SPECIAL LEGISLATION

 

1.  To authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation to provide, not­withstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary that there be a department of public works, headed by a superintendent of public works.   Approved 1990 STM Article 12

2.  To authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation that, not­withstanding the provisions of chapter 41 of the Gener­al Laws, tree warden shall  be appointed by and under the supervision of the superintendent of public works.  Approved 1991 ATM, Article 39.

3.  To authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for special legislation that, not­withstanding the provisions of section 3 of chapter 32 of the General Laws, police dispatchers in the Town of Bourne shall be classified in Group 2 for the purposes of said Chapter 32.  Approved 1993 ATM, Article 4.

4.  To authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court to enact special legislation to provide for recall elections in the Town of Bourne. Approved 1993 ATM, Article 41.

5.  To authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court to enact special legislation to amend the provisions of Chapter 495, Acts of 1990 notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter forty-one of the General Laws or any other general special law or the contrary, that the duties and responsibilities and functions of sanitary landfill, and composting and recycling, be transferred to an Integrated Solid Waste Management Department. Approved 1998 ATM, Article 40.

6.  To authorize the Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court To enact special legislation to General Laws Chapter 40, Section 8c to provide for three (3) Associate Members for the Conservation Commission.  Approved 2002 ATM, Article 34.