HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4709        FILED ON: 5/14/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4201

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Shirley B. Arriaga

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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 changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Shirley B. Arriaga

8th Hampden

5/14/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4709        FILED ON: 5/14/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4201

By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4201) of Shirley B. Arriaga (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to changing the two-year elected term for the office of mayor of in the city of Chicopee to a four-year elected term.  Election Laws.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term.

 

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. At the next annual municipal election in the City of Chicopee, and at such election in every fourth year thereafter, the mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City voting in their respective precincts. The mayor shall be elected by ballot and shall hold office for four years from the first Monday in January following the election at which they were elected, and until a successor is elected and qualified.

SECTION 2. Chapter 144 of the acts of 1917 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. So much of the charter of said City and of the amendments thereto as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Chicopee, present and voting therein at the state election in the current year.