HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2009        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 698

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Brian W. Murray

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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 relative to nomination of candidates for town meeting in the town of Milford.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

1/10/2019

Ryan C. Fattman

Worcester and Norfolk

2/1/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2009        FILED ON: 1/17/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 698

By Mr. Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 698) of Brian W. Murray and Ryan C. Fattman (by vote of the town) relative to the nomination of candidates for town meeting in the town of Milford.  Election Laws.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 5001 OF 2017-2018.]

 

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 relative to nomination of candidates for town meeting in the town of Milford.

 

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. Chapter 271 of the acts of 1933 is hereby amended by striking out section 4, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 180 of the acts of 2001, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 4. (a) Nominations of candidates for town meeting members to be elected under this act shall be made by nomination papers, which shall bear no political designation, shall be signed by not less than 30 voters of the precinct in which the candidate resides, and shall be filed with the town clerk at least 35 days before the election. No nomination papers shall be valid in respect to any candidate whose written acceptance is not thereon or attached thereto when filed.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the fourth paragraph of section 10 of chapter 53 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, any incumbent town meeting member, excluding an elected town meeting member who removes from one precinct to another or is so removed by revision of precincts may, without filing nomination papers, become a candidate for reelection as a town meeting member for the same precinct in which the incumbent member currently resides, by giving written notice thereof to the town clerk at least 30 days before the election.

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