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H4243 • 2025

An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich

An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Kassner, Kristin E.
Last action
2025-11-24
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich

An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4243) of Kristin E.
  • Kassner (by vote of the town) relative to the town manager residency requirement in the town of Ipswich.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • 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. 2025-11-24 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 71 of the Acts of 2025

  2. 2025-11-19 House

    House concurred in the Senate amendment

  3. 2025-11-19 House

    Enacted

  4. 2025-11-19 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  5. 2025-11-13 Senate

    Read third

  6. 2025-11-13 Senate

    Amended (Tarr) by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2719

  7. 2025-11-13 Senate

    Passed to be engrossed

  8. 2025-11-13 House

    Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading

  9. 2025-10-23 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  10. 2025-10-06 Senate

    Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session

  11. 2025-10-02 House

    Read third (title changed), amended and passed to be engrossed

  12. 2025-09-02 House

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

  13. 2025-09-02 House

    Rules suspended

  14. 2025-09-02 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  15. 2025-08-04 House

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

  16. 2025-07-09 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/22/2025 from 01:00 PM-05:00 PM in B-1

  17. 2025-07-03 Senate

    Senate concurred

  18. 2025-06-30 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act to amend the town charter of Ipswich
By Representative Kassner of Hamilton and Senator Tarr, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4243) of Kristin E. Kassner (by vote of the town) relative to the town manager residency requirement in the town of Ipswich. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4243

SECTION 1. Chapter 620 of the acts of 1966 is hereby amended by striking out section 6 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 6. The select board shall appoint a town manager for a term of 3 years. The town manager shall be a person especially fitted by education, training and experience to perform the duties of the office. The town manager shall be appointed without regard to the town manager’s political beliefs. The select board may reappoint an incumbent town manager for successive, 3-year terms of office, as the board may determine to be in the best interests of the town. Before entering upon the duties of the office, the town manager shall be sworn to the faithful and impartial performance thereof by the chair of the select board, the town clerk or a justice of the peace. The town manager shall execute a bond in favor of the town for the faithful performance of the town manager’s duties in such sum and with such surety or sureties as may be fixed or approved by the select board.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

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