The following is a listing of General Laws accepted by the Town of North Andover:
MGL c./Sec.
Chapter/Acts of
Subject
Date Accepted
Uniform Procurement Act
30B/12(b)
: terms of contract; information to be included in solicitation; cancellation of contract
5-1-1995, Art. 31
Civil Service
3-4-1957, ballot
31
Civil service for police
3-17-1934
31/47B
Sealer of Weights
3-4-1957
31/48
Police and call fire
1924, Art. 15;
1927, Art. 12;
1928, Art. 14
31/49A
Building Inspector
3-6-1972
31/49B
Building Inspector
---
31/58A
Municipal police officers and firefighters; maximum age restriction
12-3-2001, Art. 10
425/1945
Fire Chief
3-14-1946
Withdrawal of Police Patrol Officers
5-25-2022 ATM, Art. 9
Withdrawal of Police Lieutenants
5-25-2022 ATM, Art. 10
Withdrawal of Fire Department
5-16-2023 ATM, Art. 11
Retirement Systems and Pensions
377/1941
Establishment of retirement system
3-14-1942
32/26
Establishment of contributory retirement system for Town employees
1943, ballot
32/57B
Retirement date for Police or Fire Department members
3-1-1971, Art. 13
32/85E
Alternative retirement provisions for police and fire in towns
4-4-1980, Art. 19
32/99
Advance payment of retirement allowances to retired municipal personnel
6-19-1967
559/1946
Increasing pensions of former employees
3-15-1947, Art. 17
588/1948
Increasing pensions of former employees
1949, Art. 44
783/1950
Increasing pensions of former employees with minimum allowance
1951, Art. 16
820/1950
Increasing pensions of former employees
1951, Art. 17
781/1951
Increasing pensions of former employees
3-15-1952, Art. 10
624/1952
Increasing certain pensions of former employees
3-2-1952, Art. 10
624
Pension increase
3-14-1953
670/1955
Increasing pensions of former employees
3-17-1956
427/1957
Increasing amount of pension of certain retired police officers and firefighters
3-15-1958, Art. 61
-/1957
Increasing pensions of former employees
3-19-1958
647/1960
Increasing amount of pensions, retirement allowances and annuities payable to certain former public employees
3-18-1961, Art. 11
552/1961
Establishing minimum benefits for widows of certain employees killed in the performance of their duties
3-17-1962, Art. 64
478/1963
To increase amount of pensions
3-7-1964
698
Pension for Ira D. Carthy
11-3-1964
399/1992
Early retirement incentive
5-3-1993, Art. 25
Group Insurance
3-5-1956, ballot
32B/7A
Local government payment of subsidiary or additional insurance rate
3-3-1969
32B/9A
Contribution of 50% of certain group insurance premiums for certain retired employees
3-1-1964, ballot
32B/9F
Group life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
---
32B/9I
Employees on military leave of absence for active service
5-13-2003, Art. 20
32B/10A
Purchase of insurance by public authority following acceptance of chapter
---
32B/11B
Insurance for elderly government retirees
---
32B/11E
Group life and health insurance coverage for retired school teachers
---
32B/18A
Medicare extension plan; mandatory transfers of retirees
5-12-2009, Art. 29
Militia
33/54
Military service pay
5-24-1948, Art. 5
33/59
Effect of military service on paid vacation leaves and leaves of absence of public employees
4-27-1955, Art. 8
Town Meetings
39/9
Annual town meeting; other meetings; election of officers; times; adjournment; holidays
5-12-1997, Art. 37
39/20
Precinct voting
1912, Art. 12
39/23D
Adjudicatory hearing; attendance by municipal board; committee and commission members; voting disqualification
5-14-2007, Art. 46
Powers of Cities and Towns
40
Towing of vehicles
3-17-1956
40/4G
Allowing purchases of up to $4,000 without bidding
4-25-1981, Art. 26
40/6B
Purchase of uniforms and other work clothing for Police and Fire Department
