MA H3631

Bill

MA H3631

Establishing a state board of appeals for municipal matters

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to establish a division of municipal appeals. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a Division of Municipal Appeals within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. The division will be responsible for providing a speedy and fair process for resolving municipal disputes where no local appeal process exists. The director of the division, appointed by the governor, will have the authority to summon witnesses and issue binding final decisions on appeals. Parties can appeal the division's decisions to the Chief Administrative Magistrate of the Division of Administrative Law Appeals if they can show the decision was arbitrary or capricious. The director will also be required to prepare an annual report on the appeals filed with the division.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Paul McMurtry (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4481 (on 05/10/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3631

(24 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3631
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H3631.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1082	Establishing a community safe school fund	No further action taken	Similar To
H1135	Supporting school-based substance use prevention through evidenced-based positive social norms marketing	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1210	Relative to youth concussions	Accompanied a study order, see H4625	Similar To
H1317	Establishing the building code coordinating council	No further action taken	Similar To
H2078	Relative to the construction and rehabilitation of senior centers	Accompanied a new draft, see H4495	Similar To
H240	Establishing a personal financial literacy curriculum in schools	Accompanied S249	Similar To
H258	To promote fairness between traditional public schools and regional vocational schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4672	Similar To
H3700	Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland	Accompanied a study order, see H4252	Similar To
H3707	Authorizing the town of Lee to establish an additional excise on sales of gasoline and diesel fuel	Accompanied a new draft, see H3912	Similar To
H3820	Establishing the Nickerson State Park Trust Fund	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H3821	Authorizing the department of elder affairs to establish a home care worker registry	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2017	Similar To
H3898	Establishing a solid waste and recycling capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 302 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H3899	To establish a waterways capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 303 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H404	Reestablishing the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund	Accompanied a study order, see H4532	Similar To
H406	Establishing a regional dredge grants program	Accompanied a study order, see H4571	Similar To
H4110	Establishing a paid family and medical leave insurance program	No further action taken	Similar To
H4163	To establish a public art fund in the town of Amherst	Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H4481	State Administration and Regulatory Oversight	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
H4971	Establishing the DHY Clean Waters Community Partnership for the towns of Dennis, Harwich and Yarmouth	No further action taken	Similar To
H4975	Approving the town of Ashland Economic Development Funding Program authorizing the town of Ashland to establish a grant and loan fund for the purpose of creating economic development tools and activities	Accompanied a new draft, see H5014	Similar To
H4976	Approving the town of Ashland Home Rule Charter as amended and as voted in Article 34 of the annual town meeting of the town of Ashland including parts I through IX by repealing Chapter 405 of the Acts of 2008 and replacing it in its entirety	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 409 of the Acts of 2018	Similar To
H4978	Authorizing the town of Westford to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Accompanied a new draft, see H4998	Similar To
H50	To establish uniform collaborative law	Accompanied a study order, see H4874	Similar To
S2104	Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act (House, No. 3680, amended)	See H3680	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1082

Establishing a community safe school fund

No further action taken

Similar To

H1135

Supporting school-based substance use prevention through evidenced-based positive social norms marketing

Accompanied a study order, see H4625

Similar To

H1210

Relative to youth concussions

Accompanied a study order, see H4625

Similar To

H1317

Establishing the building code coordinating council

No further action taken

Similar To

H2078

Relative to the construction and rehabilitation of senior centers

Accompanied a new draft, see H4495

Similar To

H240

Establishing a personal financial literacy curriculum in schools

Accompanied S249

Similar To

H258

To promote fairness between traditional public schools and regional vocational schools

Accompanied a study order, see H4672

Similar To

H3700

Authorizing local voting rights for permanent resident aliens in the town of Wayland

Accompanied a study order, see H4252

Similar To

H3707

Authorizing the town of Lee to establish an additional excise on sales of gasoline and diesel fuel

Accompanied a new draft, see H3912

Similar To

H3820

Establishing the Nickerson State Park Trust Fund

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 88 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H3821

Authorizing the department of elder affairs to establish a home care worker registry

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 139 of the Acts of 2017

Similar To

H3898

Establishing a solid waste and recycling capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 302 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H3899

To establish a waterways capital improvement fund for the town of Dennis

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 303 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H404

Reestablishing the harbors and inland waters maintenance fund

Accompanied a study order, see H4532

Similar To

H406

Establishing a regional dredge grants program

Accompanied a study order, see H4571

Similar To

H4110

Establishing a paid family and medical leave insurance program

No further action taken

Similar To

H4163

To establish a public art fund in the town of Amherst

Read, rules suspended, read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H4481

State Administration and Regulatory Oversight

Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Replaced by

H4971

Establishing the DHY Clean Waters Community Partnership for the towns of Dennis, Harwich and Yarmouth

No further action taken

Similar To

H4975

Approving the town of Ashland Economic Development Funding Program authorizing the town of Ashland to establish a grant and loan fund for the purpose of creating economic development tools and activities

Accompanied a new draft, see H5014

Similar To

H4976

Approving the town of Ashland Home Rule Charter as amended and as voted in Article 34 of the annual town meeting of the town of Ashland including parts I through IX by repealing Chapter 405 of the Acts of 2008 and replacing it in its entirety

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 409 of the Acts of 2018

Similar To

H4978

Authorizing the town of Westford to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Accompanied a new draft, see H4998

Similar To

H50

To establish uniform collaborative law

Accompanied a study order, see H4874

Similar To

S2104

Text of the Senate amendment to the House Bill establishing the Massachusetts pregnant workers fairness act (House, No. 3680, amended)

See H3680

Similar To

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