Section 10: Construction

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Section 10. Wherever, in any general or special law, there are used the following words:—

(a)division of housing,

(b)division of urban renewal,

(c)bureau of relocation,

(d)bureau of project development services,

(e)bureau of construction services,

(f)bureau of property management services,

(g)bureau of community programs,

(h)bureau of financial assistance,

(i)state housing board,

(j)bureau of planning assistance,

(k)commonwealth service corps,

(l)bureau of housing for the handicapped,

(m)department of community affairs,

(n)executive office of communities and development;

(o)department of housing and community development, or

(p)words having the same connotation, said words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the executive office of housing and livable communities established by this chapter and in section 16G 1/2 of chapter 6A. Any reference in any general or special law to the administrative head of any of the agencies enumerated in the foregoing paragraph shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean the secretary of housing and livable communities or such officer or employee of the executive office of housing and livable communities as the secretary from time to time may designate.