HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5210        FILED ON: 10/2/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4589

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Aaron L. Saunders

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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 authorizing the town of Ludlow to pay a certain unpaid bill.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Aaron L. Saunders

7th Hampden

10/2/2025

Jacob R. Oliveira

Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester

10/11/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5210        FILED ON: 10/2/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4589

By Representative Saunders of Belchertown, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4589) of Aaron L. Saunders (by vote of the town) that the town of Ludlow be authorized to pay a certain unpaid bill.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [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 authorizing the town of Ludlow to pay a certain unpaid bill.

 

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.   Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Town of Ludlow is hereby authorized to pay from any available funds during the current fiscal year a certain unpaid bill incurred by said Town totaling ninety-eight thousand six hundred twenty dollars and zero cents as set forth in an invoice on file in the office of the Town Administrator in the Town of Ludlow for goods supplied and services rendered to said Town during the year two thousand and twenty four, which bill is legally unenforceable against said town.

SECTION 2.   No bill shall be approved by the Town or paid by said Town under the authority of this act, unless and until a certificate has been signed and filed with said Town stating, under penalties of perjury, that the goods or services for which said bill had been submitted were ordered by an official or an employee of said Town, and that such goods were delivered and actually received by said Town and that such services were rendered to such Town, or both.

SECTION 3.   This act shall take effect upon its passage.