05/04/2020 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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The House also issued orders to reschedule two special state elections until June 2, 2020. The Senate issued an order to reschedule two state special elections until May 19, 2020. The legislation includes guidelines for public notification of rescheduled election dates, voter registration deadlines, absentee ballots processing, and the display of sample ballots. The legislation: Allows municipal governments to postpone caucus or certain elections scheduled before May 30, 2020 and reschedule the caucus or elections to a date prior to June 30, 2020.Allows any eligible voter to vote early by mail for elections occurring before June 30, 2020. More here: htt s: karens ilka.com u dates 2020 3 23 munici alelections Le islation to Assist Munici al Governance Si ned into law: On 4/3 the House and Senate passed House Bill 4598 - An Act to address challenges faced by municipalities and state authorities resultingfrom COVID-19. This legislation extends the state income tax filing deadline.for residents, addresses disruptions in municipal tax collections and permitting, and allows licensed restaurants to sell certain alcoholic beverages with food take-out and delivery orders, among other provisions. A full summary of the bill is as follows. The Governor signed the bill on April 3rd. It is now law: htt s: Zmalegcrtisilature. ov Laws Session Laws Acts 2020Cha ter53 Here is a summary of the law: htt s: www.mma.or le islature-oks biWll-to-address-muqici al-o erations- challen es-resultin -from-covid-l9-emer enc - There has been some good feedback thus far on how the rating agencies are interpreting this legislation: htt s: www.metrowestdail news.com news 20200427 ratin z-a enc -takes-measure-of- coronavirus-law More le islation si ned into law to hel munici alities school districts: The House and Senate passed House Bill 4616, An Act to Further Address Challenges Faced by Municipalities and School Districts Resulting from COVID-19, on 4/9. It is now law after being signed by the Governor: htt s: . male:islature. v Laws SessionLavvs Acts 2020 Cha ter56 You can find a summary here: http s. www.mm or Gov-si jaw-with-number-of-school-related- ad'ustments Le islation si ned into law on Notar reforms durin COVID-19 The House and Senate have been working on legislation to allow for notarizations to be done virtually. Senate Bill 2645, An Act providing for virtual notarization to address challenges related to COVID-19, which was signed into law by the Governor on April 27th. Final legislation can be found here: haps.-ILMaIggorislature.Gov Bills 191 S2645 Here is a summary of the 10411 legislation: ht s: ro7vhmx.cludfront.netulian ina 1 15 880972 � 2642 Summar df?1588097972 rv� �. 5