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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4479 FILED ON: 7/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4026 |
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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 | | Sean Garballey and Cindy F. Friedman |
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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 amending the town manager act of Arlington relative to the appointment of the town |
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| 13 | 13 | | manager. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sean Garballey23rd Middlesex7/20/2023Cindy F. FriedmanFourth Middlesex7/20/2023David M. Rogers24th Middlesex7/20/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4479 FILED ON: 7/20/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4026 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied |
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| 20 | 20 | | by bill, House, No. 4026) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers (by vote |
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| 21 | 21 | | of the town) for legislation to amend the town manager act for the town of Arlington relative to |
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| 22 | 22 | | the appointment of the town manager. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local |
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| 23 | 23 | | Approval Received.] |
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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 amending the town manager act of Arlington relative to the appointment of the town |
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| 30 | 30 | | manager. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 Section 1. Section 12 of chapter 503 of the acts of 1952, as most recently amended by |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2chapter 122 of the acts of 1967, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3place thereof the following subsection: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 (b) When a vacancy occurs in the office of town manager for any reason other than for |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5expiration of their term, the select board shall appoint, as soon as possible, a qualified officer of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6the town as interim town manager to fulfill all the duties set forth in this act until a permanent |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7successor may be appointed; provided, however, that a permanent town manager shall be |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8appointed not later than 180 days after such vacancy occurs. A permanent successor town |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9manager shall be appointed within 180 days for a period no longer than the balance of the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10unexpired term; provided, however that a permanent successor town manager may enter into 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11 a new 3 year contract with the town at the board’s discretion. Such appointment shall, in |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12so far as practicable, be subject to the same conditions and qualifications for the office of town |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13manager as set forth in section 11; provided, that, if it is not practicable to make a permanent |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14appointment within 180 days, the select board shall so appoint a qualified officer of the town as |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15acting manager for the balance of the unexpired term for a period of not more than 1 year. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 16 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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