{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40b-2a","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 40B, § 2A","heading":"Regional or district groupings; consent to placement","body":"Section 2A. No state agency shall place a city or town individually or severally, within a regional or district grouping without the consent of the governing body of such city or town. The governing body in a town shall be the town meeting and in a city, the city council.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 40B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40B/Section2A","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:31Z","sha256":"c1753d2fee3dff6cf1328b3a6fbbd818e6655f5831c4356471df05f2461478f4","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40b-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-40b-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}