Town of Plainville, MA
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2023-06-05
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Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article 2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
- Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art 2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
- § C-2-1 TOWN MEETING.
- § C-2-2 PRESIDING OFFICER.
- § C-2-3 FINANCE COMMITTEE.
- § C-2-4 TIME OF MEETING.
- § C-2-5 SPECIAL MEETINGS.
- § C-2-6 TOWN MEETING WARRANTS.
- § C-2-7 RULES OF PROCEDURE.
- Division 1: General Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 12 Auditing and Accounting
- Ch 26 Capital Expenditure Planning Committee
- Ch 33 Clerk, Town
- Ch 39 Collector of Taxes
- Ch 41 Community Preservation Committee
- Ch 50 Counsel, Town
- Ch 81 Finance
- Ch 115 Meetings
- Ch 128 Officers, Elected and Appointed
- Ch 137 Police Officers, Off-Duty
- Ch 149 Receipt of Funds
- Ch 154 Records and Reports
- Ch 166 Selectmen, Board of
- Ch 178 Treasurer, Town
- Ch 182 Treasury, Payments From
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 204 Alarm Systems
- Ch 210 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 216 Animal Control
- Ch 228 Building Construction
- Ch 229 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 235 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 277 Enforcement
- Ch 289 Fees
- Ch 308 Junk Dealers and Collectors
- Ch 325 Licensing
- Ch 327 Public Consumption of Marijuana
- Ch 332 Loitering
- Ch 335 Marijuana Licensing
- Ch 346 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 348 Plastic Waste Reduction
- Ch 359 Sewer Betterment Assessments
- Ch 364 Sewer Use
- Ch 379 Solid Waste and Littering
- Ch 386 Stormwater Management
- Ch 392 Street Acceptance Criteria
- Ch 395 Street Openings
- Ch 398 Streets, Sidewalks and Public Ways
- Ch 423 Vacant Buildings
- Ch 430 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 445 Water Conservation
- Ch 451 Water Extensions
- Ch 463 Wells
- Ch 472 Wetlands Protection
- Division 2: Zoning Bylaws
- Ch 500 Zoning
- Division 3: Personnel Bylaw
- Ch 515 Personnel Policies and Compensation
- Division 4: Planning Board Regulations
- Ch 523 Adoption of Codified Regulations by Planning Board
- Ch 540 Subdivision of Land
- Division 5: Board of Health Regulations
- Ch 571 Adoption of Codified Regulations by Board of Health
- Ch 575 Biological Safety
- Ch 596 Fees
- Ch 600 Food Protection
- Ch 602 Floor Drains
- Ch 611 Groundwater and Water Supply Protection
- Ch 619 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 627 Industrial and Commercial Uses
- Ch 648 Marijuana Establishments; Sale of Marijuana
- Ch 653 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 675 Penalties; Noncriminal Disposition Fine Schedule
- Ch 680 Public and Environmental Health
- Ch 704 Smoking and Nicotine Delivery Products
- Ch 712 Solid Waste and Recycling
- Ch 719 State Regulations Adopted by Reference
- Ch 728 Tattoo and Body Art Establishments
- Ch 736 Tobacco Products
- Ch 759 Variances
- Ch 767 Wastewater Disposal Systems
- Ch 772 Wastewater Treatment Facilities
- Ch 784 Wells
- Division 6: Zoning Board of Appeals Regulations
- Ch 799 Adoption of Codified Regulations by Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 803 Application Requirements for Special Permits and Variances
- Ch 810 Board Rules and Regulations
- Ch 819 Comprehensive Permit Regulations
- Ch 828 Fees
- Division 7: Conservation Commission Regulations
- Ch 885 Adoption of Codified Regulations by Conservation Commission
- Ch 895 Stormwater Management Regulations
- Ch 900 Wetlands Protection Regulations
- Division 8: Board of Selectmen Regulations
- Ch 950 Marijuana Establishment Licensing Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A996 List of Special Acts and General Laws Acceptances
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The legislative powers of the town shall be vested in a town
meeting open to all voters of the town.
The town moderator, elected as provided in Section C-3-6, shall preside at all sessions of the town meeting. At town meetings, the town moderator shall regulate the proceedings, decide all questions of order, make public declaration of all votes and exercise such additional powers and duties as may be authorized by general law, charter, by-law or vote of town meeting.
There shall be a finance committee appointed by the select board
of such number of members and for such term of years in the manner
set forth in the town by-laws. No member of the finance committee
shall hold a town office or be employed for compensation by the town.
The finance committee shall report, in writing, its recommendations
regarding all warrant articles relative to expenditure of funds together
with a statement of the reasons for each such recommendation.
The annual town meeting shall be held in the last quarter of
the fiscal year on the date established by by-law.
Special town meetings may be held at the call of the select
board at its discretion. Special town meetings shall also be held
on the petition of 200 voters, in the manner provided by general law.
(a)
Warrants - Every town meeting shall be called by a warrant issued
by the select board, which shall state the time, date and place at
which the meeting is to convene and, by separate articles, the subject
matter to be acted upon.
(b)
Initiation of warrant articles - The select board shall receive at
any time all requests for submission to town meeting of an article.
The board shall include all articles that are filed by any 10 voters
for an annual town meeting and any 100 voters for a special town meeting.
The select board may establish a deadline by which petitioned articles
shall be submitted in order to appear on an annual or special town
meeting warrant.
(c)
Referral of warrant - Upon execution of any town meeting warrant,
the select board shall immediately cause a copy of the warrant to
be forwarded to the finance committee, town moderator and town clerk.
A copy shall also be posted at the location utilized for notices posted
under sections 18 to 25, inclusive, of chapter 30A of the General
Laws.
The town meeting may, by by-law, adopt rules to govern the conduct
of all town meetings. Town meeting procedures not otherwise prescribed
by by-law shall be governed by the latest published edition of "Town
Meeting Time: A Handbook of Parliamentary Law, Johnson, Trustman and
Wadsworth, Massachusetts Moderators Association", as applicable.
