The following is a list of Massachusetts General
Laws accepted by the Town of Nantucket:
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Date/Meeting
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Statutory Reference
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Subject
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1901 ATM
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Ch. 186, Acts of 1895
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Relative to the watering of public streets
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1901 STM
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Ch. 482, Acts of 1901
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Relative to the election of the Town Clerk for
a term of three years
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1903 STM
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Ch. 404, Acts of 1903
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Relative to Cliff Bathing Beach
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1903 BAL
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1903 Act
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Providing for joint caucuses of all political
parties
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1904 ATM
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MGL c. 102, §§ 122 - 126
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Relative to abating smoke nuisance
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1909 ATM
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Ch. 209, Acts of 1908
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Relative to protecting forest land from fire
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1912 BAL
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Ch. 503, Acts of 1912
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Relative to pensions for laborers in employ
of Town
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1913 BAL
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Ch. 807, Acts of 1913
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Relative to worker's compensation for on-the-public-job
injuries
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1914 STM
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Ch. 290, Acts of 1899; Ch. 388, Acts of 1913
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Relative to the Fire Department
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1914 BAL
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Ch. 514, § 42, Acts of 1909; Ch. 494,
Acts of 1911
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Relative to providing an eight-hour workday
for Town employees
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1914 BAL
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Ch. 217, Acts of 1914
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Relative to vacations of laborers employed by
cities and towns
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1914 BAL
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Ch. 790, Acts of 1914
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Abolition of party enrollment at primary elections
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1914 BAL
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Ch. 688, Acts of 1914
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Saturday 1/2 holiday pay loss of pay for laborers
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1916 BAL
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Ch. 98, Acts of 1916
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Relative to a constitutional convention
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1916 BAL
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Ch. 104, Acts of 1916
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Making January 1, New Year's Day, a legal holiday
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1916 BAL
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Ch. 179, Acts of 1916
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Preventing voters of one political party from
voting in primaries of another
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1918 ATM
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MGL c. 91, § 85
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Relative to Selectmen assuming control of fisheries
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1918 STM
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Ch. 293, Acts of 1916
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Relative to licensing vehicles that transport
passengers
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1919 BAL
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Ch. 311, Acts of 1919
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Relative to establishment and maintenance of
continuation schools for employed minors
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1919 BAL
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Ch. 116, Acts of 1919
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Providing deposits in savings banks and interest
dividends
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1920 STM
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Ch. 655, §§ 1 - 3, Acts of 1913
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Relative to noncombustible roofs
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1922 BAL
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Ch. 459, Acts of 1922
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Relative to District Attorney being member of
the Bar of the Commonwealth
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1922 BAL
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Ch. 368, Acts of 1921
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Relative to any voluntary association of five
or more may be sued in common name
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1922 BAL
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Ch. 427, Acts of 1922
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Manufacture, sale, possession, etc., of intoxicating
liquor is criminal offense
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1923 ATM
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MGL c. 136, §§ 21 - 28
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Relative to games and sports on Sundays
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1923 STM
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MGL c. 114, § 18
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Relative to Old North Cemetery
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1923 BAL
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Ch. 516, Acts of 1922
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Relative to installation of an accounting system
by commonwealth
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1924 STM
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MGL c. 148, § 6
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Relative to fire protection
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1924 STM
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Ch. 176, Acts of 1924
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Relative to Cliffs Beach
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1924 BAL
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Ch. 473, Acts of 1923
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Relative to construction and maintenance of
highways by gasoline excise tax
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1924 BAL
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Ch. 370, Acts of 1923
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Lawful permit needed to manufacture, transport,
import, export intoxicating liquor and certain nonintoxicating beverages
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1925 STM
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MGL c. 41, § 55
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Authorize Selectmen to appoint a Town Accountant
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1928 ATM
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MGL c. 41, §§ 70 - 72
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Create a Planning Board of five members
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1928 ATM
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MGL c. 166, § 32
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Appointment of an Inspector of Wiring
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1928 ATM
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MGL c. 147, §§ 32 - 48
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Regarding licensing of boxing matches
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1929 ATM
