946 CMR 6.00 — General provisions

946 CMR: MASSACHUSETTS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AGENCY

946 CMR 6.00: GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 6.01: Scope, Purpose, and Authority 6.02: Non Discrimination 6.03: Petitions 6.04: Severability

946 CMR 6.00 General provisions

6.01 Scope, Purpose, and Authority

6.01: Scope, Purpose, and Authority The Massachuse tts Development Finance Agency (“Agency”) is a body politic and corporate organized and operating pursuant to the provisions of St. 1998 c. 289, §§ 23 through 29 and 33. As so constituted, the Agency is empowered to and has promulgated Rules and Regulations governing the regulation of its affairs, the conduct of its business, and the use of its facilities, including the Devens Regional Enterprise Zone (“Devens”); and to fix penalties for the violation thereof. The Agency reserves the right fromtime to time to amend, supplement, revise, alter, rescind, or add to 946 CMR 6.00 in part or their entirety.

6.02 Non Discrimination

6.02: Non Discrimination To the extent permitted by law, the Agency shall maintain and enforce a policy of non­ discrimination and affirmative action in employment at all facilities. Accordingly, no person doing business with the agency as a lessee, tenant, licensee, or permittee at any facility governed by 946 CMR 6.02, shall discriminate in the provision of goods, services or employment on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, age, or sex, or be in violation of any provisions of local, state, or federal law regarding non-discrimination and equal employment opportunities.

6.03 Petitions

6.03: Petitions (1) In accordance with M.G.L c. 30A, § 4, any interested person may petition the Agency requesting the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any regulation, and may accompany such petition with such data, views, and arguments as that person considers pertinent. (2) The procedure for the submission, consideration and disposition of such petitions is as follows: All petitions hereunder shall be in writing, signed by the individual petitioner, or by an individual acting on behalf of any petitioning group or organization, and shall include the complete address and telephone number of said individual. The Executive Director of the Agency, within 30 days of receipt of any valid petition, shall notify the petitioners, and may notify other interested persons or parties, of the schedule and procedure for consideration and disposition of such petitions. Within 30 and 120 days of so notifying the petitioners, the Executive Director shall have carried out those procedures and shall have placed on the agenda of the Agency action his recommendation on the disposition of the petition and the Agency shall appropriate action.

6.04 Severability

6.04: Severability If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase of 946 CMR 6.00 is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. REGULATO RY AUTHO RITY 946 CMR 6.00: St. 1998, c. 289, §§ 23 through 29 and 33; St. 1998, c. 266, § 2.

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