Chapter 43C

Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the Optional Forms of Municipal Administration Act.

Section 10. Any person holding any office or position in the service of a city or town which accepts one of the optional forms of administration provided in this chapter and who is employed in an office or agency which is merged with another or abolished or otherwise constituted …

Section 11. (a) The following shall be the summary inserted in the petition described in section five: ''Section eleven of chapter forty-three C of the General Laws authorizes the legislative body to provide, by ordinance or by law, for a consolidated department of municipal fina…

Section 12. (a) The following shall be the summary inserted in the petition described in section five: ''Section twelve of chapter forty-three C of the General Laws authorizes the legislative body to provide, by ordinance or by-law, for a consolidated department of community deve…

Section 13. (a) The following shall be the summary to be inserted in the petition described in section five: ''Section thirteen of chapter forty-three C of the General Laws authorizes the legislative body to provide, by ordinance or by-law, for a consolidated department of munici…

Section 14. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, any city or town may, by majority vote as defined in section one of chapter forty-four, adopt an optional plan of municipal administration under this chapter or revoke or rescind a plan accepted pursuant to this section; …

Section 15. Consolidated departments established under authority of this chapter may participate in agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions of section four A of chapter forty for joint performance of services with other governmental units.

Section 2. As used in this chapter, the words ''board of registrars of voters'', ''city council'' and ''board of selectmen'' shall include any local authority of different designation performing like duties. The word ''agency'' shall include any multiple member body, department, …

Section 3. Every city having a population of less than one hundred and fifty thousand and every town may, in the manner provided in this chapter, adopt any of the optional forms of municipal administration which are provided in this chapter and may, in the manner provided in sect…

Section 4. The adoption of an optional plan of municipal administration under this chapter shall be initiated by filing with the board of registrars of voters of the city or town, a petition signed by at least ten per cent of the number of registered voters residing in such city …

Section 5. The petition shall be in substantially the following form: To the (city council) (board of selectmen) of (name of city/town) We the undersigned, registered voters of the (city/town of ) respectfully petition your honorable body to cause to be submitted to vote of the v…

Section 6. Within thirty days of receipt of certification by the board of registrars of voters that a petition contains sufficient valid signatures the city council or board of selectmen shall by order provide for submission of the question as specified in the petition to the vot…

Section 7. The city council or board of selectmen may submit to the voters of the city or town a proposal for the acceptance of any of the optional plans of municipal administration which are provided in this chapter in the same manner and with the same force and effect as is her…

Section 8. If two or more optional plans of municipal administration are passed at the same election containing conflicting provisions the one receiving the greatest number of votes shall take effect.

Section 9. At any time after four years following the date of an election at which any of the plans provided in this chapter has been adopted by the voters, a question to revoke or to rescind such acceptance may be submitted to the voters in the same manner as provided in section…