JOINT COMMITTEE ON MUNICIPALITIES AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENT

House Staff:
Room 540
State House
Boston, MA 02133 House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2090


Senate Staff
: Room 413B
State House
Boston, MA 02133 Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1634


It shall be the duty of the committee on Municipalities and Regional Government to consider matters seekingthe enactment of special laws for a city or town, the establishment of economic, district and local planning commissions, rent control and zoning, and matters concerning the various counties, former counties and regional government entities, including the salaries andtenure of employees, registers of deeds and sheriffs (but excluding the retirement of such employees) and such other matters as may be referred.


Members appointed to the committee:

Petruccelli of Suffolk and Middlesex
Jehlen of Second Middlesex
Baddour of First Essex
Fargo of Third Middlesex
Tisei of Middlesex and Essex
__________ of __________
Pedone of Worcester
M. J. Walsh of Boston
Patrick of Falmouth
Canessa of New Bedford
Guyer of Dalton
Peake of Provincetown
O'Day of West Boylston
McMurtry of Dedham
Garballey of Arlington
Barrows of Mansfield
Smola of Palmer

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:

Senate, No. 6 -- Randolph,- town meeting.
Senate, No. 59 -- DCAM,- Tennesee Gas Pipeline easement.
Senate, No. 1145 -- Lunenburg,- land conveyance.
Senate, No. 1146 -- Millbury,- sewerage facilities.
Senate, No. 1147 -- Municipal finance.
Senate, No. 1148 -- County government.
Senate, No. 1149 -- Municipal corporation.
Senate, No. 1150 -- Constables.
Senate, No. 1151 -- Constables.
Senate, No. 1152 -- Charlton water and sewer.
Senate, No. 1153 -- Charlton water and sewer supply.
Senate, No. 1154 -- Zoning act,- clarify.
Senate, No. 1155 -- City of Springfield.
Senate, No. 1156 -- Zoning guide,- social service agrencies.
Senate, No. 1157 -- Legitimize,-structures.
Senate, No. 1158 -- Municipal ordinances,- enforcement.
Senate, No. 1159 -- Zoning protection,- family residences.
Senate, No. 1160 -- Solid waste facilities.
Senate, No. 1161 -- Structures,- continuous use.
Senate, No. 1162 -- Newton,- housing authority.
Senate, No. 1163 -- Trash,- removal and transportation.
Senate, No. 1164 -- Parking spaces.
Senate, No. 1165 -- flood storage.
Senate, No. 1166 -- Polystyrene packaging,- prohibit.
Senate, No. 1167 -- Cats,- neutering.
Senate, No. 1168 -- Town,-interim budgets.
Senate, No. 1169 -- Springfield Water and Sewer Commission,- land.
Senate, No. 1170 -- Town meeting,- dates.
Senate, No. 1171 -- Prudent investors.
Senate, No. 1172 -- Bristol County Commission.
Senate, No. 1173 -- Animal control officers.
Senate, No. 1174 -- Revise fiscal year,- cities, towns.
Senate, No. 1175 -- City and town,- debt limit. .
Senate, No. 1176 -- Randolph and Holbrook,- sharing costs.
Senate, No. 1177 -- Bournce,- charter.
Senate, No. 1178 -- Mashpee,- water district.
Senate, No. 1179 -- Dukes County,- advisory board.
Senate, No. 1180 -- Dukes county,- land bank.
Senate, No. 1181 -- Cape Cod,- water protection.
Senate, No. 1182 -- Truro,- charter.
Senate, No. 1183 -- Barnstable county charter.
Senate, No. 1184 -- Taunton,- municipal fees enforcement.
Senate, No. 1186 -- Wareham Fire District.
Senate, No. 1187 -- Middleborough,- tax payments.
Senate, No. 1188 -- Middleborough,- land.
Senate, No. 1189 -- Middleborough,- water supply.
Senate, No. 1190 -- Carver,- conservation.
Senate, No. 1191 -- Technical assistance centers.
