Chapter 41 - OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF CITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS

Section 41:1 - Officers to be elected; tenure
Section 41:1A - District defined
Section 41:1B - Appointed town offices and boards; acceptance by voters
Section 41:2 - Establishment of new board or office; effect; increase or decrease in board membership or number of officers
Section 41:3 - City officers; powers and duties
Section 41:4 - Penalty for failure to choose selectmen or assessors
Section 41:4A - Members of town and district boards eligible to hold other offices, salary
Section 41:5 - Voting list; use
Section 41:6 - Use of official ballots; towns authorized to provide for
Section 41:7 - Use of official ballot; determination of extent
Section 41:8 - Handling of ballots
Section 41:9 - Handling of ballots after tabulation; sealing
Section 41:10 - Failure to elect; procedure to fill vacancy; notice
Section 41:11 - Appointment to fill vacancy in town office
Section 41:12 - City clerks; tenure
Section 41:13 - Bond of town clerk
Section 41:13A - Bond of city clerk
Section 41:13B - Renewal of licenses and permits; delegation of authority
Section 41:14 - Temporary clerk
Section 41:15 - Town clerks; powers and duties
Section 41:15A - Certification of appropriations
Section 41:16 - Oaths of town officers; return of certificate
Section 41:17 - Filing of city contracts; penalty for noncompliance
Section 41:18 - Assistant city clerk
Section 41:18A - Records of city clerk; attestation
Section 41:18B - Facsimile signatures of city clerk, etc
Section 41:19 - Assistant town clerks; powers and duties; compensation
Section 41:19A - Certificate of appointment or election of clerk; filing requirements
Section 41:19B - City and town clerks; tenure of office
Section 41:19C - Acceptance of sec. 19B; procedure, etc
Section 41:19D - Removal or suspension of clerk having permanent tenure
Section 41:19E - Procedure for filling vacancy following death or removal of clerk having permanent tenure, etc
Section 41:19F - Additional compensation for serving as clerk of city council
Section 41:19G - Additional compensation for serving as member of registrars of voters
Section 41:19H - Maximum amount of additional compensation for serving as member of board of registrars of voters; acceptance of this section
Section 41:19I - Additional compensation for serving in other city or town positions
Section 41:19J - Additional compensation for service as registrars of voters board member
Section 41:19K - Additional compensation for town clerk
Section 41:20 - Selectmen; duties and oaths; penalty
Section 41:21 - Authorization for selectmen to act as or appoint other town officers
Section 41:21A - Removal of persons appointed to positions of chief of police or head of municipal police department
Section 41:22 - Officers appointed by selectmen; tenure; compensation; vacancies
Section 41:23 - Rescission of vote by selectmen; election of other officers; tenure, etc
Section 41:23A - Executive secretary or town administrator; appointment; tenure, etc
Section 41:23B - Town departments; investigations and reports
Section 41:23C - Persons acting on behalf of selectmen; appointment and removal
Section 41:23D - Municipal data processing centers
Section 41:24 - Assessors; number; method of selection; tenure, etc
Section 41:25 - Appointment by selectmen; tenure of office
Section 41:25A - Assistant assessors; appointment by assessors; duties; compensation; tenure
Section 41:26 - Appointment by selectmen where town so votes
Section 41:26A - Employment of counsel in certain proceedings
Section 41:27 - [Repealed]
Section 41:28 - Powers and duties of assistant assessors
Section 41:29 - Oath of office; penalty for failure to take oath
Section 41:30 - Penalty for false valuation
Section 41:30A - Vacancies; effect on powers of remaining assessors
Section 41:30B - Agreements for joint and cooperative assessment, classification and valuation of property
Section 41:34B - Communications, documents or writings identifying husband and wife; names required
Section 41:35 - Bond of treasurer; duties
Section 41:36 - Powers of treasurer; prosecution of actions
Section 41:37 - [Repealed]
Section 41:38 - Powers of tax collector
Section 41:38A - Collection of accounts due city or town; power and duties of tax collector
Section 41:39 - Collection of taxes by constable
Section 41:39A - Assistant treasurer
Section 41:39B - [Repealed]
Section 41:39C - Assistant collector
Section 41:40 - Temporary town officers
Section 41:41 - Payment of compensation; oath
Section 41:41A - Delivery of payroll checks to department heads
Section 41:41B - Payment of public employees by direct bank credits
Section 41:41C - Deposits in credit union; pension or retirement allowances
Section 41:42 - Contents of pay roll
Section 41:43 - Penalty
Section 41:43A - Defense of actions against treasurers and collectors; indemnification
Section 41:44 - Sinking fund commissioners; election; tenure; appointment of secretary and treasurer
Section 41:45 - Board of commissioners of trust funds; creation; membership; powers and duties, etc
Section 41:45A - Commissioners in towns under five thousand population
Section 41:46 - Town treasurer; duties; bond
Section 41:47 - Powers and duties
Section 41:48 - Tenure of city auditor
Section 41:49 - Vacancy in town office
Section 41:49A - Assistant auditors; powers and duties; compensation, etc
Section 41:50 - Powers and duties
Section 41:51 - Accounts payable; notice to creditors; part payments
