Chapter 51 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1F the following section:–

Section 1G. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:

“municipal election”, an election for mayor, school committee, city council, town council, board of selectmen, select board elections, a school committee referendum, a local ballot referendum or other municipal elections.

“noncitizen voter”, a person 18 years of age or older with legal immigration status who is not a citizen of the United States.

“noncitizen voting limitations”, a noncitizen voter’s inability to vote for: (1) the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate or Member of the House of Representatives pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 611; (2) a state office; or (3) initiative petitions authorized under article XLVIII of the constitution.

“noncitizen voter registration form”, a voter registration form that only a noncitizen voter uses.

“noncitizen voting rights”, a noncitizen voter’s right to: (1) vote in a municipal election; (2) participate in a town meeting; and (3) be a candidate and serve, if duly elected, in a municipal elected office.

“town meeting”, an open town meeting or a representative town meeting established pursuant to chapter 43A.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1 of chapter 51 or any other general or special law to the contrary, a municipal election official shall enter a noncitizen voter’s name on a list of noncitizen voters upon the noncitizen voter’s submission of a noncitizen voter registration form. Within 5 days of entering the noncitizen voter’s name on the list, the municipal election officer shall notify the noncitizen voter: (1) of the noncitizen voting rights; (2) of the noncitizen voting limitations; and (3) that voting in a federal election may jeopardize the noncitizen’s application for United States citizenship.

(c) For as long as the noncitizen voter remains a resident of the town in which the noncitizen voter has registered to vote, the noncitizen voter may exercise the noncitizen voting rights. A noncitizen voter shall only remain registered to vote in one municipality at a time.

(d) The state secretary shall issue a noncitizen voter registration form. The voter registration form shall include a declaration to be signed under pains and penalties of perjury by the noncitizen voter that the noncitizen is a resident of the municipality in which the noncitizen voter desires to vote.

(e) The state secretary and the election officer of a municipality shall disseminate the noncitizen voter registration form at the same places and in the same manner that the state secretary and election officer of a municipality disseminate the voter registration form for a United States citizen.

(f) The state secretary shall issue regulations to implement this section.