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H5448 • 2025

An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke

An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke

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Sponsor
Patricia A. Duffy
Last action
2026-07-09
Official status
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date
Not listed

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An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke

An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 5448) of Patricia A.
  • Duffy (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke.
  • Municipalities and Regional Government.

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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. 2026-07-09 House

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

  2. 2026-07-09 House

    Rules suspended

  3. 2026-07-09 House

    Read second and ordered to a third reading

  4. 2026-07-01 House

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

  5. 2026-06-11 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 06/23/2026 from 01:00 PM-03:00 PM in A-1

  6. 2026-05-26 Senate

    Senate concurred

  7. 2026-05-21 House

    Referred to the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government

Official Summary Text

An Act modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke
By Representative Duffy of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 5448) of Patricia A. Duffy (with the approval of the mayor and city council) relative to modernizing financial departments in the city of Holyoke. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.5448

SECTION 1: Section 15 of the City of Holyoke Charter shall be amended by deleting the paragraph following the heading in total and replacing it with the following:

(a)

Said city council shall annually in the month of January elect by ballot an administrative assistant to the city council, who shall hold their office for the term of two years beginning with the first Monday in February in the year of their election and until their successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed.

(b)

Said city council shall also in the month of January, and in the month of January in every third year thereafter, appoint a Director of Internal Audit, who shall hold their office for the term of three years beginning with the first Monday in February in the year of their election and until their successor is elected and qualified, unless sooner removed.

(c)

Said city council shall also annually in the month of January elect by ballot one assessor of taxes and one water commissioner, each of whom shall hold their office for the term of three years beginning with the first Monday in February in the year of their election and until their successor is elected and qualified unless sooner removed.

(d)

Any of said officers may be removed at any time by the city council for sufficient cause. The present assessors of taxes and the water commissioners shall continue to hold their respective offices, unless sooner removed, for the term of three years from the first Monday in February in the year following their election. Vacancies in city offices, where no other provision is made for filling the same, shall be filled by the election or appointment of a successor in the same manner as the previous incumbent was elected or appointed, and the person elected or appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold their office for the remainder of the term during which their predecessor would have been entitled to hold the same.

SECTION 2: So much of Chapter 438 of the Acts of 1896 and Chapter 327 of the Acts of 1936 and acts in amendment thereof and addition thereto, as is inconsistent with this act, is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3: The General Court may make clerical or editorial changes of form only to the bill, unless the Mayor and City Council approve amendments before enactment by the General Court. The Mayor and City Council are hereby authorized to approve amendments which shall be within the scope of the general public objectives of this petition.

SECTION 4: This act shall take effect immediately upon passage.

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