UPDATED: Gov. Patrick Signs Sudbury Selectmen Bill
Despite passing overwhelmingly at last year's Special Town Meeting, the town must vote again at Annual Town Election.
UPDATED: 10:30 A.M. State Sen. Jamie Eldridge confirmed with Sudbury Patch today that Gov. Deval Patrick signed Bill H.4528, a bill to increase the town's Board of Selectmen from three to five members. The bill will now be on the ballot at Annual Town Election on March 25. "I was worried this wouldn't reach the finish line," Eldridge said. "Now it goes to the people." Despite passing at Special Town Meeting last year, the State Legislature ruled the move should be a ballot question at Annual Town Election. "I was surprised by that," Eldridge told Sudbury Patch in December. "But the Committee on election laws had the hearing (in November) where some residents came and expressed there should be another step to approve the increase from three…
Pat Brown
1:46 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
The official Massachusetts Legislature website indicates that this bill has been not just engrossed (final language) but also enacted by both the House and the Senate as of yesterday, December 27. 12/27/2012 House Enacted 12/27/2012 Senate Enacted and laid before the Governor http://malegislature.gov/Bills/187/House/H04528/History more ›