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H4663 • 2025

An Act authorizing the Town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor

An Act authorizing the Town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Brian W. Murray
Last action
2026-02-04
Official status
Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2026
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 authorizing the Town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor

An Act authorizing the Town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act authorizing the Town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 4663) of Brian W.
  • Murray (by vote of the town) that the select board of the town of Milford be authorized to appoint a highway surveyor in said town.
  • 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. 2026-02-04 Executive

    Signed by the Governor, Chapter 15 of the Acts of 2026

  2. 2026-01-27 Senate

    Enacted and laid before the Governor

  3. 2026-01-23 House

    Enacted

  4. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  5. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  6. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Taken out of the Orders of the Day

  7. 2026-01-15 Senate

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  8. 2025-12-29 Senate

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

  9. 2025-12-24 House

    Read third and passed to be engrossed

  10. 2025-12-04 House

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

  11. 2025-12-04 House

    Rules suspended

  12. 2025-12-04 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  13. 2025-11-13 House

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

  14. 2025-10-31 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 10/31/2025 from 11:00 AM-02:00 PM in Written Testimony Only

  15. 2025-10-30 Senate

    Senate concurred

  16. 2025-10-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act authorizing the Town of Milford Select Board to appoint a highway surveyor
By Representative Murray of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4663) of Brian W. Murray (by vote of the town) that the select board of the town of Milford be authorized to appoint a highway surveyor in said town. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.4663

Section 1. the Select Board of the Town of Milford may appoint a Highway Surveyor for a term of up to five (5) years. Notwithstanding sections 108A and 108C of said chapter 41, and any By-Law adopted under those sections, the Select Board may establish an employment contract with a Highway Surveyor upon the same terms and conditions, and subject to the same limitations as contained within section 108N of said Chapter 41, applicable to other municipal employees as designated in that section.

Section 2. This Act shall take effect upon its passage.

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