An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on when or how mayors currently serving two-year terms will transition to four-year terms under this new legislation.

Changing Mayor's Term in Chicopee

This act proposes changing the term of office for the mayor of Chicopee from two years to four years.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the election period for the mayor of Chicopee to every four years instead of every two years.

Who It Names or Affects

• The mayor of Chicopee
• Qualified voters in Chicopee who vote for the mayor

Terms To Know

qualified voters

Voters who are legally allowed to participate in an election.

Limits and Unknowns

• The act will only take effect if a majority of Chicopee's qualified voters approve it in an upcoming state election.
• It does not specify what happens to mayors currently serving two-year terms when this change is implemented.

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to changing the two-year elected term for the Mayor of Chicopee to a four-year elected term
By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4201) of Shirley B. Arriaga (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to changing the two-year elected term for the office of mayor of in the city of Chicopee to a four-year elected term. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4201

SECTION 1. At the next annual municipal election in the City of Chicopee, and at such election in every fourth year thereafter, the mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City voting in their respective precincts. The mayor shall be elected by ballot and shall hold office for four years from the first Monday in January following the election at which they were elected, and until a successor is elected and qualified.

SECTION 2. Chapter 144 of the acts of 1917 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. So much of the charter of said City and of the amendments thereto as is inconsistent herewith is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by a majority of the qualified voters of the City of Chicopee, present and voting therein at the state election in the current year.

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