ELR Citation: ELR 20253
No(s). 5860 (Mass. Mar 23, 1971)

A Massachusetts statute that authorizes the state's issuance of bonds and use of the proceeds for loans to private businesses to construct industrial waste treatment facilities for the prevention of water pollution violates the state constitution's prohibition of the use of the credit of the Commonwealth to underwrite any private organization, even though abatement of water pollution serves the public interest.

Counsel for Massachusetts:
Walter H. Mayan III Chief Administrative Division
Office of the Attorney General
State Office Building
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 727-2216

Counsel for Associated Industries of Massachusetts:
George H. Boley
Hale & Dorr
28 State St.
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 742-9100