Section 41:52 - Approval of bills
Section 41:53 - Auditing of public trusts
Section 41:54 - Notice to auditor of payment of public funds to treasurer
Section 41:54A - Notification to assessors as to receipts, etc
Section 41:55 - Town accountants; appointment; term
Section 41:56 - Warrants for payment of bills
Section 41:57 - Books of account and financial records
Section 41:58 - Duties; notice of condition of appropriations; record of appropriations
Section 41:59 - Annual estimates; furnishing to town accountant
Section 41:60 - Table of estimated appropriations
Section 41:61 - Annual report
Section 41:61A - Temporary officers; appointment; tenure; bond; removal; powers and duties
Section 41:62 - Highway surveyor; duties
Section 41:63 - Road and sewer commissioners
Section 41:64 - Road commissioners; powers and duties
Section 41:65 - Sewer commissioners; powers and duties
Section 41:66 - Superintendent of streets; appointment; tenure
Section 41:67 - One superintendent of streets for two or more towns
Section 41:68 - Superintendent of streets; powers and duties
Section 41:69 - Superintendent of water or sewer department
Section 41:69A - Water commissioners; election; tenure; quorum; vacancies
Section 41:69B - Water commissioners; powers and duties
Section 41:69C - Submission of adoption of board to electorate; ballot
Section 41:69D - Board of public work; membership; election; tenure; powers and duties
Section 41:69E - Superintendent; appointment; compensation; powers and duties
Section 41:69F - Submission to voters of revocation of acceptance; conditions; effect
Section 41:69G - Office of lands and natural resources; establishment; powers and duties; director and assistants
Section 41:70 - Planning board; creation; duties
Section 41:71 - Annual report
Section 41:72 - Ordinances and by-laws
Section 41:73 - Board of survey; creation; membership; tenure; vacancies; compensation, etc
Section 41:74 - Approval of plans filed by citizens
Section 41:75 - Preparation of plans by board
Section 41:76 - Substitution of new plans
Section 41:77 - Construction or alteration of public ways; restrictions
Section 41:78 - Recordation of plan; necessity of approval by board
Section 41:79 - Monuments and marks
Section 41:80 - Establishment and discontinuance of exterior way lines
Section 41:81 - Damages
Section 41:81A - Planning board; establishment; membership; tenure; vacancies
Section 41:81B - Planning board; powers and duties generally
Section 41:81C - Studies and reports of board; acting as park commissioners
Section 41:81D - Master plan; economic development supplement
Section 41:81E - Official map; purpose; recordation
Section 41:81F - Alteration of official map; damages for injuries
Section 41:81G - Applicability of municipal planning laws to municipal powers over public ways and parks
Section 41:81H - Part of official map; laying out, altering or relocating public ways
Section 41:81I - Duties of municipalities having no official map in respect to construction of ways; reference to planning board
Section 41:81J - Establishment and discontinuance of exterior lines of ways in municipalities with planning boards; damages for injuries
Section 41:81K - Designation of subdivision control law
Section 41:81L - Definitions
Section 41:81M - Purpose of law
Section 41:81N - Territorial extent of law; acceptance by municipalities
Section 41:81O - Regulation of new subdivisions
Section 41:81P - Approval of plans not subject to subdivision control law; procedure
Section 41:81Q - Planning board; adoption of rules and regulations
Section 41:81R - Waiver of strict compliance with rules and regulations
Section 41:81S - Submission of preliminary plan; approval or disapproval; recording
Section 41:81T - Notice of submission of plan; hearing, etc
Section 41:81U - Approval, modification or disapproval of plan by board; prerequisites for decision
Section 41:81V - Final approval of plan; endorsements, etc
Section 41:81W - Modification, amendment or rescission of approval of plan; conditions
Section 41:81X - Requirements for registration of plan
Section 41:81Y - Restrictions on construction of public ways, improvements and buildings; liability of grantors, etc.; court jurisdiction
Section 41:81Z - Board of appeals; membership; tenure; removal; vacancies; jurisdiction
Section 41:81AA - Board of appeals; rules; meetings; powers and duties; hearings
Section 41:81BB - Appeal to superior court; counsel; costs; speedy trial; surety or bond
Section 41:81CC - Powers of planning boards; entry on lands
Section 41:81DD - Application of law; damages
Section 41:81EE - Recordation, evidence that subdivision control law is in effect, etc
Section 41:81FF - Application of subdivision control law on registered and unregistered land; jurisdiction of land court
Section 41:81GG - Powers of planning boards established under prior law; severability provision
Section 41:82 - Authority to establish art commission
Section 41:83 - Appointment; membership; compensation; tenure; removal
Section 41:84 - Powers and duties; penalty
Section 41:85 - Weighers; measurers and surveyors; appointment; qualifications; tenure; removal
Section 41:86 - Powers and duties; penalty for misrepresentation, etc
Section 41:87 - Applicability of act to weighers, etc., of particular commodities
Section 41:87A - Weighers and measurers of motor vehicles and trailers; appointment
Section 41:88 - Weighers of fish
Section 41:89 - Deputy weighers of fish
Section 41:90 - Weighers of fish; penalty for violation of oath of office
Section 41:90A - