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