Massachusetts General Laws
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 43 - City Charters

Section 11 - Majority Vote Required for Adoption of Plan; Effect of Adoption; Election of Officers - Section 11. If a majority of the total number of...

Section 12 - Petition for Other Plans After Unfavorable Election - Section 12. Should a majority of the votes cast be...

Section 13 - Duration of Plan Adopted - Section 13. Should any plan provided for in this chapter...

Section 14 - Officials to Expedite Transition to Adopted Plan - Section 14. The mayor, the aldermen and the common council,...

Section 15 - Dates of Elections Under Adopted Plan; Municipal Year Defined - Section 15. After the adoption by any city of any...

Section 16 - Primaries and Caucuses Prohibited - Section 16. No primary or caucus for municipal officers shall...

Section 16a - Plan F; Primaries and Caucuses - Section 16A. The city primary and election under Plan F...

Section 17 - Oath of Office; Time of Taking - Section 17. On the first Monday in January following a...

Section 17a - Salaries of Mayor, City Manager and Council - Section 17A. The mayor or city manager and the members...

Section 17b - Compensation of Mayor and City Council - Section 17B. In a city under Plan F the mayor...

Section 17c - Four-Year Term for Mayors in Certain Cities; Acceptance by Election; Application of Section - Section 17C. Upon the filing with the city clerk of...

Section 17d - Two-Year Term for Mayors in Cities Under Sec. 17c; Acceptance by Election - Section 17D. In any city in which the term of...

Section 18 - City Council; Powers and Duties - Section 18. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the...

Section 19 - Duties of Mayor or City Manager; Attendance at Council Meetings; Disclosure of Information - Section 19. The city council at any time may request...

Section 20 - Passage of Ordinances - Section 20. No ordinance shall be passed finally on the...

Section 21 - Amendments and Repeals of Ordinances - Section 21. No ordinance shall be amended or repealed except...

Section 22 - Ordinances, etc.; Passage at One Session - Section 22. Any ordinance, order or resolution may be passed...

Section 23 - Ordinances; Publication - Section 23. Every proposed ordinance or loan order, except emergency...

Section 24 - Adoption of Plan; Effect on Obligations, Taxes and Legal Acts - Section 24. All official bonds, recognizances, obligations, contracts and other...

Section 25 - Employees in Mayor's Office Not Subject to Civil Service - Section 25. The civil service laws shall not apply to...

Section 26 - Vacancies in Office of Mayor or City Council; Acting Mayor - Section 26. Except as otherwise provided in sections fifty A,...

Section 27 - Interest in Public Contracts by Public Employees Prohibited; Penalty - Section 27. No mayor or member of the city council...

Section 29 - Public Contracts; Form; Required Approvals; Bond, Etc. - Section 29. All contracts made by any department, board or...

Section 30 - Purchase or Taking of Land - Section 30. At the request of any department, and with...

Section 31 - School Committee; Membership; Tenure - Section 31. The school committee shall consist of the mayor,...

Section 32 - Superintendent of Schools; Election; Appointment of Other School Employees. - Section 32. The school committee shall elect a superintendent of...

Section 33 - School Committee; Powers and Duties - Section 33. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and...

Section 34 - Location and Erection of Schools; Approvals Required - Section 34. No site for a school building shall be...

Section 35 - Open and Public Meetings; Yea and Nay Vote - Section 35. All meetings of the school committee shall be...

Section 36 - School Committee; Filling Vacancies - Section 36. Except as provided in this section, if a...

Section 37 - Initiative Petition; Measure Defined - Section 37. A petition conforming to the requirements hereinafter provided...

Section 38 - Initiative Petitions; Validity of Signatures; Objections - Section 38. Signatures to initiative petitions need not be all...

Section 39 - Initiative Petition; Passage and Submission to Electorate - Section 39. If any initiative petition is signed by registered...

Section 40 - Proceedings if Initiative Petition Not Properly Signed - Section 40. If an initiative petition is signed by registered...

Section 41 - Contents of Ballot for Proposed Measure - Section 41. The ballots used when voting upon a proposed...

Section 42 - Referendum Petition; Effect on Final Passage - Section 42. If, within twenty days after the final passage...

Section 43 - Submission of Proposed Measure to Voters - Section 43. The city council may, of its own motion,...

Section 44 - Measures With Conflicting Provisions - Section 44. If two or more proposed measures passed at...

Section 44a - Preliminary Elections; Contents of Notices - Section 44A. In every city, governed on September first, nineteen...

Section 44b - Inclusion of Name on Ballot; Prerequisites - Section 44B. Except as otherwise provided in section forty-four G,...

Section 44c - Candidates for Nomination; Qualifications; Statement and Petition - Section 44C. Any person who is qualified to vote for...

Section 44d - Official Ballot; Posting Lists of Candidates; Drawing for Position on Ballot - Section 44D. On the first day, other than Sunday or...