6-4-1956, Art. 3
40/6H
Permitting Town to make repairs on private ways without liability for damage
3-17-1962, ballot
40/6J
Purchase of stormy weather work clothes
3-6-1967, Art. 63
40/8A
Development and Industrial Commission
3-16-1960, Art. 75
40/8C
Conservation Commission
1-16-1961, Art. 9
40/8D
Historical Commission
3-18-1972, Art. 14
40/8E
Youth Commission
3-18-1972, Art. 12
40/8G
Intermunicipal mutual aid programs for Police Department
3-24-1973
40/21A
Regulation of working conditions of employee
4-7-1956, Art. 11
40/22D
Vehicles parked in violation of law; removal
3-17-1962, Art. 60
40/22G
Funds received from fines for handicap parking violations; deposits in account; expenditures
12-3-2001, Art. 11
40/41B
Floridation
11-7-1972
40/42A
391/1923
Collection of water rates
1924, ballot
40/42G, 42H and 42I
Authorizes the levy of special assessments to meet the cost of laying water pipe in public and private ways
3-17-1956; 1965, ballot
40/44A
Regional Disposal Planning Committee
3-13-1971
40/57
Local licenses and permits; denial, revocation or suspension for failure to pay municipal taxes or charges
5-4-1992, Art. 22
Zoning
40A/8
Unfavorable action on proposed bylaw: two-year wait
3-19-1955, Art. 66
40A/20
Unfavorable action on proposed bylaw: two-year wait
4-7-1956, Art. 84
Municipal Officer and Employees
41
Town Accountant
3-5-1945
41
Terms of Tax Collector, Tree Warden, Highway Surveyor
3-19-1966
41/1
Treasurer to act as Tax Collector
4-28-1975
41/19B
Permanent tenure/John J. Lyons
3-4-1957
41/19C
Non-civil service tenure for City and Town Clerks
3-4-1957, ballot
41/81F through 81J
211/1936
Establishment of Planning Board
1938, ballot
41/97
Establishment of Police Department under direction of Selectmen
1926, Art. 18
41/97A
Police Department; Police Chief; powers and duties
4-26-1986, Art. 47
41/100
Indemnify police officers, firefighters and persons aiding them
1944, ballot
41/100B
Indemnification of retired police officers and firefighters
5-10-2004, Art. 31
41/106
Appointment and term of Tree Warden
6-16-2020 ATM, Art. 7
41/108I
Career Incentive Pay Program
3-24-1973
41/108L
Police career incentive program and salary increments
3-5-1973, Art. 30
41/111B
Up to 15 days sick pay leave for certain municipal employees
4-27-1955, Art. 6
Expedited Permitting
43D
-/2006
Expedited permitting
5-14-2007, Art. 29
Municipal Finance
44/53C
Establishment of rotating fund for receipt and payment of monies for off-duty work details of police
12-18-1972, Art. 3
44/53E1/2
Board of Health revolving funds
5-3-2002, Art. 5
44/53E1/2
Revolving funds: Youth Services; field maintenance; Elder Services; Health Department; Wheelabrator Planning; Wheelabrator public safety; Wheelabrator health
5-10-2004, Art. 15
44/53F1/2
Water Enterprise Fund
5-11-1998, Art. 5
44/53F1/2
Sewer Enterprise Fund
5-11-1998, Art. 6
44/53F1/2
Stevens Estate Enterprise Funds
5-13-2000, Art. 9
44/53F1/2
Board of Health Enterprise Funds
5-14-2001, Art. 12
44/53F1/2
Enterprise Funds: Youth Services; field maintenance; Elder Services; Health Department; Wheelabrator planning; Wheelabrator public safety; Wheelabrator health; Health Department food inspections; Health Department septic inspections
5-8-2006, Art. 26
44/53F1/2
Enterprise funds
5-13-2008, Art. 15
44/55C
Municipal Affordable Housing Trust Fund
5-8-2006, Art. 33
Community Preservation
44B/3 through 7
Surcharge on real property, Community Preservation Committee; annual revenues; open space; historic resources and community housing; Community Preservation Fund
1-29-2001, Art.1
Fire Department
48/36
487/1913
Promotion of call firefighters to permanent force
3-2-1914
