HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4278        FILED ON: 5/30/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3826

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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Office of the Governor

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

State House · Boston, MA 02133

(617) 725-4000

 

CHARLES D. BAKER

GOVERNOR

 

KARYN POLITO

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

 

May 30, 2019

 

To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives,

 

Pursuant to the provisions of Article II, Section 8, Paragraph 1, Clause (2) of the Amendments to the Constitution, as appearing in Article LXXXIX of said Amendments, I am filing for your consideration the attached legislation entitled “An Act Validating Certain Proceedings of the Town of Sharon.”

I am filing this special legislation at the request of the Sharon Select Board and Town Administrator.

The legislation ratifies all acts, proceedings, and votes taken by the town of Sharon at its annual town meeting on May 6, 2019 and its annual town election on May 21, 2019.  The ratification serves to address any question that might arise as a result of a minor oversight in the Town’s compliance with a ministerial provision of the notice requirements of Town bylaw.

I urge your prompt consideration of this bill. 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Charles D. Baker,

Governor


HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3826

A message from His Excellency the Governor (under Section 8 of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution) recommending legislation relative to validating certain proceedings of the town of Sharon (House, No. 3826). May 30, 2019.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act validating certain proceedings of the town of Sharon.

 

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 section 10 of chapter 39 of the General Laws or any other general or special law or town by-law or charter provision to the contrary, all acts, proceedings and votes taken by the town of Sharon at its annual town meeting on May 6, 2019, and its annual town election on May 21, 2019, and all actions taken pursuant thereto are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed to the same extent as if notice of the meeting had been posted and published as required by law.

SECTION 2.This act shall take effect upon its passage.