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MGL c. 136, §§ 21 - 25
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Authorize Selectmen to grant licenses for Sunday
baseball or sports and to regulate admission to be charged
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1934 ATM
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Ch. 391, Acts of 1923
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Relative to water rates, charge accounts and
related water and Water Department matters
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1934 ATM
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MGL c. 32, § 88
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Authorizing payment to dependents of persons
killed while aiding police or firemen
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1934 BAL
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MGL c. 131
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Relative to traps used for furbearing animals
and conditions for suspension
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1936 ATM
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MGL c. 31, § 48
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Relating to the three permanent members of the
Fire Department
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1936 ATM
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MGL c. 31, § 49
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Relating to the Chief of the Fire Department
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1936 ATM
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MGL c. 31, § 48
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Relating to the regular police force
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1936 ATM
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MGL c. 31, § 49
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Relating to the Chief of Police
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1937 ATM
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MGL c. 39, § 14
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Moderator to be elected by official ballot
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1938 ATM
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MGL c. 45, § 19
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Relative to the laying out and use of the public
domain as a Town forest
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1938 ATM
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Ch. 77, Acts of 1937
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An Act providing for absentee voting at regular
Town elections
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1938 ATM
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MGL c. 40, §§ 42A - 42F
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Relative to the collection of water rents for
municipal plants
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1943 ATM
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MGL c. 85
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Relative to registration and operation of bicycles
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1946 BAL
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MGL c. 32, §§ 1 - 28
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Relative to contributory retirement system for
town employees
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1947 ATM
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MGL c. 31, § 48
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Rescind 1936 vote relating to three permanent
members of the Fire Department
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1947 ATM
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MGL c. 31, § 49
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Rescind 1936 vote relating to the Chief of the
Fire Department
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1948 STM
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Ch. 200, Acts of 1948
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Authorize Town to establish a Veterans Housing
Authority and provide funds for same
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1949 STM
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MGL c. 136, § 4B
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Authorize Selectmen to grant licenses for the
operation of bowling alleys on the Lord's day
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1951 ATM
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MGL c. 152, § 69
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Enlarging the types of employment which the
Town may cover under workmen's compensation insurance
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1952 ATM
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MGL c. 32, §§ 56 - 59
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Relative to retirement and pensions of veterans
of Spanish and World Wars
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1953 ATM
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MGL c. 148, § 56
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Relative to licensing of open-air parking spaces
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1954 ATM
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Ch. 710, Acts of 1941
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Relative to the registration and operation of
bicycles
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1960 ATM
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MGL c. 45, §§ 14 and 18
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Establish a Park and Recreation Commission consisting
of five unpaid members who shall be resident taxpayers of the Town
of Nantucket
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1961 ATM
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Ch. 647, Acts of 1960
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Increasing amounts of pensions and retirement
allowances payable to certain former public employees and widows of
certain deceased former public employees
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1963 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 8C
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Establishment of a Conservation Commission for
the Town of Nantucket
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1964 ATM
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Ch. 478, Acts of 1963
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Relative to increasing the amounts of pensions
and retirement allowances payable to certain former public employees
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1965 STM
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Ch. 169, Acts of 1965
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Authorizing the Town of Nantucket to establish
a Board of Public Works exercising the powers of certain other boards,
commissions, departments and Town officers
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1965 STM
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Ch. 360, Acts of 1965
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Authorizing the Selectmen of the Town of Nantucket
to prohibit the use of motorcycles on certain ways in the Old and
Historic Nantucket District during certain hours
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1965 ATM
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Ch. 486, Acts of 1964
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Increasing the amounts of pensions and retirement
allowances to certain former public employees
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1973 ATM
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MGL c. 48, § 57G
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Compensation for Fire and Police Departments
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1973 ATM
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MGL c. 90, § 20C
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Relative to parking violations, tags, appearance,
fines, failure to appear
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1973 STM
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MGL c. 59, § 21A
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Relative to additional compensation to Assessors
who have completed certain courses of study
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1974 STM
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Ch. 401, Acts of 1966
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Authorizing coverage of elected or appointed
officers under the Workmen's Compensation Act
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1974 STM
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MGL c. 40, § 22D
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Relative to towing of vehicles illegally parked
