The Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) is the state agency with regulatory authority over the CPA. In addition to providing legal opinions on specific CPA questions, DOR releases periodic guidelines on CPA implementation. They may be found in the publications section of their website, http://www.dls.state.ma.us/publics.htm, under Bulletins or Informational Guideline Releases (IGRs). The important ones that are relevant to the CPA are the following:

• IGR 00_209 (Amended version)
• Bulletin 2001_09B from September, 2001
• Bulletin 2002_12B from September, 2002
• Bulletin 2003_04B from February, 2003
• Bulletin 2004_13B from August, 2004 - FOR CAPE COD COMMUNITIES
• Bulletin 2004_16B from October, 2004 - FOR CAPE COD COMMUNITIES
• Conference Handout- Overview of CPA/Town Finances
• Conference Handout from October, 2005 - Community Preservation Act Budgeting and Finance Issues
• Conference Handout from April, 2007 - Community Preservation Budgeting and Finance Issues

Questions about obtaining these documents or about the documents themselves should be addressed to the Division of Local Services at 617-626-2300