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Note: Pursuant to G.L. c. 40, § 32, neither general nor zoning by-laws take effect <br />unless the town has first satisfied the posting/publishing requirements of <br />that statute. Once this statutory duty is fulfilled, (1) general by-laws and <br />amendments take effect on the date that these posting and publishing <br />requirements are satisfied unless a later effective date is prescribed in the <br />by-law, and (2) zoning by-laws and amendments are deemed to have taken <br />effect from the date they were voted by Town Meeting, unless a later <br />effective date is prescribed in the by-law. <br />If the Attorney General has disapproved and deleted one or more portions <br />of any by-law or by-law amendment submitted for approval, only those <br />portions approved are to be posted and published pursuant to G.L. c. 40, § <br />32. We ask that you -forward to us a copy of the final text of the by-law or <br />by-law amendments reflecting any such deletion. It will be sufficient to send <br />us a copy of the text posted and published by the Town Clerk pursuant to <br />this statute. <br />Nothing in the Attorney General's approval authorizes an exemption from <br />any applicable state law or regulation governing the subject of the by-law. <br />submitted for approval. <br />Very truly yours, <br />MARTHA COAKLEY <br />ATTORNEY GENERAL <br />I <br />by: Kelli E. Gunagan, Assistant Attorney General <br />By-law Coordinator, Municipal Law Unit <br />1350 Main Street, 4th Floor <br />Springfield, MA 01103 <br />(413) 784-1240, x. 7717 <br />enc. <br />cc: Town Counsel (via email) <br />3 <br />