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House approves array of local charter changes, municipal authorizations and zoning-related updates
Summary
The Massachusetts House on an unspecified date approved multiple local acts and charter amendments affecting Middleton, Malden, Medford, Malden, Watertown, Lynn and other municipalities, advancing the measures to engrossment or enactment after committee reports and brief votes.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives approved a series of local charter amendments and municipal authorizations during a short floor session, advancing several bills to engrossment or enactment. Committee reports recommended passage of measures affecting the towns and cities of Middleton, Malden, Medford, Ipswich, Weston, Watertown, Lynn and Richmond, and the House took voice votes to move the measures forward.
The measures included a bill to further amend the charter of the town of Middleton (House No. 4399) that the Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government reported should pass with local approval. The Committee on Steering, Policy and Scheduling recommended that the matter be scheduled for consideration by the House; the House then advanced the bill toward third reading. Representative Michelle L. Badger of Plymouth previously moved suspension of certain rules to allow…
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