Senate, No. 1192 -- Taunton,- economic development fund.
Senate, No. 1193 -- Municipal zoning,- control and planning.
Senate, No. 1194 -- Intermunicipal agreements.
Senate, No. 1195 -- Municipal bonds,- purchase.
Senate, No. 1196 -- Municipal zoning.
Senate, No. 1197 -- Animal shelters.
Senate, No. 1198 -- Bernardston Fire and Water District.
Senate, No. 1199 -- Metrowest regional planning,- economic.
Senate, No. 1200 -- Public water supplies.
Senate, No. 1201 -- Essex,- sewer connections.
Senate, No. 1202 -- Land use regulations.
Senate, No. 1203 -- Municipal finances.
Senate, No. 1204 -- Town managess,- appointment.
Senate, No. 1205 -- Municipal borrowing.
Senate, No. 1206 -- Public property,- signs.
Senate, No. 1207 -- Minicipal officials.
Senate, No. 2155 -- Wareham,- Weweantic sewer project.
Senate, No. 2158 -- Wareham, -betterments.
Senate, No. 2160 -- Quincy,- stabilization fund.
Senate, No. 2166 -- Somerville charter,- hearing officer.
Senate, No. 2168 -- Somerville,- health inspectors.
Senate, No. 2169 -- Somerville,- charter.
Senate, No. 2170 -- Somerville,- work details.
Senate, No. 2172 -- Somerville Retirement Board.
Senate, No. 2174 -- Walpole/Foxborough,- MWRA.
Senate, No. 2175 -- Brockton,- Boys and Girls Club.
Senate, No. 2211 -- Tennessee Gas Pipeline,- easements.
Senate, No. 2224 -- Nantucket,- land conveyance.
Senate, No. 2225 -- Nantucket land,- lawful purpose.
Senate, No. 2227 -- Nantucket Island,- land bank conveyance.
Senate, No. 2238 -- Hatfield,- Public works department.
Senate, No. 2246 -- BMR,- bonds use
Senate, No. 2247 -- Amherst,- conservation land.
Senate, No. 2249 -- Nantucket Sewer Act.
Senate, No. 2263 -- Auburn High School,- trust fund.
Senate, No. 2264 -- Rockland,- trust fund.
Senate, No. 2272 -- Easton,- land conveyance.
Senate, No. 2277 -- Norwood,- contract termination
Senate, No. 2282 -- Mashpee Water District.
Senate, No. 2287 -- Wareham fund.
Senate, No. 2291 -- Tyngsborough fund.
Senate, No. 2305 -- Randolph,- town meeting procedures.
Senate, No. 2308 -- North Carver Water District.
Senate, No. 2318 -- Templeton,- land conveyance.
Senate, No. 2321 -- Hopedale,- property acquisition.
Senate, No. 2324 -- Swampscott,- tax exemptions.
Senate, No. 2326 -- Carver,- conservation commission.
Senate, No. 2328 -- Brimfield,- special fund.
Senate, No. 2329 -- Lowell,- court judgment.
Senate, No. 2341 -- Lynn,- municipal fines.
Senate, No. 2344 -- Douglas,- Watershed District.
Senate, No. 2400 -- Northampton,- trust funds.
Senate, No. 2401 -- Intermunicipal agreements.
Senate, No. 2428 -- Carver,- conservation.
Senate, No. 2429 -- Municipalities and Regional Government,- study.
Senate, No. 2439 -- Westfield Pavilion,- finance.
Senate, No. 2445 -- Ipswich,- indebtedness.
Senate, No. 2446 -- Ipswich,- sewer system.
Senate, No. 2452 -- Orleans,- sewer system.
Senate, No. 2458 -- Brockton,- building commissioner.
Senate, No. 2486 -- Milton,- education expenditures.
Senate, No. 2487 -- Milton,- borrow money.
Senate, No. 2519 -- Rutland,- revolving fund.
Senate, No. 2525 -- New Bedford School Committee.
Senate, No. 2535 -- Dukes County,- Courthouse.
