Town of Belmont - General Laws Applicable to the Town of Belmont

General Laws Applicable to the Town of Belmont

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General Laws Applicable to the Town of Belmont

General Laws

Chapter	Section	Subject	Date of Acceptance
164	36	Establishes a Municipal Lighting Plant	August 20, 1896
114	22-26	Establishes a Board of Cemetery Commissioners	June 30, 1898
82	37	Establishment of building lines	March 6, 1899, December 4, 1912
82	34	Reserved spaces in public ways	October 16, 1900
39	20	Precinct voting at Town election	June 9, 1904
31	48	Civil service for police forces	May 18, 1911
32	77(a)	Pensioning certain laborers	November 5, 1912
152	68-75	Workers' Compensation	November 4, 1913, March 2, 1914, March 19, 1929
48	36	Appointment of call firemen to permanent force	March 2, 1914
31	48	Civil Service for chief of police	March 9, 1914, March 8, 1915
166	32	Appointment of Inspector of Wires by Selectmen	March 9, 1914
41	111	Vacation for certain town employees	March 9, 1914
31	48	Civil services for police and fire forces	March 8, 1915
32	85	Pensions for members of police and fire departments	March 8, 1915
32	52-55	Relative to retirement of certain veterans	June 27, 1916
149	30	Eight hour day and forty-eight hour week for certain employees	March 5, 1917
48	58	Tenure of office for fire chief	March 4, 1918
41	70	Establishes a Planning Board	March 27, 1922
48	59	Division of fire department into two platoons	November 7, 1922
48	42-44	Establishes a fire department under a chief appointed by the Selectmen	March 5, 1923
41	72	Relative to care and control of public parks and playgrounds (Playground or Recreation Commission established)	March 3, 1924
45	1-9,14, 15,16,18	Relative to care and control of public parks and playgrounds (Playground or Recreation Commission established)	March 3, 1924
140	47	Licensing of coffee or tea houses	March 17, 1924
40	42A-42F	Unpaid water rates a lien on real estate	April 11, 1927
40	6B	Authorizes town to appropriate money to purchase police and fire uniforms	March 29, 1932
147	13A	Authorizes reserve police force	April 4, 1932
41	55	Authorizes selectmen to appoint a town accountant	March 11, 1935
32	1-28	Contributory retirement system for employees	November 3, 1936
147	16B	One day off in every six for members of police department	March 11, 1940
48	58A	Hours of duty for fire department	March 9, 1942
85	11A	Registration of bicycles	March 8, 1943
129	15	Board of Health appoints inspector of animals	March 8, 1943
32	85E	Retirement for certain police and fire department members	March 10, 1947
121B	3	Declaration of need for a housing authority	June 28, 1948
41	110A	Authorizes closing of town offices on all Saturdays	March 21, 1949
31	47	Civil service for labor service	March 5, 1955 (Acceptance revoked on April 6, 1981, but employees as of that date retain all rights under the law. Persons employed after that date are not subject to the law.)
147	17A	Holiday pay for police officers	March 12, 1956
32B	10	Authorizes Town to provide contributory group life and health insurance	March 7, 1966
32B	9A	Town may assume one-half of the premium of retired employees for group life and health insurance	March 7, 1966
32B	11B	Extends contributory group life and health insurance to certain elderly retirees	March 7, 1966
90	18A	Selectmen may adopt rules on use of ways by pedestrians	March 14, 1966
40	8C	Establishes Conservation Commission	March 13, 1967
32	85J	Allows certain members of police and fire departments to choose the manner of payment of their pensions	March 11, 1968
40	8D	Establishes Historical Commission	March 11, 1968
32	90A	Increases retirement allowance of former employees retired on account of accidental disability	March 9, 1970
32	90C	Increases retirement allowance of certain superannuated employees	March 9, 1970
40	22D	Permits rules for towing of illegally parked vehicles	March 16, 1970
90	20C	Authorizes police officers to place tags upon illegally parked motor vehicles	March 16, 1970
71	16-16I	Establishes Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District	March 1, 1971

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