or standing on public ways
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1976 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 6H
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Relative to repairs on unaccepted roads (NOTE:
later repealed)
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1976 ATM
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Ch. 710, Acts of 1975
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Requiring the installation of automatic smoke
or heat detectors in hotels, boarding or loading houses or family
hotels
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1976 ATM
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MGL c. 41, § 97A
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Relative to the establishment, membership and
regulation of the Police Department
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1976 ATM
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MGL c. 41, § 25
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Relative to Selectmen appointing one Town Assessor
for term of not more than three years
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1980 ATM
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MGL c. 138, § 17A
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Relative to additional seasonal alcoholic beverage
licenses
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1980 BAL
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MGL c. 258, § 13
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Relative to indemnification of Town officials
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1981 STM
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MGL c. 90, § 20A.5
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Relative to the collection of parking fines
in municipalities
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1982 STM
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MGL c. 44, § 53E
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Relative to appropriations by Town bodies, costs
may be offset by fees charged
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1983 STM
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MGL c. 121B, § 4
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Relative to the organization of a Housing Authority
for Nantucket
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1984 STM
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MGL c. 83, §§ 16A - 16F
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Relative to unpaid sewer charges becoming a
tax lien on real property
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1986 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 8J
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Relative to the establishment of a Handicap
Commission[1]
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1987 ATM
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Ch. 194, Acts of 1986
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Authorizing a city or town to establish a scholarship
fund
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1988 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 22D
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Relative to towing of vehicles illegally parked
or standing in public ways
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1988 ATM
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MGL c. 64G, § 3A
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Relative to local room occupancy tax
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1989 BAL
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MGL c. 43C, § 13
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Establishment of a consolidated Department of
Municipal Inspections
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1989 BAL
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MGL c. 43C, § 11
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Establishment of a consolidated Department of
Municipal Finance
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1989 STM
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MGL c. 41, § 108L
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Relative to police career incentive pay program
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1990 STM
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MGL c. 40, § 8G
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Relative to police mutual aid
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1991 ATM
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MGL c. 71, § 71E
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Relative to funding for community school programs,
adult education and continuing education
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1991 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 6A
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Relative to use of public funds for advertising
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1991 ATM
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Ch. 291, Acts of 1990
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Relative to funding enhanced 911 emergency telephone
service
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1991 ATM
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MGL c. 41, § 81U
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Relative to allowing use of developer's forfeited
funds
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1992 ATM
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MGL c. 44, § 53D
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Establishment of a revolving fund for the Park
and Recreation Commission
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1992 ATM
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MGL c. 32B, § 18
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Relative to health insurance for retired employees
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1993 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 13C
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Establishment of reserve fund for workers' compensation
self-insurance
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1993 ATM
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Ch. 328, Acts of 1992
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Act authorizing the Town of Nantucket and the
County of Nantucket to adopt a consolidated charter
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1994 ATM
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MGL c. 266, § 9
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Relative to negligent use of fire
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1995 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 22F
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Relative to fixing reasonable fees and charges
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1995 ATM
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MGL c. 41, § 41B
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Relative to deposit of salaries and wages
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1996 ATM, MGL c. 59, § 57C, Relative
to quarterly tax payments
[Repealed 10-19-2004 ATM
by Art. 16] | ||
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1996 ATM
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MGL c. § 65
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Relative to advances of vacation time
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1997 ATM
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MGL c. 140, § 147A
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Relative to the regulation of dogs
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1997 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 57
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Relative to suspension of licenses and permits
for nonpayment of fees
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2000 ATM
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Ch. 170, Acts of 1999
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Additional compensation of a Town Clerk of Municipal
Collector or Treasurer upon certification
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2001 ATM
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MGL c. 44B, §§ 3 - 7
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Community Preservation Act
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2003 ATM
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MGL c. 59, § 5, cl. 41C
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Property tax exemption to certain qualifying
senior citizens
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2003 ATM
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Ch. 184, § 51, Acts of 2002
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Adjusting senior citizen tax factors as set
forth in MGL c. 59, § 5, cl. 41c, effective July 1, 2003
for Fiscal Year 2004
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2005
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MGL c. 41, § 100G 1/4
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Payment of funeral expenses of fire fighters
and police officers killed in performance of duties
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2005 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 8D
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Establishment of Nantucket Historical Commission
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2007 ATM
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MGL, c. 32, § 4
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Retirement systems and pensions; creditable
service for permanent-intermittent or call fire fighters
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2008 ATM
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Ch. 77, Acts of 2005
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Town pay for public employees on military leave
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2008 ATM
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MGL c. 39, § 23D(a)
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Allowing members of boards, commissions and
committees who have missed a single adjudicatory hearing to participate
in a decision on the matter under certain circumstances
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2008 ATM
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MGL c. 43D, as amended by Ch. 205, § 11,
Acts of 2006
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Designation of land at proposed downtown redevelopment
sites as a priority development site
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2008 ATM
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MGL c. 43D, as amended by Ch. 205, § 11,
Acts of 2006
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Designation of land at 2 Fairgrounds Road as
a priority development site
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2008 ATM
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MGL c. 43D, as amended by Ch. 205, § 11,
Acts of 2006
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Designation of land at proposed industrial development
area - Bunker Road as a priority development site
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2009 ATM
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MGL c. 32B, § 20
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Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund
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2009 ATM
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MGL c. 44, § 55C
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Affordable Housing Trust Fund[2]
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2009 ATM
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MGL c. 59, § 57C
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Quarterly tax payments
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2009 STM
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MGL c. 64L, § 2
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Local option meals tax
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2009 STM
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MGL c. 64G, § 3A, as amended by Ch. 27, §§ 51 and 52, Acts of 2009
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Increase in local room occupancy excise
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2010 ATM
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MGL c. 44, § 53F 1/2
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Enterprise fund for Our Island Home
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2010 ATM
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MGL c. 32B, § 20
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Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund
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2011 ATM
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MGL c. 59, § 57C
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Quarterly tax bills, beginning in 2013
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2012 ATM
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MGL c. 59, § 5K
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Establishing a program for persons over 60 to volunteer to provide
services to the Town in exchange for a reduction in the real estate
property tax bills of such person
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2016 ATM
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MGL c. 83, §§ 15C and 15D
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Authorizing Town to collect interest on unpaid sewer betterment
assessments and to apportion all future sewer assessments over a period
not to exceed 30 years
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2016 ATM
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MGL c. 80, § 13B
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Deferment of payment of betterment assessments for certain low-income
elderly homeowners
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2016 ATM
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MGL c. 140, § 139
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Exemption from dog license fee for owners aged 70 or older
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2016 ATM
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MGL c. 90, § 22B, Para. (b) through (k)
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Allowing Town to remove abandoned motor vehicles using noncriminal
process
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2017 ATM
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MGL c. 64N, § 3
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Allowing Town to collect a local sales tax upon sale or transfer
of marijuana or marijuana products by a local retailer operating in
Town
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2017 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 5B
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Establishment of Capital Projects Stabilization Fund
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2017 ATM
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MGL c. 90, § 17C
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Authorizing Board of Selectmen to establish speed limits in
any thickly settled or business districts areas of Town
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2017 ATM
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MGL c. 32B, § 20
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Management of Other Post-Employment Benefits Liability Trust
Fund (effective 11-7-2016)
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2017 STM
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MGL c. 55, § 13
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Authorization to impose a local sales tax upon the sale or transfer
of marijuana or marijuana products by a marijuana retailer operating
within the Town to anyone other than a marijuana establishment, at
the rate of 3% of the total sales price received by the marijuana
retailer as a consideration for the sale of marijuana or marijuana
products
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2017 STM
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MGL c. 90, § 18B
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Allowing the Board of Selectmen to establish designated "safety
zones" with a speed limit of 20 miles per hour on, at or near any
way in the Town that is not a state highway, and, if a state highway,
with the approval of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
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2018 ATM
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MGL c. 40, § 22A
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Authorization for the Board of Selectmen to designate one or more parking benefit districts, as geographically defined areas within the Town, in which parking revenue collected therein may be designated, subject to appropriation, in whole or in part for use in that district through a dedicated fund in accordance with the purposes and uses listed in § 22A of Chapter 40
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[1]
Editor's Note: Pursuant to Ch. 260, Acts of 1990, § 10, "Handicapped Commission" is now "Disability Commission."
[2]
Editor's Note: For the complete provisions of the Town of
Nantucket Affordable Housing Trust, see 4-6-2009 ATM Art. 72, on file
in the Town Clerk's office. The Affordable Housing Trust Fund was
also amended 4-4-2011 ATM by Art. 78, approved 7-26-2011.