Senate, No. 2602 -- Melrose,- pension funding.
Senate, No. 2619 -- Municipalities and Regional Government,- study.
Senate, No. 2680 -- Sandwich,- charter.
Senate, No. 2686 -- Sunderland,- SBA income.
Senate, No. 2689 -- Leicester,- land.
Senate, No. 2690 -- Kingston,- budget.
Senate, No. 2691 -- Kingston,- wind facilities.
Senate, No. 2720 -- Milton,- education center.
Senate, No. 2722 -- Fall River,- Board of Fire Commissioners.
Senate, No. 2724 -- Quincy,- land.
Senate, No. 2725 -- Quincy,- Sewerage Fund.
Senate, No. 2731 -- Ware,- Department of Public Works.
Senate, No. 2732 -- Ware,- revolving fund.
Senate, No. 2734 -- Weymouth,- water supplyland.
Senate, No. 2736 -- North Raynham,- water district.
Senate, No. 2738 -- Mashpee Water District,- elections.
Senate, No. 2740 -- Municipalities and Regional Government,- study.
Senate, No. 2788 -- Orange,- appointments.
Senate, No. 2801 -- Newbury,- selectman.
Senate, No. 2802 -- Newbury,- increase selectman.
Senate, No. 2811 -- Hamilton, Manchester-by-the-Sea,- land.
Senate, No. 2813 -- Municipalities and Regional Government,- study.
House, No. d41, Appendix 67 -- General Appropriation Bill.
House, No. 3 -- Local mandates.
House, No. 17 -- Surplus motor vehicles.
House, No. 31 -- Municipal relief.
House, No. 169 -- Crime, -profits.
House, No. 175 -- Land use reform.
House, No. 192 -- Local boards, -training.
House, No. 1441 -- Belmont, -post-employment fund.
House, No. 1914 -- Gas lines, -regulating.
House, No. 1915 -- Barnstable Fire District.
House, No. 1916 -- Disability compliance, -funds.
House, No. 1917 -- Dangerous dogs, -destruction.
House, No. 1918 -- Municipal officers, -contracts
House, No. 1919 -- Dangerous dogs, -study.
House, No. 1920 -- County government.
House, No. 1921 -- County governments, -powers.
House, No. 1922 -- County advisory boards.
House, No. 1923 -- Counties, -acceptance of grants.
House, No. 1924 -- Civil process system.
House, No. 1925 -- Stoneham, -police officers.
House, No. 1926 -- Stoneham, -special police.
House, No. 1927 -- Regional government.
House, No. 1928 -- Cities and towns, -investments.
House, No. 1929 -- Counties, -capital projects fund.
House, No. 1930 -- Counties, -capital improvements.
House, No. 1931 -- Winthrop, -Famolare Pier.
House, No. 1932 -- Municipal attorneys.
House, No. 1933 -- Boston, -contracting procedures.
House, No. 1934 -- Municipalities, -ordinances.
House, No. 1935 -- Municipal employees, -privacy.
House, No. 1936 -- Norfolk County, -special account.
House, No. 1937 -- Municipal governmental bodies.
House, No. 1938 -- Carver, -conservation commission.
House, No. 1939 -- Wareham Fire District.
House, No. 1940 -- Dangerous dogs.
House, No. 1941 -- Breeding and sale of dogs.
House, No. 1942 -- Civil process, -reform.
House, No. 1943 -- Town meetings, -June.
House, No. 1944 -- Education, -state aid.
House, No. 1945 -- Social organizations, -land.
House, No. 1946 -- Zoning, -regulate.
House, No. 1947 -- Zoning laws.
House, No. 1948 -- Dangerous dogs.
House, No. 1949 -- Municipal monies, -expenditures.
House, No. 1950 -- Municipal expenditures.
House, No. 1951 -- Capital project funds.
House, No. 1952 -- Cities and towns, -money lending.
House, No. 1953 -- Zoning ordinances.
House, No. 1954 -- North Reading, -land.
House, No. 1955 -- North Reading, -park land.
House, No. 1956 -- Zoning.
