AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF HULL TO MAKE IT MORE GENDER NEUTRAL
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. The first paragraph of section 2 of chapter 8 of the acts of 1989 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 2. The fourth paragraph of said section 2 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the word “selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board members.
SECTION 3. Subsection A of section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.
SECTION 4. Said subsection A of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby further amended by striking out the word “selectmen”, the fifth time it appears, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board members.
SECTION 5. Subsection B of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 6. Subsection C of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 7. Subsection D of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 8. Subsection E of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.
SECTION 9. Subsection F of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 10. Subsection G of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 11. Subsection H of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 12. Said subsection H of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby further amended by striking out the word “selectmen”, the second time it appears, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board members.
SECTION 13. Subsection I of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 14. Said subsection I of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby further amended by striking out the word “selectmen”, the second time it appears, and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board members.
SECTION 15. Said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out subsection J and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
J. The select board may suspend or remove the town manager at any time by a vote of at least 3 members voting in the affirmative. At least 30 days before such proposed suspension or removal shall become effective, the select board members shall file a preliminary written resolution with the town clerk setting forth in detail the specific reasons for the proposed suspension or removal, a copy of which resolution shall be delivered to the town manager. The manager may, within 10 days of service of such resolution, reply in writing to the resolution and may request a public hearing. Service shall be deemed to have been accomplished by leaving a copy of such resolution at the manager's last known abode. If the manager so requests, the select board shall hold a public hearing not earlier than 20 days nor later than 30 days after the filing of such a request. After such public hearing, if any, otherwise at the expiration of 30 days following the filing of the preliminary resolution, and after full consideration, the select board members by a vote of at least 3 affirmative votes of its members may adopt the final resolution of suspension or removal. In the preliminary resolution, the select board members may suspend the manager from duty. Nothing contained herein shall limit the authority of the select board to suspend or remove the town manager as provided by state law. Any suspension may be with or without pay.
SECTION 16. Subsection K of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 17. Subsection L of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 18. Subsection M of said section 3 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 19. Subsection A of section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.
SECTION 20. Paragraph 1 of subsection B of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 21. Paragraph 3 of said subsection B of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 22. Paragraph 5 of said subsection B of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 23. Paragraph 1 of subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the word “selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board members.
SECTION 24. Paragraph 3 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.
SECTION 25. Paragraph 6 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the word “selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board members.
SECTION 26. Paragraph 7 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the word “selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board members.
SECTION 27. Paragraph 8 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 28. Paragraph 11 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 29. Paragraph 12 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.
SECTION 30. Paragraph 14 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 31. Paragraph 14A of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8, as inserted by section 1 of chapter 93 of the acts of 1993, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 32. Paragraph 15 of said subsection C of said section 4 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 33. Paragraph 1 of section 6 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 34. Paragraph 2 of section 6 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.
SECTION 35. Section 9 of said chapter 8 is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.
SECTION 36. Said chapter 8 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 9 the following section:-
Section 9A. This charter shall be interpreted and applied in a gender neutral manner. Except as expressly provided for in the town charter or other law, the select board or select board members, as the context so admits, shall have all the powers and duties of a board of selectmen or selectman under the federal laws, General Laws, town by-laws, rules and regulations and any special laws applicable to the town of Hull.
SECTION 37. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, May 11, 2022.