Local Option Statutes Accepted or Rejected by the Town of Agawam |
MGL Chapter | Amended by Chapter | Of the Acts of | Date of Action | Result of Action | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
382 | 1871 | 8-29-1874 | Accepted | Betterments | |
386 | 1890 | 4-6-1891 | Accepted | Ballots | |
431 | 1888 | 4-7-1890 | Accepted | Superintendent of Schools | |
347 | 1890 | 4-6-1891 | Accepted | To have public libraries | |
417 | 1893 | 4-2-1894 | Accepted | Precinct voting | |
353 | 1905 | 7-28-1905 | Accepted | Providing a water supply | |
560 | 1907 | 4-4-1910 | Accepted | Town election date | |
560, § 381 | 1907 | 10-25-1910 | Accepted | Precinct voting | |
503 | 1912 | 11-5-1912 | Accepted | Pensioning laborers | |
807 | 1913 | 11-4-1913 | Accepted | Workmen's compensation | |
807 | 1913 | 3-2-1914 | Accepted | Workmen's compensation | |
487 | 1913 | 1914 | No action taken | Promotion of call men | |
494 | 1911 | 3-2-1914 | Accepted | 8-hour day | |
217 | 1914 | 11-3-1914 | Accepted | Vacations for workers | |
688 | 1914 | 11-3-1914 | Accepted | Saturday half holiday | |
790 | 1914 | 11-3-1914 | Accepted | Abolition — party enrollment — primaries | |
1916, c. 104 | 11-7-1916 | Accepted | New Year's Day a legal holiday | ||
41, § 25A | 11-7-1916 | Accepted | Appointment of Assistant Assessors | ||
311G | 1919 | 11-4-1919 | Accepted | Continuation schools | |
32, Art. 16 | 3-7-1917 | Accepted | Fire Department of towns | ||
§§ 33, 34 and 35 | 516 | 1922 | 3-5-1923 | Accepted | Accounting system |
94, § 120 | 3-7-1923 | Accepted | Licensing slaughterhouses | ||
41, §§ 73-81 | 371 | 1926 | 12-3-1926 | Accepted | Railroad securities |
3-9-1929 | Accepted | Adopt a Board of Survey | |||
118 | 1938 | 5-9-1938 | Accepted | Payment of certain bills on account of deaths and injuries suffered by certain town officers | |
54, § 103A | 227 | 1938 | 5-9-1938 | Accepted Rejected | Payment of annuities to the widows of Rocco Cascella and C.B. Jones Absentee voting |
32, § 1-28 | 11-5-1946 | Accepted | Contributory retirement system | ||
632 | 1955 | 11-8-1955 | Accepted | Establish representative town government by limiting town meetings | |
33, § 59 | 10-22-1956 | Accepted | Town employees shall not lose pay or vacation State Militia or during an annual tour of duty not exceeding 15 days as a member of the reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States | ||
48, § 58B | 2-18-1957 | Accepted | 48-hour week for permanent fire fighters | ||
41, § 19B | 2-18-1957 | Accepted | Tenure of office of Town Clerk | ||
32B | 730 | 1956 | 2-17-1958 | Accepted | Group insurance |
31, § 47 | 2-17-1958 | Accepted | Provisions regarding civil service | ||
93, § 3 | 1957 | 2-17-1958 | Accepted | Board of Selectmen constitute Sewer Commission | |
93 | 1957 | 3-17-1958 | Accepted | Operating and establishing a system of sewerage and sewage disposal | |
332 | 1958 | 3-7-1959 | Accepted | Supervision of plumbing | |
241 | 1960 | 11-8-1960 | Accepted | Chief of Fire Department under Civil Service Laws | |
297 | 1960 | 11-8-1960 | Accepted | Holding of town elections | |
56 | 1961 | 3-4-1961 | Accepted | Veterans Agent in Western Hampden Veterans Service District | |
286 | 1967 | 3-16-1968 | Accepted | Time off or pay for police officers in certain criminal cases | |
78, § 19A | 3-8-1969 | Library appropriation | |||
41, § 108 | 3-8-1969 | Accepted | Fixing compensation for town elected offices | ||
44, § 65 | 3-8-1969 | Accepted | Vacation pay, advances to employees | ||
90, § 20C | 3-8-1969 | Accepted | Parking of motor vehicles | ||
32, § 58C | 400 | 1967 | 3-8-1969 | Rejected | Retirement allowances for police and fire |
41, § 108I | 3-13-1971 | Accepted | A member of the Police Department assigned to photo or fingerprint identification work shall, after 1 year's service in such assignment, receive, in addition to his annual salary, $600. per year | ||
41, § 108L | 3-13-1971 | Accepted | Establishing a career incentive pay program for the Police Department | ||
486 | 1971 | 11-16-1971 | Accepted | Licensing Beano | |
41, § 100B | 1971 | 3-11-1972 | Accepted | Indemnification of retired police officers and fire fighters | |