House, No. 1957 -- Municipal boards.
House, No. 1958 -- Lexington, -town meetings.
House, No. 1959 -- Snow and ice removal.
House, No. 1960 -- Municipal department revolving funds.
House, No. 1961 -- Stabilization funds.
House, No. 1962 -- Municipal borrowing.
House, No. 1963 -- Selectmen, -regulate.
House, No. 1964 -- Town meetings, -June.
House, No. 1965 -- Mitigation funds.
House, No. 1966 -- Construction, -abutters.
House, No. 1967 -- Churches, -sales of property.
House, No. 1968 -- Norfolk County's Wollaston Recreational Facility.
House, No. 1969 -- Constables, -Public Safety.
House, No. 1970 -- Rutland-Holden Sewer System.
House, No. 1971 -- Trash collection, -hours.
House, No. 1972 -- Municipal borrowing procedures.
House, No. 1973 -- Tewksbury, -conservation land.
House, No. 1974 -- Buildings, -street number.
House, No. 1975 -- Weymouth, -land conveyance.
House, No. 1976 -- Inland waters, -protection.
House, No. 1977 -- Sheriff departments.
House, No. 1978 -- Domestic violence.
House, No. 1979 -- Land regulations, -study.
House, No. 1980 -- Land regulations, -study.
House, No. 1981 -- Police auctions, -regulating.
House, No. 1982 -- Local governments, -joint operations.
House, No. 1983 -- Child care programs.
House, No. 1984 -- Regional planning boards.
House, No. 1985 -- Suffolk County, -abolition.
House, No. 1986 -- Municipal stabilization funds.
House, No. 1987 -- Snow and ice.
House, No. 1988 -- Local aid, -study.
House, No. 1989 -- Cities and towns, -budgets.
House, No. 1990 -- Granvill,-county highways.
House, No. 1991 -- Electric street poles.
House, No. 1992 -- Historicalcommissions, -alternates.
House, No. 1993 -- Vicious dogs.
House, No. 1994 -- Dumping, -prohibiting.
House, No. 1995 -- Sheriffs education and training committee.
House, No. 1996 -- Tisbury, -underground utilities.
House, No. 1997 -- Old King's Highway.
House, No. 1998 -- Seasonal workers, -municipalities.
House, No. 1999 -- Subdivision procedures.
House, No. 2000 -- Vicious dogs.
House, No. 2001 -- Police technology fund.
House, No. 2002 -- Open-air parking lots.
House, No. 2003 -- Public safety personnel.
House, No. 2004 -- Vicious dogs.
House, No. 2013 -- Spencer, -finance office.
House, No. 2016 -- North Attleborough, -lease.
House, No. 2017 -- Westborough, -easement.
House, No. 2018 -- North Andover,- health insurance.
House, No. 2019 -- Dennis, -golf fund.
House, No. 2032 -- Rehoboth, -agriculture council.
House, No. 2238 -- Food handling.
House, No. 3664 -- Private roads and beaches.
House, No. 3741 -- Dennis Water District, -land.
House, No. 3748 -- Wellesley, -land conveyance.
House, No. 3749 -- Municipal partnership act.
House, No. 3753 -- Norwood,- park land.
House, No. 3754 -- Provincetown, -playground land.
House, No. 3755 -- Provincetown, -High Pole Hill.
House, No. 3788 -- Subdivisions.
House, No. 3860 -- Newbury, -board of selectmen.
House, No. 3951 -- Newton, -investments.
House, No. 3952 -- Chatham, -leases.
House, No. 3953 -- Orleans, -land.
House, No. 3954 -- Wellesley, -land conveyance.
House, No. 3955 -- Brewster, -water betterment.
House, No. 3968 -- Natick, -lease agreement.
House, No. 3975 -- Northampton, -real property.
House, No. 3976 -- Westford, -retired police.
House, No. 3984 --
House, No. 3985 -- Wareham, -sewer project.
House, No. 3986 -- Wareham, -betterments.
House, No. 3990 -- Orleans, -land lease.
