General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 43A Standard Form of Representative
Town Meeting Government
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption authorized; conditions - Chapter 43A, Section 1
Any town in which there has been constituted and established a form of representative town meeting government under a special statute, enacted in conformity with...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption procedure; submission to electorate - Chapter 43A, Section 2
Five per cent of the registered voters of any such town may, not less than ninety days before its annual town meeting, file with the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Organization - Chapter 43A, Section 3
Upon the adoption as aforesaid of such standard form of representative town meeting government by a town, its selectmen shall forthwith divide the territory thereof...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Town meeting members; election; terms of office - Chapter 43A, Section 4
Other than the officers designated in the by-laws of the town as town meeting members at large, the representative town meeting membership shall in each...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Meetings; quorum; compensation of members - Chapter 43A, Section 5
Any representative town meeting held under the provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise provided herein, shall be limited to the town meeting members elected...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Nominations - Chapter 43A, Section 6
Nomination of candidates for town meeting members to be elected under this chapter shall be made by nomination papers, which shall show clearly whether he...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Action on articles in warrant for town meeting - Chapter 43A, Section 7
The articles in the warrant for every town meeting, so far as they relate to the election of the moderator, town officers and town meeting...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Moderator; tenure; duties; vacancies - Chapter 43A, Section 8
A moderator shall be elected by ballot at the annual town meeting when his term of office expires, for the term of one or three...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Town meeting members; vacancies - Chapter 43A, Section 9
Any vacancy in the full number of town meeting members from any precinct, whether arising from a failure of the registered voters thereof to elect,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Enactments at town meetings; restrictions - Chapter 43A, Section 10
A vote passed at any representative town meeting authorizing the expenditure of twenty thousand dollars or more as a special appropriation, or establishing a new...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Authority of town after acceptance of chapter; effect of actions taken - Chapter 43A, Section 11
The town, after the acceptance of this chapter, shall continue to have the capacity to act through and to be bound by its town meeting...
- Massachusetts General Laws - General meetings authorized; limitations of chapter - Chapter 43A, Section 12
This chapter shall not abridge the right of the inhabitants of the town to hold general meetings, as secured to them by the constitution of...
Last modified: September 11, 2015