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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 569 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2058 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Jessica Ann Giannino and Jeffrey Rosario Turco |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the school committee of the City of Revere. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/10/2023Jeffrey Rosario Turco19th Suffolk1/19/2023Lydia EdwardsThird Suffolk3/5/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 569 FILED ON: 1/13/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2058 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representatives Giannino of Revere and Turco of Winthrop, a petition (accompanied by bill, |
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| 19 | 19 | | House, No. 2058) of Jessica Ann Giannino, Jeffrey Rosario Turco and Lydia Edwards (with the |
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| 20 | 20 | | approval of the mayor and city council) relative to the school committee in the city of Revere. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 5038 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to the school committee of the City of Revere. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 147 of said acts of 2004 is hereby amended by deleting the text of |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3 SECTION 4. (a) Notwithstanding sections 31 or 36 of chapter 43 of the General |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4Laws or of any general or special law to the contrary, the school committee of the city of Revere |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5shall consist of the mayor and 8 members; 1 member of whom shall be elected by and from the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6voters of each of the 6 respective wards into which the city is divided and 2 members of whom |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7shall be elected at large. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8 (b)If a vacancy occurs in the office of school committee member, whether by death, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9removal, resignation or otherwise, the candidate from that ward who received the second highest 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10number of votes at the last regular election or the at-large candidate who received the third |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11highest number of votes at the last regular election shall be sworn and take office immediately; |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12provided, however, such candidate is willing to serve, registered to vote and domiciled in the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13appropriate ward, and otherwise eligible to fill the vacancy. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14 (c)If there is no candidate meeting the requirements of subsection (b), or such |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15qualified candidate declines to be sworn to the position, the city council, and the remaining |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16members of the school committee, shall within 14 days following the date of the vacancy, meet |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17in joint convention and fill the vacancy by a majority vote of the city council and remaining |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18members of the school committee. The person selected to fill the vacancy under this section shall |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19be sworn and immediately take up the duties of the office. A vacancy occurring during the last 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 20months of the term shall not be filled in the manner set forth herein. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21 (d)Any person selected to fill a vacancy under subsections (b) and (c) shall be sworn |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22and take office immediately, serving until the the election results are certified and the elected |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23successor is qualified, at which time their successor shall be sworn and immediately take up the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24duties of the office in addition to the full term to which they were elected. If the position remains |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25vacant, the candidate elected to the position at the next regular election shall be sworn and begin |
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| 57 | 57 | | 26serving on the on the day following the date on which the election results are certified and the |
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| 58 | 58 | | 27person elected to the vacancy is qualified, in addition to the full term to which they were elected. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 28 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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