General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 43C Optional Forms of Municipal Administration Act

• Massachusetts General Laws - Short title - Chapter 43C, Section 1
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the Optional Forms of Municipal Administration Act.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 43C, Section 2
  As used in this chapter, the words “board of registrars of voters”, “city council” and “board of selectmen” shall include any local authority of different...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption authorized; conditions; revocation or rescission - Chapter 43C, Section 3
  Every city having a population of less than one hundred and fifty thousand and every town may, in the manner provided in this chapter, adopt...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption; initiation by petition - Chapter 43C, Section 4
  The adoption of an optional plan of municipal administration under this chapter shall be initiated by filing with the board of registrars of voters of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Petition; form - Chapter 43C, Section 5
  The petition shall be in substantially the following form: To the (city council) (board of selectmen) of (name of city/town) We the undersigned, registered voters...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Petition; submission to voters - Chapter 43C, Section 6
  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 - Council or board proposal; submission to voters - Chapter 43C, Section 7
  The city council or board of selectmen may submit to the voters of the city or town a proposal for the acceptance of any of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Vote on two or more plans - Chapter 43C, Section 8
  If two or more optional plans of municipal administration are passed at the same election containing conflicting provisions the one receiving the greatest number of...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Revocation or rescission of plan; home rule alternative - Chapter 43C, Section 9
  At any time after four years following the date of an election at which any of the plans provided in this chapter has been adopted...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Effect of adoption; employee transfer; consolidation of agencies - Chapter 43C, Section 10
  Any person holding any office or position in the service of a city or town which accepts one of the optional forms of administration provided...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Consolidated department of municipal finance; petition summary; ordinance or by-law - Chapter 43C, Section 11
  (a) The following shall be the summary inserted in the petition described in section five: “Section eleven of chapter forty-three C of the General Laws...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Consolidated department of community development; petition summary; ordinance or by-law - Chapter 43C, Section 12
  (a) The following shall be the summary inserted in the petition described in section five: “Section twelve of chapter forty-three C of the General Laws...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Consolidated department of municipal inspections; petition summary; ordinance or by-law - Chapter 43C, Section 13
  (a) The following shall be the summary to be inserted in the petition described in section five: “Section thirteen of chapter forty-three C of the...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption, revocation or rescission of plan; majority vote - Chapter 43C, Section 14
  Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, any city or town may, by majority vote as defined in section one of chapter forty-four, adopt an optional...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Joint agreements with other governmental units; consolidated department participation - Chapter 43C, Section 15
  Consolidated departments established under authority of this chapter may participate in agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions of section four A of chapter forty...

Last modified: September 11, 2015