HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4433

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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

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By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:–
 

“SECTION 1. Section 3-1 of article 3 of the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam, which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section 12 of chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(b) Term of Office – The term of the office of the mayor shall be for 4 years beginning on the first Monday of January 2024.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, this act shall be submitted for acceptance to the qualified voters of the city known as the town of Agawam at the 2022 regular election in the form of the following question:

“Shall an act passed by the general court in the year 2022 entitled ‘An Act changing the term of office of the mayor in the city known as the town of Agawam to 4 years’ be accepted?”

Below the question shall appear a fair and concise summary of the proposed charter amendment prepared by the city solicitor.

If a majority of the votes cast in answer to this question are in the affirmative, section 1 shall take effect forthwith for all purposes relating to the state election to be held in the city known as the town of Agawam in the year 2022 and shall take full effect in 2024 but not otherwise.

SECTION 3. The city solicitor shall prepare the summary required under section 2 not later than 60 days before the election in accordance with section 58A of chapter 54 of the General Laws.”.