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H4502 • 2025

An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington

An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Garballey, Sean
Last action
2026-03-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington

An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4502) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F.
  • Friedman and David M.
  • Rogers (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the town manager act of the town of Arlington.

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. 2026-03-12 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-03-05 House

    Enacted

  3. 2026-03-05 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  4. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-03-02 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  7. 2025-12-22 Senate

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

  8. 2025-12-18 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  9. 2025-11-06 House

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

  10. 2025-11-06 House

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-11-06 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  12. 2025-10-14 House

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

  13. 2025-09-23 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 09/23/2025 from 02:00 PM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  14. 2025-09-15 Senate

    Senate concurred

  15. 2025-09-11 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act amending the town manager act of the town of Arlington
By Representative Garballey of Arlington and Senator Friedman, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4502) of Sean Garballey, Cindy F. Friedman and David M. Rogers (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the town manager act of the town of Arlington. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

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Bill H.4502

SECTION l. Section 10 of chapter 503 of the acts of 1952, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 434 of the acts of 2018, is hereby amended by striking out the words “select board” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Redevelopment Board.

SECTION 2. Said section 10 of said chapter 503, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “Select Board” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- Redevelopment Board.

SECTION 3. The last paragraph of section 17 of said chapter 503, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “, except that the Redevelopment Board shall not have any of the powers or perform any of the duties of, or in conflict with the powers or duties of, a board of survey all of which powers and duties shall continue to be exercised and performed by the Select Board constituted as a board of survey unless and until such town by vote of a town meeting shall vote to terminate the existence of the board of survey or to accept the provisions of the subdivision control law contained in sections eighty-one K to eighty-one GG, inclusive, of said chapter forty-one and any amendments thereof or additions thereto, and the subdivision control law shall not be or be deemed to be in effect in such town unless and until such town by vote of a town meeting shall vote to accept the provisions thereof”.

SECTION 4. Section 26 of said chapter 503, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “or Board of Survey”.

SECTION 5. Said section 26 of said chapter 503, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the word “surveyors” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- regulators.

SECTION 6. This act will take effect upon its passage.

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