132/1919
Two-platoon system for Fire Department
1919, ballot
638
Seventy Hour Firemen's Law
3-18-1943
431/1943
Military substitutes
3-18-1944
48/42 through, 44
Fire Department; appointment of Fire Chief; compensation; duties of Fire Chief; role of Forest Warden; application of sections establishing Fire Department and appointing and defining duties of Fire Chief
4-26-1986, Art. 48
48/58A
70-hour workweek for firefighters
1943, Art. 20
48/58B
48-hour workweek for firefighters
3-1-1948 ballot
48/59
Establishing platoon system of Fire Department organization
1919
132G/1919
Two platoon system
11-4-2019
106/1965
Establishment of reserve force in the Fire Department and removing the all department from civil service
4-12-1965, ballot
Nomination of Candidates
53/9A
Certificate of nomination and nomination papers; certification of candidates
5-29-1979, Art. 14
Elections
54/103A
Sections applicable to city and town elections, primaries and caucuses
1959, ballot
5-29-1979, Art. 11
423/72
Precinct voting
1-8-1891
488
Compensation for sitting additional at voting polls
3-13-1959
560/381
Precinct voting
3-9-1912
Persons and Property Taxation
59/5, Clause 17C
Persons and property exempt from taxation
4-24-1982. Art. 13
59/5, Clause 17D
Real estate tax relief
5-1-1989, Art. 25
59/5, Clause 17E
Increase in asset limit for exemptions granted to senior citizens, surviving spouses and surviving minors in relation to Consumer Price Index
5-16-2023 ATM, Art. 6
59/5, Clause 22G
Real estate tax exemptions for veterans where the veteran is not a trustee but is domiciled at a property that is held by a trustee, conservator or other fiduciary for the benefit of the veteran
6-16-2020 ATM, Art. 8
59/5, Clause 22H
Real estate tax exemption for real property of the surviving parents of a soldier who dies while on active duty or is missing in action and presumed dead
6-16-2020 ATM, Art. 9
59/5, Clause 41C
Real estate tax relief
5-1-1989, Art. 24
59/5, Clause 41D
Annual increase in income and asset limits for exemptions granted to senior citizens in relation to Consumer Price Index increases
5-16-2023 ATM, Art. 7
59/5, Clause 56
Real and personal property exemption for members of Massachusetts National Guard and reservists on active duty in foreign countries
5-16-2023 ATM, Art. 9
59/5C
Exemption for residential real property in cities or town assessing at full and fair cash valuation
5-14-2007, Art. 20
59/5C1/2
Additional real estate exemption for certain blind persons, veterans, surviving spouses and seniors
5-16-2023 ATM, Art. 8
59/5K
Property tax liability reduced in exchange for volunteer service; persons over age 60
5-13-2002, Art. 19;
5-8-2006, Art. 35;
5-13-2008, Art. 17;
5-12-2009, Art. 30
60/3F
Voluntary donation to municipal veterans assistance fund by designation on municipal property tax or motor vehicle excise bills
6-17-2021 ATM, Art. 5
64G/3A
Local excise tax; information concerning amount collected
5-7-1990, Art. 21
64J
Taxation of fuels used in the propulsion of aircraft
5-7-1990, Art. 12
5-3-1999, Art. 35
Public Schools
70/40
Equal pay rates to apply to men and women teachers
1946, Art. 33
71/21
311/1919
Establishment and maintenance of continuation schools and courses of instruction for employed minors
11-4-1919, ballot
71/37M
Consolidation of administrative functions with city or town
5-13-2008, Art. 23
71/71E
Appropriation for and expenditure of receipts from adult education and continuing education programs
12-5-2005, Art. 11
188, § 1/1985
Professional development grant for teachers
1-16-1986, Art. 4
Betterments
80/13B
Deferral and recovery agreements; application; recordation; liens
5-2-1994, Art. 24
Sewer Assessments