Section 44e - Counting Ballots; Canvass of Returns - Section 44E. The election officers shall, immediately upon the closing...

Section 44f - Determination of Candidates for Election - Section 44F. The two persons receiving at a preliminary election...

Section 44g - Nomination of Candidates; Conditions Making Preliminary Election Unnecessary - Section 44G. If at the expiration of the time for...

Section 44h - Acceptance of Sections Dealing With Preliminary Elections; Submission to Electorate - Section 44H. If, in a city governed on September first,...

Section 45 - Provisions Applicable to Adoption of Any Governmental Plan - Section 45. Sections one to forty-four G, inclusive, shall, upon...

Section 46 - Plan A - Section 46. The method of city government provided for in...

Section 47 - Effective Date of Plan - Section 47. Upon the adoption of Plan A, it shall...

Section 48 - Mayor as Chief Executive Officer; Term of Office - Section 48. There shall be a mayor, elected by and...

Section 49 - Party Designations on Ballots Prohibited - Section 49. No ballot used at any annual, biennial or...

Section 50 - City Council; Number; Election; Tenure - Section 50. The legislative powers of the city shall be...

Section 50a - City Council; Filling Vacancies In - Section 50A. Vacancies in the city council shall be filled...

Section 52 - Appointments of Employees by Mayor Without Confirmation - Section 52. Upon the adoption of Plan A, all heads...

Section 53 - Certificate of Appointment - Section 53. In making his appointments the mayor shall sign...

Section 54 - Removal of Officials; Exceptions - Section 54. The mayor may remove the head of a...

Section 55 - Approval or Veto by Mayor of Orders, Ordinances, etc.; Overriding Veto - Section 55. Every order, ordinance, resolution and vote relative to...

Section 56 - Plan B - Section 56. The method of city government provided for in...

Section 57 - Operative Date of Plan - Section 57. Upon the adoption by a city of Plan...

Section 58 - Mayor as Chief Executive Officer; Election; Tenure - Section 58. There shall be a mayor, elected by and...

Section 59 - City Council; Number; Election; Tenure - Section 59. The legislative powers of the city shall be...

Section 59a - Vacancies in Office of Mayor and Council; Procedure for Filling - Section 59A. If a vacancy occurs in the office of...

Section 60 - Appointments by Mayor Subject to Confirmation; Exceptions - Section 60. Upon the adoption of Plan B, all heads...

Section 61 - Removals - Section 61. The mayor may, with the approval of a...

Section 63 - Approval and Veto Offer of Mayor - Section 63. Section fifty-five shall apply to cities which adopt...

Section 64 - Plan C - Section 64. The method of city government provided for in...

Section 65 - Effective Date of Plan Adopted - Section 65. Upon the adoption by a city of Plan...

Section 66 - City Council; Powers and Duties - Section 66. The government of the city and the general...

Section 67 - Membership; Duties of Individual Commissioners; Tenure - Section 67. The city council shall consist of the following...

Section 68 - Terms of Office - Section 68. The terms of office of the members of...

Section 69 - Organization; Oath of Office - Section 69. The city council elected as aforesaid shall meet...

Section 70 - Meetings - Section 70. The city council shall fix suitable times for...

Section 71 - Quorum; Open and Public Meetings; Duties of City Clerk; Method of Voting - Section 71. A majority of the members of the city...

Section 72 - Powers and Duties - Section 72. The city council shall have and exercise all...

Section 73 - Methods of Action; Itemization of Appropriations - Section 73. In legislative session, the city council shall act...

Section 74 - Mayor; Status; Powers and Duties; Acting Mayor - Section 74. The mayor shall be the chief executive officer...

Section 75 - Distribution of Executive Powers; Determination of Policies - Section 75. All executive and administrative powers, authorities and duties,...

Section 76 - Appointment and Removal of Department Heads - Section 76. Each commissioner may, except as is otherwise provided...

Section 77 - Department Records; Publication of Reports - Section 77. Each of said commissioners shall keep a record...

Section 79 - Plan D; Effective Date - Section 79. The method of city government provided for in...

Section 80 - Definitions - Section 80. The terms ''city clerk'' and ''registrars of voters''...

Section 81 - Management and Control of City Government by Mayor and Council - Section 81. The government of the city and the general...

Section 82 - City Council, Membership; Election; Terms - Section 82. The city council shall consist of seven or...

Section 83 - City Council; Powers and Duties; Organization; Oaths of Office - Section 83. The city council shall have and exercise all...

Section 84 - Meetings of City Council - Section 84. The city council shall fix suitable times for...

Section 85 - City Council; Quorum; Duties of City Clerk; Records; Procedure - Section 85. A majority of all the members elected to...

Section 86 - Mayor; Powers and Duties - Section 86. The mayor shall be recognized as the official...

Section 88 - Vacancies - Section 88. Except as provided in this section, a vacancy...

Section 89 - City Manager; Qualifications; Tenure; Compensation; Removal - Section 89. The city council shall appoint a city manager...

Section 90 - Powers and Duties of City Manager - Section 90. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter,...

Section 91 - City Officers and Employees - Section 91. Upon recommendation of the city manager, the city...

Section 92 - Interference With City Manager by Council Forbidden; Penalty - Section 92. Neither the city council nor any of its...

Section 92a - Solicitation of Contributions for Political Parties, etc., by Employees Forbidden; Penalty - Section 92A. No employee of any department, board or commission...

Section 93 - Plan E; Effective Upon Adoption - Section 93. The method of city government provided for in...

Section 94 - Definitions - Section 94. The terms ''city clerk'' and ''registrars of voters''...

Section 95 - Governing Power of City Council, Etc. - Section 95. The government of the city and the general...

Section 96 - City Council; Membership; Tenure - Section 96. The city council shall consist of seven or...

Section 97 - City Council; Powers and Duties; Organization - Section 97. The city council shall have and exercise all...

Section 98 - Meetings of City Council - Section 98. The city council shall fix suitable times for...

Section 99 - Quorum; Presiding Officer; Duties of City Clerk; Voting Procedure - Section 99. A majority of all the members elected to...

Section 100 - Mayor; Official Head of City; Powers and Duties; Vice-Chairman - Section 100. The mayor shall be recognized as the official...

Section 102 - Vacancies in Elective Bodies - Section 102. Except as provided in this section, a vacancy...

Section 103 - City Manager; Appointment; Qualifications; Compensation; Removal - Section 103. The city council shall appoint a city manager...

Section 104 - Powers, Rights and Duties of City Manager - Section 104. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter,...

Section 105 - City Officers and Employees; Appointments and Removals - Section 105. Such officers and employees as the city council,...

Section 106 - Officers and Employees; Regulations; Penalty for Violations - Section 106. Officers and employees of the city appointed by,...

Section 107 - Interference With City Manager by Council Forbidden; Penalty - Section 107. Neither the city council nor any of its...

Section 108 - Solicitation of Political Contributions by Employees; Penalties - Section 108. No employee of any department, board or commission...

Section 109 - Regular Municipal Election; Date - Section 109. The regular municipal election under this plan shall...

Section 110 - Candidates; Statement and Petition - Section 110. Any registered voter of the city who is...

Section 111 - Nomination Papers - Section 111. Any nomination papers filed under section one hundred...

Section 112 - Ballots; Form and Contents - Section 112. There shall be a separate form of ballot...

Section 113 - Preparing Ballots, etc.; Procedure - Section 113. The provisions of sections five, six and seven...

Section 114 - Counting of Ballots; Procedure - Section 114. As soon as the polls have closed, the...

Section 116 - General Election Laws; Applicability - Section 116. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all...

Section 117 - Plan F - Section 117. The method of city government provided for in...

Section 118 - Operative Date - Section 118. Upon the adoption by a city of Plan...

Section 119 - Mayor; Election; Term - Section 119. There shall be a mayor, elected by and...

Section 120 - Legislative Powers; Election and Term of City Council - Section 120. The legislative powers of the city shall be...

Section 121 - Vacancies - Section 121. If a vacancy occurs in the office of...

Section 122 - Appointments - Section 122. Upon the adoption of Plan F, all heads...

Section 123 - Certificate of Appointment - Section 123. In making his appointments the mayor shall sign...

Section 124 - Removal of Heads of Departments - Section 124. The mayor may remove the head of a...

Section 125 - Ordinances and Resolutions; Approval by Mayor - Section 125. Every order, ordinance, resolution and vote relative to...

Section 126 - Regular Municipal Election; Date; Nomination Papers - Section 126. The regular election under Plan F shall take...

Section 127 - General Election Laws; Applicability - Section 127. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, all...

Section 128 - City Defined - Section 128. In sections one hundred and twenty-nine to one...

Section 129 - Referendum; Questions Submitted; Petition - Section 129. At the regular municipal election to be held...

Section 130 - Election Results; Superseding of City Charter Provisions; Election of Organization Members; Commencement of Term - Section 130. If a majority of the total number of...

Section 131 - Division of City Into Districts; Time; Ordinance; District Description; Redistricting - Section 131. Within ninety days following receipt of an official...

Section 132 - Failure of Timely Districting - Section 132. If, within the time prescribed by section one...

Section 133 - Date of Municipal Elections; Municipal Year - Section 133. After the adoption by any city of a...

Section 134 - Residence of District Members - Section 134. Every city councillor and school committee member who...

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Massachusetts General Laws Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts Chapter 43 - City Charters

Massachusetts General Laws
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 43 - City Charters