SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3211 FILED ON: 6/15/2022
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2948
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Marc R. Pacheco
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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 Bridgewater town charter relative to definitions of districts and precincts.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
Marc R. Pacheco | First Plymouth and Bristol |
Angelo L. D'Emilia | 8th Plymouth |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 3211 FILED ON: 6/15/2022
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2948
By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2948) of Marc R. Pacheco and Angelo L. D'Emilia (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the Bridgewater town charter relative to definitions of districts and precincts. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local approval received] |
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 amending the Bridgewater town charter relative to definitions of districts and precincts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
ORDERED, that the Town Council assembled votes to amend the Bridgewater Home Rule Charter, Article l, Section 1-9 and to send said amendment to the State Legislature as a Special Act as follows:
Bridgewater Home Rule Charter, Article l, Section 1-9 "Definitions" is hereby amended by adding the following words:
"Precinct", is the smallest geographically bounded unit used for election purposes and must be bounded by the center-line of streets or other well defined boundaries such as streams or other bodies of water, railroad tracks, power lines or other clearly visible geographic figures.
"District", is a geographically bounded unit for election purposes, which consists of one or more contiguous precincts.