23/1921
Sewer assessments
3-19-1921
117/1946
Increase of sewer assessments
5-24-1948
380/1906
Increase of sewer assessments
1921, ballot
1946, ballot
1956, ballot
712/1955
Extend time of payment sewer assessments and provides for interest of 4% per annum on unpaid assessments
3-17-1956
83/16A through 16F
Sewer assessments: certification of acceptance; effective date of sewer charge lien; termination; method of collection; certification of rate or charge to assessors; commitment as tax; application of other law; powers of tax collectors; remedies of aggrieved real estate owners; recovery of real estate owner against tenants
4-22-1978, Art. 45
Parking Violations
90/18A1/2
Pedestrians, use of ways; rules and regulation; violations; notices
3-14-1971, Art. 30
90/20A
Authorization of Police Department and Selectmen to establish a schedule of fees and set up for collection of fines relating to parking violations
4-24-1982, Art. 10
90/20C
Nature of proceeding under §§ 20A and 20A1/2; fines
3-22-1976, Art. 22
Sunday Sports Act
136/26
Sunday Sports Act
6-2-1920, ballot
Alcoholic Beverages
138/12B
Operation of premises licensed to sell alcohol beverages: prohibition of nudity and other obscene entertainment
4-24-1982, Art. 12
138/12, Paragraph 1
Cordials in establishments licensed for wine and malt beverages
11-26-2007, Art. 3
Licenses
140/139(c)
MGL c. 140, § 139(c)
Waiving fee for a license for a dog owned by a person aged 70 years or over
6-16-2020 ATM, Art. 5
140/147A
Bylaws and ordinance relative to regulation of dogs
10-5-1989, Art. 10
Police
147/13A
Establishment of reserve police force in towns
1934, Art. 16
7/1937
Police Chief
3-6-1937
Fire Prevention
148/26C; 26D; 26E
Smoke or heat detector regulations
4-23-1983, Art. 34
148/26G
Buildings or additions; automatic suppressant or sprinkler systems
4-23-1983, Art. 36
148/26H
Lodging or boarding houses; automatic sprinkler systems
5-4-1987, Art. 60
148/26I
Automatic sprinkler systems required for newly constructed multiple-dwelling units
6-16-2020 ATM, Art. 6
148/56
Parking space business; licenses; fees; term; suspension and revocation
3-6-1933, Art. 82; 1963 ballot
Labor Laws
149
Creditable service for reserve police and fire
3-13-1971
149/30
514/1909
Eight-hour day; six-day week for municipal employees
3-3-1913
Workmens' Compensation
807/1913
Workmens' compensation
11-4-1913; 3-2-1914
152/69
Placing municipal and district employees under the covering of the ---
3-2-1914, ballot
403/1936
Inclusion of additional public employees within the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Law
1940, ballot
Nonprofit Corporation
180/17B
Employees' payroll deductions are authorized for contributions to community chest, united fund, scholarships, etc.
11-26-1956, Art. 5
Indemnity of Municipal Employees
258/13
Indemnify and save harmless municipal employees
3-2-1981, Art. 1
Miscellaneous
154/1882
Public parks
3-7-1892
202/1893
Water supply
8-30-1893
84/1899
Water loans
4-20-1899
209/1908
Forest fires
635/1912
Tenement houses
3-3-1913; 3-8-1913
688/1914
Saturday half holiday
11-3-1914
790/1914
Party enrollment
11-3-1914
655/1
Building inspection
3-1-1915
116/1919
Interest on deposits in savings bank paid once a month
1919, ballot
41/73
Board of Survey Precinct Redivision
3-17-1923
496/120
94/1924
Slaughter house fees
3-13-1926
44
Accounting system
3-14-1936
93/29
Regulation of billboards
3-18-1939
574/1946
Establishment of Housing Authority
5-24-1948
434/1953
Rent control
7-31-1953, Art. 1
667/1954
Housing project
4-12-1965
225/1955
Rent control
4-27-1955, Art. 1
40B/1955
Regional Planning Law
3-17-1956
489/1956
Payroll deductions for community chest, etc.
