[HISTORY: Adopted by a majority of the votes cast on Question
No. 3 at the 1990 Annual Town Election held 5-15-1990, effective 1-1-1991; ATM 4-3-1991; Art. 60, approved
ATE 5-19-1992, Question No. 4; AFTM 11-17-1992, Arts. 17, 18, 19, 20; approved ATE 5-18-1993, Questions 1 through 4; AFTM 11-17-1997, Arts. 84
through 91, approved ATE 5-19-1998, Questions 4 through 11; ATM 4-5-2006, Arts. 46 through 52, 54, 56,
and 58, approved ATE 5-15-2007, Questions 4 through 13; AFTM 11-13-2012, Arts. 8 through 22, approved ATE 5-21-2013, Questions 3 through 17; AFTM 11-12-2019, Arts. 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, approved ATE 5-19-2020, Questions 3, 4, 6 through
12; AFTM 11-14-2019, Art. 26,
approved ATE 5-19-2020, Question
5; ATM 1-25-2021, Arts. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
approved ATE 5-18-2021, Questions 2 through 6; AFTM 11-15-2021, Arts. 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, approved ATE 5-17-2022, Questions 4 through 8]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Administrative legislation — See Part I of Division
1 of the Code.
HOME RULE CHARTER
Preamble
We, the people of the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, in order
to reaffirm the customary and traditional liberties of the people
with respect to the conduct of our local government and to take the
fullest advantages inherent in the home rule amendments of the Constitution
of the Commonwealth, do hereby adopt the following Home Rule Charter
for this Town.