1974, C. 729 | 9-3-1974 | Accepted | Recreation Department establish Revolving Fund | ||
40, § 21 | 11-10-1975 | Accepted | No parking in fire lanes of private ways | ||
140, §§ 58 and 59 | 11-10-1975 | Accepted | Fines for license holders | ||
40, § 21 § 21 | 11-10-1975 | Accepted | |||
Special Act | 11-8-1976 | Accepted | Remove Police Chief from civil service | ||
83, as amended 40, § 22D | 9-13-1978 11-20-1978 | Accepted Accepted | Sewers, drains and sidewalks Removal of vehicles parked in violation of law | ||
377 | 1978 | 1-16-1979 | Rejected | Granting of seasonal licenses for sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises | |
148, § 26C | 6-4-1979 | Accepted | Requiring installation of automatic smoke or heat detectors | ||
40, § 8D | 7-2-1979 | Accepted | Establishing Historical Commission | ||
32B, § 9A | 870 | 1977 | 9-4-1979 | Accepted | |
138, § 17A | 6-2-1980 | Rejected (referred to Ordinance Committee) | |||
40, § 81 | 9-17-1980 | Accepted | Energy Resource Commission | ||
1980, C. 416, § 2 | 1-7-1981 | Accepted | Qualifications of certain Assessors | ||
1974, C. 729 | 11-4-1981 | Accepted | Park and Recreation revolving fund ($4,000.) | ||
90, § 20A1/2 | 12-21-1981 | Accepted | Certain changes in the laws relative to parking of motor vehicles | ||
1981, C. 339 | 4-20-1982 | Adopted | Authorizing cities and towns to allocate certain anticipated receipts | ||
1981, C. 743 | 6-21-1982 | Accepted | Exemption for surviving spouse and minor child, persons over 70 | ||
138, § 12B | 9-7-1982 | Accepted | Nudity in premises licensed to sell alcoholic beverages | ||
1982, C. 296 | 2-22-1983 | Accepted | Authorize cities and towns to compensate School Committee members | ||
40, § 56 | 5-2-1983 | Adopted | Residential factor of 1 for fiscal year 1983 | ||
40, § 56 | 1-17-1984 | Accepted | Adopt residential factor open space property | ||
1983, C. 348 | 4-2-1984 | Accepted | Licensing and keeping of dogs | ||
60A, § 1 | 5-21-1984 | Accepted | Motor vehicle excise tax exemption for former POW's | ||
40, § 56 | 11-6-1985 | Accepted | Residential factor property taxed at same rate | ||
188, § 13 | 1985 | 1-21-1986 | Accepted | Accept professional development grants | |
71, § 52 | 8-4-1986 | Accepted | Compensation to School Committee members | ||
1986, C. 73 | 9-17-1986 | Accepted | Enabling the town to provide relief from the impact of revaluation to persons 70 years old | ||
32B, § 10A | 9-17-1986 | Accepted | Extending dental insurance benefits to employees and retirees | ||
32B, § 11A | 9-17-1986 | Accepted | Extending optional life insurance to active employees | ||
32B, § 16 | 9-17-1986 | Accepted | Health insurance | ||
44, § 53D | 63 | 1986 | 12-15-1986 | Accepted | Increase Park and Recreation revolving fund to $10,000 |
1986, C. 194 | 6-15-1987 | Accepted | Authorizing a city or town to establish a scholarship fund | ||
1986, C. 705 | 12-21-1987 | Accepted | Life insurance coverage for town employees and retired employees; increase limit to $5,000 | ||
40, § 56 | 8-1-1988 | Adopted | Residential factor of 1 and all property be taxed at same rate | ||
40, § 56 | 11-21-1988 | Adopted | Residential factor of 1 and all property be taxed at same rate for FY 1989 | ||
41, § 91 | 1-17-1989 | Accepted | Constables | ||
140, § 147A | 8-7-1989 | Accepted | Empowered to enact bylaws and ordinances relative to the regulation of dogs | ||
40, § 56 | 8-7-1989 | Adopted | Residential factor of 82.6951 be utilized for FY 1990 | ||
1989, C. 213 | 10-16-1989 | Accepted | Authorizing cities and towns to penalize those who abandon motor vehicles | ||
148, § 26G | 4-17-1990 | Accepted | Install automatic sprinklers in new buildings of more than 7,500 gross square feet in nonresidential buildings | ||
148, § 26I | 4-17-1990 | Accepted | Installation of automatic sprinklers in buildings hereafter constructed or rehabilitated for residence and containing not fewer than 4 dwelling units | ||
C. 653, § 40, of Acts of 1989 | 6-4-1990 | Accepted | Concerning assessment of buildings erected during the period of January 2 through June 30 | ||
32, § 22D | 12-3-1990 | Accepted | Wellness program, entrance and in-service physical fitness standards for applicable police and fire personnel, and the repeal of the CAP of $30,000 in conjunction with the Hampden County Retirement Board | ||
40, § 39J1/2 | 12-17-1990 | Accepted or town shall charge for | As of 1-1-1991, no city water on a descending unit rate basis | ||
30B, § 12(b) | 2-19-1991 | Accepted | Authorizing the chief procurement officer to solicit and award any and all contracts for any term not to exceed 5 years | ||
1990, C. 291 | 4-1-1991 | Accepted | Participation in enhanced 911 emergency telephone system | ||
71, § 20A | 2-18-1992 | Accepted | Creation of an instructional trust fund account | ||
40, § 56 | 9-21-1992 | Accepted | Adopting a residential factor of .941375 | ||
59, § 5 | 5-3-1993 | Accepted | Raising tax exemption for veteran service organizations | ||
59, § 5 | 5-3-1993 | Accepted | Allowing tax exemption for veteran service organizations | ||
41, § 108L | 12-20-1993 | Accepted | "Quinn Bill" entitling members of the bargaining unit to receive police career incentive pay benefits | ||
44, § 53F1/2 | 2-7-1994 | Establishing an enterprise fund for operation of golf course | |||
138, § 12 | C. 481 | 1993 | 6-6-1994 | Accepted | Allowing common victualers licensed to sell wine and malt beverages to also sell liqueurs and cordials |
40, §§ 13A and 13C | 10-3-1994 | Accepted | Allowing the town to establish funds to pay workers' compensation claims | ||
41, § 19J | 4-6-1998 | Approved | Increase annual stipend for the Clerk of the Board of Registrars | ||
32, § 9D | 6-1-1998 | Approved | Pay one-half the amount of the premium to be paid by the surviving spouse of an insured or retired employee for health insurance | ||
32, § 103H | 12-6-1999 | Accepted | Granting noncontributing retirees cost of living adjustments in the same amount and at the same time that such adjustments are granted to contributory retirees | ||
170 | 1999 | 3-8-2000 | Accepted | Allowing additional compensation of a town clerk or municipal collector or treasurer upon certification | |
32B, § 7A; 32B, § 9E | 6-18-2001 | Accepted | Authorizing the Town to pay more than 50% of an active or retired insured employee's total monthly cost for health insurance | ||
44B, §§ 3 through 7 | 9-4-2001 | Accepted | To establish a Community Preservation Fund | ||
40, § 8J | 4-20-2004 | Accepted | Establish a Commission on Disability | ||
39, § 23D | 11-8-2006 | Accepted | Attendance requirements for members of municipal boards | ||
43D | 3-24-2008 | Accepted | Expediting permitting process (Priorty Development Sites) | ||
32B, § 20 | 8-6-2012 | Accepted | Other Post Employment Benefits Liability Trust Fund | ||
40, § 5B, paragraph 4 | 2-20-2018 | Accepted | Dedication of energy revenues to the Energy Management Project Stabilization Fund | ||
44, § 53F3/4 | 6-18-2018 | Accepted | Establish a PEG Access and Cable Related Fund | ||
41, § 110A | 3-4-2019 | Accepted | Permit the closure of Town Offices on any Saturday to the same extent as if such Saturday were a legal holiday | ||
61L § 2 | 6-3-2019 | Accepted | Allowing imposition of local sales tax on the sale of restaurant meals originating within Agawam | ||
59, § 5, clause 22G | 3-4-2020 | Accepted | Enables real estate owned by a trustee, conservator or other fiduciary for a veteran's benefit and is the domicile of the veteran to be eligible for real estate tax exemptions | ||
59, § 5, clause 22H | 3-4-2020 | Accepted | Exempts surviving parents or guardians of active military personnel who have died while on active duty or who went missing in action from taxation on their domiciles | ||
200A, § 9A | 5-17-2021 | Accepted | Provides the Treasurer/Collector's Office the option of turning unclaimed funds over to the Town after ample notice is published and provided to the public | ||
60, § 15B | 2-7-2022 | Accepted | Permits the establishment of a revolving fund to account for total costs associated with the tax title collection process | ||
59, § 5K | 10-2-2023 | Accepted | Property tax work-off program for taxpayers over the age of 60 | ||
59, § 5N | 10-2-2023 | Accepted | Property tax work-off program for veterans | ||
64G, § 3A | 12-16-2024 | Accepted | Imposing a 6% local room occupancy excise |