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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 784 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3846 |
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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 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile |
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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 in furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to |
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| 13 | 13 | | secure government of the people. |
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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:Carmine Lawrence Gentile13th Middlesex1/13/2025James B. EldridgeMiddlesex and Worcester1/13/2025Mary S. Keefe15th Worcester3/4/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 784 FILED ON: 1/13/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3846 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Gentile of Sudbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3846) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Carmine Lawrence Gentile, James B. Eldridge and Mary S. Keefe relative to reviving, |
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| 21 | 21 | | continuing and further regulating the citizens commission established (under Chapter 322 of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | Acts of 2018) concerning a Constitutional amendment to secure government of the people. |
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| 23 | 23 | | Veterans and Federal Affairs. |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act in furtherance of the Citizens Commission concerning a Constitutional Amendment to |
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| 30 | 30 | | secure government of the people. |
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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. Subsection c. of section 1 of chapter 322 of the acts of 2018 is hereby |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2amended by adding the following sentence:- The Citizens Commission shall continue to exist |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3and perform the responsibilities required in this section until December 31, 2028. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 3 of said chapter 322 is hereby amended by adding the following |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5subsection:- |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6 j) If a vacancy occurs on the Citizens Commission, the chair or co-chairs of the Citizens |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7Commission shall give notice of such vacancy to the appropriate appointing authority and the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8appointing authority shall, not more than 30 days after receiving notice of the vacancy, appoint: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9(i) a person who previously duly applied to serve on the Citizens Commission pursuant to the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10process described in this act; or (ii) a person who files an application pursuant to this act; 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11provided, however, that notice of such vacancy shall be posted by the appointing authority not |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12later than 7 days after the appointing authority receives notice of the vacancy; provided further, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13that the appointee’s application shall be publicly posted prior to the appointment.”. |
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