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Bill An Act amending the charter of the town of Acushnet to eliminate the residency requirement for town administrator By Representative Koczera of New Bedford and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1409) of Robert M. Koczera and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) relative to amending the charter of the town of Acushnet to eliminate the residency requirement for town administrator. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] us/states/ma Massachusetts General Court 190th H 1409 Massachusetts H 1409 (190th)
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Massachusetts H 1409 (190th) — An Act amending the charter of the town of Acushnet to eliminate the residency requirement for town administrator

By Representative Koczera of New Bedford and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1409) of Robert M. Koczera and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town) relative to amending the charter of the town of Acushnet to eliminate the residency requirement for town administrator. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.]

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

  • Mark C. Montigny — cosponsor (person)
  • Robert M. Koczera — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-23 Referred to the committee on Public Service referral-committee
  • 2017-01-23 Senate concurred
  • 2017-03-21 Hearing scheduled for 03/28/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B1
  • 2017-04-25 Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-25 Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  • 2017-04-25 Rules suspended
  • 2017-04-25 Read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2
  • 2017-04-27 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-05-01 Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-11 Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  • 2017-05-11 Read third and passed to be engrossed reading-3
  • 2017-05-15 Enacted passage
  • 2017-05-15 Enacted and laid before the Governor passage
  • 2017-05-25 Signed by the Governor, Chapter 16 of the Acts of 2017 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7582696d-5687-4c9d-aaaf-78e6ba23d82a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).