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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4955 FILED ON: 2/27/2024 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4509 |
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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 | | Steven George Xiarhos |
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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 charter of the town of Sandwich. |
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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:Steven George Xiarhos5th Barnstable2/1/2024 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4955 FILED ON: 2/27/2024 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4509 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Xiarhos of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4509) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Steven George Xiarhos (by vote of the town) that the charter of the town of Sandwich to be |
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| 20 | 20 | | amended to change the town clerk position from an appointed position to an elected position. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act amending the charter of the town of Sandwich. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 4.1 of article IV of the charter of the town of Sandwich, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2appearing in section 2 of chapter 22 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking out the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3words "a town clerk;". |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said article IV of said charter, as so appearing, is hereby further amended |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5by striking out section 4.5 and inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6 Section 4.5 TOWN CLERK |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7 There shall be an appointed town clerk. The position of town clerk shall be that of a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8department head appointed in accordance with the process used for appointing other department |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9heads. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10 SECTION 3. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the position of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11elected town clerk in the town of Sandwich shall be abolished upon the effective date of this act 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12and the term of the elected incumbent terminated; provided, however, that the elected incumbent |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13shall then become the first appointed town clerk and shall serve in that capacity for a period of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14time equivalent to the remainder of the elected term or sooner resignation, retirement or removal. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15Thereafter, appointments to the position of town clerk shall be made pursuant to section 4.5 of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16article IV of the charter of the town of Sandwich. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17 SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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