TWENTY GROUPS, including three former attorneys general and the towns of Middleborough and Hamilton, have offered their advice to the Supreme Judicial Court on whether Attorney General Andrea Campbell has the legal authority to compel Milton to comply with the MBTA Communities Act.
Campbell argues she has the legal responsibility and authority to enforce the law, which requires communities served by the MBTA to establish at least one rezoned area where developers can build multi-family housing as of right. Milton, however, insists Campbell lacks the authority to compel compliance with the law because the law says the penalty for noncompliance is the loss of certain state grant funds.
Source: 20 groups weigh in on MBTA Communities Act case – CommonWealth Beacon
