[Adopted as Ch. IV, § 6, of the 1973 Bylaws]
[Amended 4-2-1979 TM,
approved by Attorney General 5-18-1979; 4-5-1999, approved by Attorney
General 7-28-1999]
Whenever, pursuant to authority granted by any law of the Commonwealth
or by any validly adopted bylaw of the Town, the Select Board or any
other board, committee, or officer proposes to issue rules or regulations
or to revise or amend existing rules or regulations adopted pursuant
to such authority, the said board, committee, or officer shall, unless
another procedure is specifically prescribed in the authorizing law
or bylaw, first hold a public hearing at which all persons interested
may have an opportunity to comment on the proposed rules, regulations,
revisions, or amendments. At least 14 days prior to the date on which
the public hearing is to be held, the said board, committee, or officer
shall cause a notice thereof to be published in a newspaper published
or having a general circulation in the Town of Ipswich, including
the text of, or a summary of the text of, the proposed rules, regulations,
revisions or amendments and specifying the place, date and hour of
the public hearing. In the event that a summary is so published, a
copy of the complete and actual text shall be available for public
inspection in the office of the Town Clerk, during normal office hours,
during said fourteen-day period. After adoption by recorded vote of
the board or committee or written act of the officer, a summary of
all such rules, regulations, revisions, and amendments shall be published
in a newspaper in or having a general circulation in the Town of Ipswich,
and the complete text in final form of all such rules, regulations,
revisions, and amendments shall be kept on file in the office of the
Town Clerk, and shall be available for inspection there during normal
business hours.
[Added 10-17-1994 STM,
approved by Attorney General 12-6-1994]
The adoption of a rule or regulation by a Town Officer, the
purpose, scope, and/or intent of which is internal to the operation
of a Town department or division and/or which governs the conduct
of its personnel, shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section,
except as provided hereinafter; from the date of issuance by a Town
officer of a proposed rule or regulation (the nature of which makes
it otherwise subject to this exemption), and for at least 60 calendar
days subsequent to its adoption, the complete text thereof shall be
posted at, and/or available for public inspection in, the office of
the Town Clerk.
