AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY KNOWN AS THE TOWN OF AGAWAM TO STRIKE THE REFERENCE TO THE BOARD OF APPEALS
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. Section 2-8 of article 2 of the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam, which is on file in the office of the archivist of the commonwealth, as provided in section 12 of chapter 43B of the General Laws, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (c).
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, this act shall be submitted for acceptance to the qualified voters of the city known as the town of Agawam at the next regular or special election following the 2025 regular election in the form of the following question:
“Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 2026 entitled ‘An Act amending the charter of the city known as the town of Agawam to strike the reference to the board of appeals’ be accepted?”
Below the question shall appear a fair and concise summary of the proposed charter amendment prepared by the city solicitor.
If a majority of the votes cast in answer to this question are in the affirmative, section 1 shall take effect forthwith and the city council and mayor of the city known as the town of Agawam shall provide by ordinance for a zoning board of appeals in a manner consistent with section 12 of chapter 40A of the General Laws.
SECTION 3. The city solicitor shall prepare the summary required under section 2 not later than 60 days before the election at which the question is to be submitted to the voters, in accordance with section 58A of chapter 54 of the General Laws.
SECTION 4. Sections 2 and 3 shall take effect upon passage of this act.
Approved, February 25, 2026.