General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 43B Home Rule Procedures
- Massachusetts General Laws - Short title; definitions - Chapter 43B, Section 1
This chapter may be cited as the “Home Rule Procedures Act.” As used in this chapter, the terms “board of registrars of voters”, “city council”,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption, revision or amendment of existing charter - Chapter 43B, Section 2
Every city and town shall have the power to adopt or revise its charter or to amend its existing charter in accordance with procedures prescribed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Petition for adoption and revision of charter; filing; objections - Chapter 43B, Section 3
The adoption of a charter for any city or town under sections two and three of Article LXXXIX of the Amendments to the Constitution and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Order of governing body for submission of question of adoption or revision of charter; nomination and election of charter commission - Chapter 43B, Section 4
Within thirty days of receipt of certification by the board of registrars of voters that a petition contains sufficient valid signatures, the city council or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Charter commission; procedure for nomination and election of members - Chapter 43B, Section 5
The signatures of the following number of registered voters shall be required to nominate charter commission members in cities or towns having the following number...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Charter commission; number of members; election - Chapter 43B, Section 6
A charter commission shall consist of nine registered voters of the city or town elected at large and by official ballot, without party or political...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Charter commission; organization; compensation and expenses of members - Chapter 43B, Section 7
The city or town clerk within ten days of the election shall notify the nine candidates elected to the charter commission of the initial charter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Charter commission; rules and regulations; personnel; funds; receipts and expenditures; office space and facilities; taxation and borrowing - Chapter 43B, Section 8
(a) A charter commission may adopt rules governing the conduct of its meetings and proceedings and may employ such legal, research, clerical or other employees,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Hearings before charter commission; reports of commission - Chapter 43B, Section 9
(a) Within forty-five days after its election, the charter commission shall hold a public hearing. (b) Within sixteen months after its election, the charter commission...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Amendments to charter previously adopted or revised under this chapter; procedure - Chapter 43B, Section 10
(a) Amendments to a city or town charter previously adopted or revised under this chapter may be proposed by the city council of a city...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Proposed charter or charter revision; submission to voters; ballot; copies of final report or proposed amendment; adoption of alternative or conflicting provisions - Chapter 43B, Section 11
Upon submission of the final report of a charter commission under section nine, the city council or board of selectmen shall order the proposed charter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Charter and charter amendments and revisions; deposit of certificates; judicial notice; reprints for distribution - Chapter 43B, Section 12
Certificates in quadruplicate shall be prepared setting forth any charter that has been adopted or revised and any charter amendments approved and shall be signed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Resubmission of charter which failed of approval - Chapter 43B, Section 12A
A charter submitted to the voters in accordance with the provisions of this chapter which has failed of approval at a city or town election,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Exercise of powers and functions by municipalities - Chapter 43B, Section 13
Any city or town may, by the adoption, amendment or repeal of local ordinances or by-laws, exercise any power or function which the general court...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Enforcement of this chapter; declaratory relief; judicial review - Chapter 43B, Section 14
(1) The superior court shall, upon petition of ten or more registered voters or of the attorney general, have jurisdiction in equity to enforce the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Petitions for adoption or revision of charter or suggestion of charter amendment; form - Chapter 43B, Section 15
(a) A petition for the adoption or revision of a charter shall conform with the requirements of subsection (c) and shall have a sentence in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Paper or document required to be filed or submitted; presumptions - Chapter 43B, Section 16
Any paper or document which is required by this chapter to be filed with or submitted to the city or town clerk or a city...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Election laws; applicable and conflicting provisions - Chapter 43B, Section 17
The provisions of chapters fifty to fifty-seven, inclusive, applicable to city or town elections shall apply to the proceedings governed by this chapter so far...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Method of electing officers - Chapter 43B, Section 18
Any city or town having a charter under chapter forty-three or forty-three A or a method of electing officers under chapter fifty-four A may change...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Special laws enacted after Nov. 8, 1966 - Chapter 43B, Section 19
Clause fifth of section seven of chapter four shall not apply to this chapter. A special law relating to an individual city or town enacted...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Provisions of charter or amendment deemed consistent with certain other laws - Chapter 43B, Section 20
The provisions of any charter or charter amendment adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed consistent with the provisions of any...
Last modified: September 11, 2015