The state’s highest court has made clear that communities subject to the law must allow for additional, responsible development – and that the law is mandatory, not voluntary,” Attorney

The state’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the controversial MBTA Communities Act as a constitutional law that the attorney general has the power to enforce with legal action, but also ruled that existing guidelines are “unenforceable” because the Healey administration failed to roll them out properly.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upheld the state’s power to sue communities that fail to comply with the MBTA Communities act, but ordered the state to draw up new regulations because of a procedural error.

Massachusetts' top court upholds the MBTA Communities Act but rules its guidelines "unenforceable" due to procedural missteps by the Healey administration.

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