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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS <br /> OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL { <br /> 0aa WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS DIVISION <br /> �F <br /> 1350 MAIN STREET <br /> SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS 01103-1629 <br /> MARTHA COAKLEY (413) 784-1240 <br /> ATTORNEY GENERAL www,ago.state.ma.us <br /> July 28,2008 <br /> Deborah F.Dami,Town Clerk ® o <br /> 16 Great Neck Road North CD a <br /> Mashpee,MA 02649 rte— "='=) <br /> )X i <br /> RE: Mashpee Annual Town Meeting of May 5,2008---Case#4721 <br /> Warrant Article#12(Zoning) <br /> i <br /> Dear Ms.Dami: M <br /> Article 12 - I return with the approval of this Office the amendments to the town by-laws adopted <br /> under this Article on the warrant for the Mashpee Annual town meeting that convened on May 5,2008. <br /> Note: Under G.L.c.40,§32,neither general nor zoning by-laws take effect unless the town has first satisfied the <br /> posting/publishing requirements of this section. Once this statutory duty is fulfilled,(1)general by-laws ' a <br /> and amendments take effect on the date that these posting and publishing requirements are satisfied <br /> 4 .. <br /> unless a later effective date is prescribed in the by-law,and(2)zoninu by-laws and amendments are <br /> deemed to have taken effect from the date they were voted by Town Meeting,unless a later effective date <br /> is prescribed in the by-law. <br /> i <br /> If the Attorney General has disapproved and deleted one or more portions of any by-law or by-law <br /> amendment submitted for approval,only those portions approved are to be posted and published <br /> 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 "� a <br /> amendments reflecting any such deletion. It will be sufficient to send us a copy of the text posted and { <br /> published by the Town Clerk pursuant to this statute. <br /> Nothing in the Attorney General's approval authorizes an exemption from any applicable state law or <br /> regulation governing the subject of the by-law submitted for approval. <br /> Very truly yours, <br /> MARTHA COAKLEY r <br /> MliENE L ; <br /> na ,AssistantAttorne eneral <br /> By-law Coordinator,Municipal Law Um <br /> 1350 Main Street,4`I'Floor <br /> Springfield,MA 01103-1629 <br /> (413)784-1240,x 117 <br /> enc. <br /> PC: <br /> Town Counsel <br /> i , <br />