HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4567        FILED ON: 10/9/2012

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Thomas P. Conroy and James B. Eldridge

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 131 OF THE ACTS OF 1994 TO INCREASE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEMBERSHIP IN THE TOWN OF SUDBURY FROM THREE TO FIVE.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Thomas P. Conroy

13th Middlesex

10/9/2012

James B. Eldridge

 

10/9/2012


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4567        FILED ON: 10/9/2012

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By Mr. Conroy of Wayland and Senator Eldridge, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4471) of Thomas P. Conroy and James B. Eldridge (by vote of the town) for legislation to increase the membership of the board of selectmen in the town of Sudbury.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Twelve

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AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 131 OF THE ACTS OF 1994 TO INCREASE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEMBERSHIP IN THE TOWN OF SUDBURY FROM THREE TO FIVE.

 

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 the provisions of any general or special laws of the Commonwealth to the contrary, Part III, Section 5(a) of Chapter 131 of the Acts of 1994, shall be amended by substituting the following:

There shall be a board of selectmen composed of five members elected for terms of three years each.   At the next ensuing election held as part of the Annual Town Meeting after approval of the Special Act, three Selectmen shall be elected, one for two years, and two for three years, and thereafter electing their successors for three years.

Section 2.  Said Act shall take effect upon its passage and without further submission to a town meeting.