By Mr. Kaufman of Lexington(by request), petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4260) of Jay R. Kaufman  and others (by vote of the town) for legislation to regulate referendum petitions in the town of Lexington. Election Laws. [Local Approval Received.]

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Jay R. Kaufman

Susan C. Fargo

Thomas M. Stanley

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act relative to referendum provisions in the town of Lexington

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 2l5 of the Acts of 1929, is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence thereof and substituting the following:-

If, within said five days, a petition signed by not less than three percent of the registered voters of the town, containing their names and addresses as they appear on the list of registered voters, is filed with the selectmen requesting that the question or questions involved in any such vote which has not become operative as aforesaid be submitted to the voters of the town at large, then the operation of such votes shall be further suspended pending its determination as hereinafter provided, and the selectmen, within ten days after the filing of the petition, shall forthwith call a special meeting for the purpose of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so involved.