HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3089        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 682

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act prohibiting campaign signs on public property..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no political sign may be placed or affixed to any property that is tax-exempt, including local, state and federal property and property owned by a non-profit.

Any candidate or campaign committee violating the provisions of this act may be ordered to remove the sign or be punished by a fine of not more than $200.  The city or town clerk in each municipality shall have the authority to enforce the provisions of this act.