[ENABLING LEGISLATION - CHAPTER 290 OF THE ACTS OF 1996]
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CHARTER FOR THE COUNTY OF NANTUCKET - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: SECTION 1. We, the inhabitants of Nantucket County, in order
to provide more perfectly for a regional government known as Nantucket
County, to provide for the common welfare and to secure for ourselves
and for our community all the rights, powers, privileges, duties and
obligations which may now or hereafter be derived from county government,
do hereby establish for ourselves and for our community this instrument
to be known as the Charter of and for Nantucket County within the
Commonwealth. SECTION 1A. Establishment of
Charter. The Charter of and for Nantucket County shall
be, and is hereby declared to be, as set forth in Section 4, provided,
however, that the same is adopted by the voters of the Town as set
forth in Section 3. SECTION 2. Grant of Authority. The intent of this Act is to confer certain powers upon Nantucket
County in addition to those granted in the General Laws applicable
to counties generally and, accordingly, the Charter and the powers
set forth therein are granted to Nantucket County, notwithstanding
the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary. SECTION 3. Ratification by the Voters. On the official ballot, to be used in Nantucket County at the next
annual election for Town officers at least two months after such enactment,
the question shall be placed substantially as follows: "Shall an act
passed by the General Court in the year 1996 entitled 'An Act establishing
a charter for Nantucket County' be accepted?" A summary of the Charter,
which summary is to be prepared and approved by the Attorney General,
shall accompany the ballot question described herein. If the majority
of the votes cast in answer to said question is in the affirmative,
the Charter set forth herein shall take full effect but not otherwise. SECTION 4. Text of Charter. The text
of the Charter of and for Nantucket County is as follows: