3/23/1987 TOWN MEETING Town Meeting

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General Laws Chapter 40, Section 32, requires the Town Clerk to submit proposed by- law amendments to the Attorney General for review and approval thirty days after the final adiournment of town meeting. The amendments voted under Article 15 were adopted at the March 23, 1987, Special Town Meeting but not received by our Office until October 28, 2009. We suggest that you discuss this issue in more detail with your Town Counsel. Note: Under G.L.c.40,§32,neither general nor zoning by-laws take effect unless the town has first satisfied the posting/publishing requirements of this section. Once this statutory duty is fulfilled, (1)general by-laws and amendments take effect on the date that these posting and publishing requirements are satisfied unless a later effective date is prescribed in the by-law, and(2)zoning by-laws and amendments are deemed to have taken effect from the date they were voted by Town Meeting,unless a later effective date is prescribed in the by-law. If the Attorney General has disapproved and deleted one or more portions of any by-law or by-law amendment submitted for approval,only those portions approved are to be posted and published pursuant to G.L. c.40, §32. We ask that you forward to us a copy of the final text of the by-law or by-law amendments reflecting any such deletion. It will be sufficient to send us a copy of the text posted and published by the Town Clerk pursuant to this statute. Nothing in the Attorney General's approval authorizes an exemption from any applicable state law or regulation governing the subject of the by-law submitted for approval. Very truly yours, MARTHA COAKLEY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Margaret J. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General Chief, Central Massachusetts Division Director, Municipal Law Unit One Exchange Place Worcester, MA 01608 (508) 792-7600, x 4402 enc. cc: Town Counsel 2