HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 655        FILED ON: 1/26/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3378

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Kenneth I. Gordon

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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 to expand membership opportunities in local cultural councils.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Kenneth I. Gordon

21st Middlesex

1/26/2021

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

2/25/2021

David Allen Robertson

19th Middlesex

2/25/2021

Kate Lipper-Garabedian

32nd Middlesex

2/26/2021

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

2/26/2021

Kip A. Diggs

2nd Barnstable

3/9/2021

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

3/15/2021

Adam J. Scanlon

14th Bristol

3/15/2021

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

3/15/2021

Jacob R. Oliveira

7th Hampden

3/15/2021

Dylan A. Fernandes

Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket

3/16/2021

Brian W. Murray

10th Worcester

3/18/2021

F. Jay Barrows

1st Bristol

3/18/2021

Mary S. Keefe

15th Worcester

3/19/2021

Bradley H. Jones, Jr.

20th Middlesex

3/22/2021

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

4/1/2021

Walter F. Timilty

Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth

5/28/2021

Natalie M. Higgins

4th Worcester

9/3/2021


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 655        FILED ON: 1/26/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3378

By Mr. Gordon of Bedford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3378) of Kenneth I. Gordon and others for legislation to prohibit chief appointing authorities and members of local appropriating authorities from membership in local cultural councils.  Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2937 OF 2019-2020.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act to expand membership opportunities in local cultural councils.

 

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 58 of Chapter 10 of the General Laws be amended by striking out the second sentence in the fourth paragraph and inserting the following: -"The chief appointing authority and members of the local appropriating authority, as defined in M.G.L. Chapter 59, Section 21C, cannot serve as council members."