House, No. 4007 -- Chelmsford, -town charter.
House, No. 4008 -- Groton Country Club.
House, No. 4014 -- Cohasset, -water services.
House, No. 4015 -- Provincetown, -easement.
House, No. 4021 -- Harwich, -road fund.
House, No. 4036 -- Wellfleet, -bonds.
House, No. 4041 -- Oak Bluffs, -reserve fund.
House, No. 4044 -- Whitman, -public works.
House, No. 4045 -- Whitman, -civil engineer.
House, No. 4046 -- Gardner/Winchendon land.
House, No. 4050 -- Municipal contracts.
House, No. 4053 -- New Bedford,- bicycles and scooters.
House, No. 4055 -- Lexington,- municipal lighting plant.
House, No. 4056 -- Nantucket, -roadways.
House, No. 4072 -- Ipswich, -housing.
House, No. 4073 -- Stoneham, -capital improvement fund.
House, No. 4074 -- Stoneham, -Senior center.
House, No. 4075 -- Boston, -code violation.
House, No. 4098 -- Duxbury, -land conveyance.
House, No. 4099 -- West Boylston, -hiring practices.
House, No. 4100 -- West Stockbridge, -conservation commission.
House, No. 4101 -- Westborough, -town charter.
House, No. 4108 -- Dennis, -waterway improvements.
House, No. 4117 -- Tewksbury,- teachers.
House, No. 4120 -- West Boylston,- open space land.
House, No. 4121 -- Needham, -sewer construction.
House, No. 4122 -- Needham, -Ridge Hill Reservation.
House, No. 4131 -- Worcester, -administration.
House, No. 4132 -- Worcester, -Community Development Authority.
House, No. 4135 -- Tewksbury, -cemetery land.
House, No. 4136 -- Tyngsborough, -recreation fund.
House, No. 4137 -- Pittsfield, -health insurance.
House, No. 4138 -- North Andover,- town manager.
House, No. 4164 -- Brockton, -housing land.
House, No. 4165 -- Westford, -land transfer.
House, No. 4166 -- Georgetown, -selectmen.
House, No. 4167 -- Boston, -garages.
House, No. 4168 -- Boston, -ordinance violations.
House, No. 4173 -- Bellingham, -revolving funds.
House, No. 4195 -- Wareham, -community events.
House, No. 4213 -- Nantucket, -sewer systems.
House, No. 4216 -- Fitchburg,- Dawn M. Tully.
House, No. 4217 -- Hadley, -sewer fund.
House, No. 4236 -- Hingham, -loans.
House, No. 4237 -- Braintree, -park department.
House, No. 4238 -- Braintree, -deleading.
House, No. 4241 -- Grafton, -water districts.
House, No. 4246 -- Stoneham, -stabilization fund.
House, No. 4255 -- Harwich, -Pine Grove Cemetery.
House, No. 4256 -- Eastham, -land acquisition fund.
House, No. 4257 -- Harwich, -cemetery land.
House, No. 4258 -- South Essex Sewer District.
House, No. 4261 -- Lexington, -town meetings.
House, No. 4267 -- Plymouth, -charter.
House, No. 4277 -- Orange, -town meetings.
House, No. 4278 -- Orange, -firearms licensing fund.
House, No. 4279 -- North Andover, -conservation district.
House, No. 4294 -- Edgartown, -Pennywise Preserve.
House, No. 4314 -- Bus stops, -illegal parking
House, No. 4325 -- Methuen, -credit union.
House, No. 4329 -- Cities/towns, -borrowing.
House, No. 4331 -- Greenfield, -charter.
House, No. 4355 -- Swansea, -land exchange.
House, No. 4384 -- Reading, -land restriction.
House, No. 4389 -- Blackstone-Millville Regional School District.
House, No. 4398 -- Braintree, -town charter.
House, No. 4399 -- Tewksbury, -land conveyance.
House, No. 4400 -- Goshen, -firearms licensing fund.
House, No. 4401 -- Natick, -retired police.
