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SB00444

Law Allowing Some Municipal Employees to Serve on Boards of Finance

Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 6:19 AM

In one sentence

This law allows municipal employees who earned less than $10,000 in the previous year to serve on their town's board of finance.

What it does

  • Allows most municipal employees to serve on any local government body except those that directly supervise them.
  • Permits low-paid employees earning under $10,000 annually to serve specifically on boards of finance without needing a special town rule.
  • Lets towns pass their own rules (ordinances) to allow employees to serve on zoning, land use, planning, or wetlands bodies.
  • Updates the law for creating town planning commissions so they can include municipal employees if allowed by local ordinance.

Who it affects

  • Municipal employees who earned less than $10,000 in the previous twelve-month period
  • Town boards of finance created under state chapter 106 or special acts
  • Local legislative bodies that may pass new ordinances about employee service on zoning, land use, planning, and wetlands commissions

Limits and unknowns

  • Employees cannot serve on any body if they are directly supervised by members of that same group.
  • The law only allows employees with earnings under $10,000 to join boards of finance unless a town passes its own special rule or the employee is already on the legislative body.
  • This change takes effect on October 1, 2026.

Plain language

Terms to know

Municipal Board of Finance
A local government group created under state law or special acts that manages the town's budget.
Home Rule Ordinance
A rule passed by a specific town that gives it special powers to manage its own affairs, including allowing employees on certain boards.

Official record

Sources

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Official summary

To authorize municipal employees to serve on municipal boards of finance if such employees receive less than ten thousand dollars in salary or wages annually.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Transmitted to the Secretary of State
  3. Transmitted by Secretary of the State to Governor
  4. Public Act 26-136LCO
  5. Senate Adopted House Amendment Schedule B
  6. Senate Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule B
  7. In Concurrence
  8. Amendment Withdrawn, House Amendment Schedule A 6040
  9. House Adopted House Amendment Schedule B 6048
  10. House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule B
  11. Transmitted Pursuant To Joint Rule 17
  12. Disagreeing Action, Tabled for Calendar, Senate
  13. Senate Passed
  14. Rules Suspended, Transmitted to the House
  15. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House
  16. House Calendar Number 523
  17. Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' OfficeLCO
  18. Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate
  19. Senate Calendar Number 193
  20. File Number 282LCO