There is hereby created, in each city and town in the commonwealth, a public body politic and corporate to be known as the ''Redevelopment authority'' of such city or town; provided, that no such authority shall transact any business or exercise any powers until the need for such an authority has been determined and a certificate of organization has been issued to it by the state secretary, both as hereinafter provided.

Whenever the municipal officers of a city, or the voters at an annual or special town meeting determine that there is a need for a redevelopment authority in such city or town for the purpose of engaging in urban renewal projects or other work under this chapter and that it is in the public interest that such an authority be organized in such city or town, a redevelopment authority shall be organized in such city or town.

Whenever a redevelopment authority determines that there is no further need for its existence, and that all outstanding obligations of the authority have been satisfied, it may by a majority vote of the five members submit the question of its dissolution, in a town, to the voters at an annual town meeting or, in a city, to the municipal officers. If a city or town votes for such dissolution in accordance herewith and the department is satisfied of the existence of the facts required herein, it shall so certify to the state secretary and said redevelopment authority shall be dissolved forthwith subject to the applicable provisions of section fifty-one of chapter one hundred and fifty-five.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1979–2016 · leading case: Boston Redevelopment Auth. v. Nat'l Park Serv., 838 F.3d 42 (1st Cir. 2016).
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Boston Redevelopment Auth. v. Nat'l Park Serv., 838 F.3d 42 (1st Cir. 2016). “The BRA, a public body created pursuant to state statutory law, see Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 121B, §4, is tasked with pursuing urban renewal and other public development activities in the City of Boston.”
Anderson Street Assocs. v. City of Boston, 817 N.E.2d 759 (Mass. 2004). “121, § 26QQ, a precursor statute to G. L. c. 121B, § 4, and an “urban renewal agency” pursuant to G.”
Mahajan v. Dep't of Env't Prot., 464 Mass. 604 (Mass. 2013). “*606 The BRA is both a “redevelopment authority” under G. L. c. 121B, § 4, and an “urban renewal agency” under G.”
Navy Yard Four Assocs., LLC v. Dep't of Env't Prot., 37 N.E.3d 46 (Mass. App. Ct. 2015). “12 “The BRA is both a ‘redevelopment authority’ under G. L. c. 121B, § 4, and an ‘urban renewal agency’ under G.”
Paris Paper Box Co. v. City of Boston, 387 N.E.2d 1183 (Mass. App. Ct. 1979). “40, 41-43 (1970), in which the city was not the defendant and the case was necessarily decided with reference to statutory provisions comparable to those now found in G. L. c. 121B, §§ 4, 11 and 13. b. If the effort was to recover like damages from the city on a theory of tort…”
Nat'l Amusements, Inc. v. Comm'r of the Inspectional Servs. Dep't, 523 N.E.2d 789 (Mass. App. Ct. 1988). “See G. L. c. 121B, § 4. (2) The zoning commission of the city of Boston, which exists under St.”
Town of Randolph v. Town of Stoughton, 7 Mass. L. Rptr. 73 (Mass. Super. Ct. 1997). “2 The Stoughton Redevelopment Authority (SRA) is a redevelopment authority organized under G.L.c. 121B, §4. In the late 1970’s, SRA began developing the North Stoughton Industrial Park, which was eventually renamed the Stoughton Technology Center (the Center).”
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