11-26-1956, Art. 5
401/1956
Providing certain protection for civil defense volunteers driving publicly owned vehicles
3-16-1957, Art. 72
516/3
Withdraw/Essex Community Mosquito Control
6-22-1959
486
Beano
3-6-1972
121B
Erect new housing project
4-28-1975
40D/21
Solid waste disposal facility
6-26-1978
653/1982
Providing relief from impact of revaluation
4-23-1983, Art. 1
597/1982
Providing for the issuance without payment of a fee, of distinctive license plates to former prisoners of war
4-23-1983, Art. 2
291/1990
Enhanced 911 service
5-6-1991, Art. 42
137, § 1/2003
Public employees serving in the Armed Forces of the United States
5-10-2004, Art. 30
The following is a listing of Special Acts adopted in General Court pertaining to the Town of North Andover:
Year Enacted
Chapter or Resolve
Subject
1855
An Act to incorporate the Town of North Andover
1870
400
An Act to revive an act to authorize the Boston and Maine Railroad to change the location of its road in North Andover and Bradford
1879
15
An Act to annex a part of the Town of North Andover to the City of Lawrence
1893
93
An Act to authorize the Lowell, Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway Company to locate and construct its railway in the Towns of North Andover and Bradford
1893
202
An Act to supply the Town of North Andover with water
1899
84
An Act to authorize the Town of North Andover to issue water bonds
1904
93
An Act to authorize the Town of North Andover to extend its water supply system and to borrow money therefor
1904
147
An Act to establish the boundary line between the Towns of Boxford and North Andover
1904
149
An Act to establish the boundary line between the Towns of North Andover and North Reading
1904
251
An Act to establish the boundary line between the Towns of Middleton and North Andover
1905
153
An Act to incorporate the north parish of North Andover
1905
351
An Act to authorize the Town of North Andover to extend its water supply system and to borrow money therefor
1905
389
An Act to provide for an increased water supply for the City of Lawrence (Section 4 provided that North Andover must contract with Lawrence for water.)
1906
379
An Act to authorize the Town of North Andover to establish a Board of Public Works
1906
380
An Act to authorize the Town of North Andover to establish a sewerage system and to borrow money therefor
1907
89
An Act to authorize the City of Lawrence to obtain a temporary supply of water from the Town of North Andover
1911
340
An Act relative to the water needs of the Town of Peabody
1914
532
An Act to enlarge the jurisdiction and change the name of the police court of Lawrence (North Andover annexed to judicial district of police court of Lawrence)
1920
200
An Act to provide for the pensioning of public school janitors in the Towns of Andover and North Andover
1921
23
An Act to increase sewer betterment assessments in the Town of North Andover
1922
516
An Act establishing the state accounting system
1923
456
An Act validating the annual town meeting of the Town of North Andover in the current year
1924
49
Relating to sewage problems in the Merrimac River
1924
40
An Act providing for the transfer to the board of public works of the Town of North Andover of the powers and duties of certain other boards and officers relative to ways and parks (Act required local acceptance to become effective. It was rejected.)
1926
374
An Act validating the annual town meeting of the Town of North Andover in the current year, [1926]
1935
254
An Act providing for the better security of human life at the grade crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad on Marblehead Street in the Town of North Andover
1936
420
An Act establishing the Merrimac River Valley Sewerage District and defining its powers and duties. (Act established a sewerage district, comprising several towns, including North Andover. District is under control of an unpaid board of five members, appointed by the Governor.)
