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Petition For A Special Town Meeting on a New Item, To Enact

Adopted:  Board of Selectmen, September 8, 2009

Published:  Hartford Courant, September 15, 2009

Effective Date:  October 15, 2009

 

PETITION FOR A SPECIAL TOWN MEETING ON A NEW ITEM, To Enact

 

Section 1.   Pursuant to the Town of Bolton Charter Chapter 9, Section 9.4 (A), and Section 7-2 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bolton shall have the authority to increase the number of signatures required on a petition requesting that a new item be considered at a Special Town Meeting.

 

Section 2.   The Board of Selectmen shall call a Special Town Meeting upon receipt of a petition signed by fifty (50) inhabitants qualified to vote in Town Meeting.

 

Section 3.   Except for the increase in the number of signatures required, on the petition as found in Section 2 above, all other sections of the Town of Bolton Charter, Section 9.4, shall remain in full force and effect.