HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4761        FILED ON: 5/5/2016

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4318

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Timothy R. Madden and Daniel A. Wolf

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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 the charter of the Town of Nantucket relative to newspaper publication of town meeting warrants.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Timothy R. Madden

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

5/5/2016

Daniel A. Wolf

Cape and Islands

5/10/2016


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4761        FILED ON: 5/5/2016

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4318

By Representative Madden of Nantucket and Senator Wolf, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4318) of Timothy R. Madden and Daniel A. Wolf (by vote of the town) relative to the publication of notices of issuance of warrants in the town of Nantucket.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act amending the charter of the Town of Nantucket relative to newspaper publication of town meeting warrants.

 

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.  Section 2.5(b) of the charter of the town of Nantucket, adopted under the provisions of chapter 289 of the acts of 1986, and as amended, on file with the archivist of the commonwealth in accordance with section 12 of chapter 43B of the general laws, is hereby amended by deleting the first sentence of said section 2.5(b) and inserting in place thereof the following:- The  Board  of  Selectmen  shall  publish  notice of the issuance of the  warrant  of  each  Town  Meeting  in  a newspaper of general circulation within the Town promptly after such issuance of the warrant.

Section 2.  Said section 2.5 of the charter of the town of Nantucket is hereby further amended by deleting in the second sentence the following words:- of the warrant. 

Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon passage.