1937
7
An Act placing under civil service laws the office of Chief of Police of the Town of North Andover. (act had to be locally accepted to become effective)
1937
60
Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to certain problems in the Merrimack Valley, so called. (Established a commission to undertake a far-reaching study of regional problems and needs)
1941
35
Resolve providing for a survey, plans, estimates and specifications relative to the construction of dikes and pumping equipment on the North Andover side of the Shawsheen River and the straightening of the channel of said river
1945
425
An Act authorizing the placing of the office of Chief of the Fire Department of the Town of North Andover under the civil service laws. (Had to be submitted in 1946 for acceptance.)
1946
117
An Act relative to sewer betterment in the Town of North Andover. (Amended Chap. 380 of the Acts of 1906, by striking out Sect. 6, as most recently amended by Chap. 23 of the Acts of 1921. Had to be locally accepted at an annual town meeting to become valid.)
1946
266
An Act relative to placing under the civil service laws the office of the Chief Engineer of the Board of Fire Engineers of the Town of North Andover. (Makes it clear that the reference to the office of Chief of the Fire Department refers to the office of Chief Engineer of the Board of Fire Engineers.)
1946
479
An Act relative to the filling of the office of Fire Engineer of the Board of Fire Engineers of the Town of North Andover
1947
653
An Act establishing the Merrimack River Valley Sewerage District for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating sewerage works in the Merrimack River Valley. [Act created a sewerage district, known as the "Merrimack River Valley District," under a board, five members, to be appointed by the Governor. Repealed (and replaced) Chap. 420 of the Acts of 1936. Act had to be submitted: a majority of total voters of territory included needed to pass it.]
1954
28
Resolve providing for an investigation and study by the Department of Public Utilities relative to the grade crossing at Marblehead Street in the Town of North Andover
1954
80
An Act increasing the powers and duties of the Board of Public Works of the Town of North Andover amends Chap. 379 of the Acts of 1906 by adding Sect. 2A. Had to be submitted at the next annual town election. It passed, to become effective at the annual town election in 1954)
1955
712
An Act relative to Betterment Assessments for sewers in the Town of North Andover (amended Chap. 380 of the Acts of 1906; Act had to be accepted at any town meeting)
1956
22
An Act relative to sewer betterment assessments in the Town of North Andover.
1957
439
An Act validating the acts and proceedings of the Town of North Andover at an adjourned special town meeting held in the year nineteen hundred and fifty-seven
1957
353
An Act validating the acts and proceedings of the Annual Town Meeting in the Town of North Andover
1958
11
An Act to ascertain the will of the voters of the Town of North Andover with reference to the fluoridation of the town water supply
1960
330
An Act authorizing the formation of a regional school district for vocational education by the Towns of Methuen, Andover and North Andover and the City of Lawrence
1961
274
An Act relative to the formation of a regional school district for vocational education for the Towns of Methuen, Andover and North Andover and the City of Lawrence
1962
61
An Act abolishing the office of tree warden in the Town of North Andover and transferring the powers and duties thereof to the Board of Public Works of said Town
1963
20
An Act relative to the terms of office of M. George Norwood as a member of the Housing Board of the Town of North Andover
1964
36
An Act validating the establishment of the regional school district for vocational education consisting of the Towns of Methuen, Andover, North Andover, and the City of Lawrence
1964
698
An Act authorizing the Town of North Andover to pension Ira D. Carty
1965
103
An Act authorizing the establishment of a reserve force in the Fire Department of the Town of North Andover and removing from civil service the positions of call firemen in said Town
1966
467
An Act providing that certain members of the North Andover Police Relief Association may, upon pension or retirement from the North Andover Police Department, be paid a certain sum of money by said association
1972
554
An Act changing and establishing the boundary line between the City of Lawrence and the Town of North Andover
1973
1122
An Act authorizing the Town of North Andover to pay a sum of money to Landers Electrical Co., Inc.
1974
5
An Act providing that John Joseph Driscoll shall, notwithstanding certain maximum age requirements, be eligible for appointment as a firefighter in the Town of North Andover
1976
321
An Act designating the pedestrian overpass over state highway route 125 at North Andover High School in the Town of North Andover as the William F. Rock Memorial Overpass