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H3952 • 2025

An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer

An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Christopher M. Markey
Last action
2025-12-31
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer

An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No.
  • 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 3952) of Christopher M.
  • Markey that Dartmouth Fire District No.

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-31 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 96 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-12-24 House

    Enacted

  3. 2025-12-24 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2025-12-22 Senate

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  5. 2025-12-22 Senate

    Rules suspended

  6. 2025-12-22 Senate

    Read second, ordered to a third reading read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed

  7. 2025-08-28 Senate

    Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

  8. 2025-08-25 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-07-17 House

    Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting

  10. 2025-07-17 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-07-17 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-07-14 House

    Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

  13. 2025-05-05 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 05/13/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  14. 2025-04-03 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-03-31 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 to appoint the position of Treasurer
By Representative Markey of Dartmouth, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3952) of Christopher M. Markey that Dartmouth Fire District No. 1 be authorized to appoint the position of treasurer. Municipalities and Regional Government.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3952

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, including any general law that has been duly adopted by the District Meeting of Dartmouth Fire District No. 1, the Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Prudential Committee of the District for a term up to but not more than three years; provided, that the Treasurer may be reappointed for another such term as the Prudential Committee, in its discretion, desires; further provided, that any such reappointment may only occur in the last year of the Treasurer's current term. The Treasurer shall receive such salary as may be determined through the execution of a contract with the Prudential Committee for the term of the appointment, subject to appropriation by the District Meeting. The Prudential Committee may suspend, terminate or otherwise discipline the Treasurers pursuant to the terms set forth in the employment contract.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.

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