House, No. 4413 -- Sheffield, -conservation commission.
House, No. 4417 -- Montague, -Turners Falls and Lake Pleasant.
House, No. 4430 -- Shirley, -Longley Acres.
House, No. 4431 -- Westford, -land.
House, No. 4432 -- Framingham, -town meeting.
House, No. 4438 -- Phillipston, -town meeting.
House, No. 4440 -- Swansea, -land exchange.
House, No. 4460 -- Medway,- town charter.
House, No. 4467 -- Abington, -validate certain actions.
House, No. 4471 -- Arlington, -town water maintenance.
House, No. 4474 -- Plainfield,- land.
House, No. 4475 -- Reading, -land.
House, No. 4482 -- Private roads, -maintenance.
House, No. 4485 -- Athletic agents.
House, No. 4490 -- Groton, -town charter.
House, No. 4491 -- Walpole, -buffer restriction.
House, No. 4492 -- Brookline, -valet parking.
House, No. 4493 -- Brookline, -land lease.
House, No. 4494 -- Merrimac, -public works.
House, No. 4495 -- Chilmark, -Howard B. Hillman.
House, No. 4513 -- Grafton, -water districts.
House, No. 4531 -- Bridgewater, -library trustees.
House, No. 4542 -- Concord,- historic districts.
House, No. 4543 -- Lunenburg, -assessments.
House, No. 4544 -- Millis, -special fund.
House, No. 4555 -- Revere, -fire and police stations.
House, No. 4559 -- Chilmark, -property.
House, No. 4583 -- Amesbury, -eminent domain.
House, No. 4584 -- Watertown, -library vacancy.
House, No. 4599 -- Haverhill and Boxford, -land.
House, No. 4623 -- Natick, -annual town meeting.
House, No. 4636 -- Waltham, -property lease.
House, No. 4667 -- Municipal and regional government, -study.
House, No. 4685 -- Plainville,- water and sewer.
House, No. 4738 -- Sharon, -easement.
House, No. 4753 -- Pets, -renting.
House, No. 4759 -- Wayland, -public works.
House, No. 4760 -- Lincoln, -historical commission.
House, No. 4761 -- Haverhill, -school textbooks.
House, No. 4762 -- Everett, -charter commission.
House, No. 4790 -- Ashland, -town charter.
House, No. 4826 -- Needham, -retirement fund.
House, No. 4835 -- Sudbury, -recovery insurance.
House, No. 4836 -- Stockbridge, -conservation commission.
House, No. 4845 -- Adams Fire District.
House, No. 4848 -- Bridgewater, -capital projects.
House, No. 4867 -- Vacant lot zoning.
House, No. 4873 -- Westborough, -employee regulations.
House, No. 4876 -- Arlington, -pensionbonds.
House, No. 4877 -- Dedham, -charter.
House, No. 4878 -- Westborough, -charter.
House, No. 4888 -- Hopkinton, -town meeting.
House, No. 4891 -- Bus stops, -parking.
House, No. 4893 -- Pets, -rental.
House, No. 4894 -- Zoning laws, study.
House, No. 4911 -- Framingham, -veterans cost.
House, No. 4931 -- Canton, -historical commission.
House, No. 4939 -- Arlington, -redevelopment.
House, No. 4940 -- Becket, -treasurerand tax collector.
House, No. 4941 -- Sherborn, -water commissioners.
House, No. 4942 -- Sandwich, -property lease.
House, No. 4943 -- Tewksbury, -land lease.
House, No. 4944 -- Westborough, -town manager.
House, No. 4945 -- Cambridge, -land lease.
House, No. 4968 -- Bridge improvments
House, No. 4975 -- Upton, -town manager.
House, No. 4976 -- Upton, -finance department.
House, No. 4984 -- Paxton, -public safety complex.
House, No. 4987 -- Dangerous dogs, -study.
House, No. 5000 -- Needham, -parking fund.
House, No. 5015 -- Waltham, -property lease.
Senate, No. d21, Appendix 60 -- Governor's address.

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