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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5441 FILED ON: 10/22/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5085
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Ruth B. Balser
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments
and fire alarm division of the city of Newton.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Ruth B. Balser12th Middlesex10/22/2024Cynthia Stone CreemNorfolk and Middlesex10/22/2024John J. Lawn, Jr.10th Middlesex10/22/2024Kay Khan11th Middlesex10/22/2024 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 5441 FILED ON: 10/22/2024
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5085
By Representative Balser of Newton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 5085) of Ruth
B. Balser and others (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to residency
requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm division of the
city of Newton. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act extending residency requirements for members of the regular police or fire departments
and fire alarm division of the city of Newton.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law or local law to the contrary, any
2member of the regular police or fire departments and fire alarm or wires division of the City of
3Newton shall, within nine months of appointment, reside within the City of Newton or within
4thirty-five miles of Newton's city limits, or within such distance of Newton's city limits as set
5under a collective bargaining agreement negotiated under chapter 150E. Said distance shall be
6measured from the closest Newton border limits to the closest border limits of the city or town in
7which said member resides.
8 Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.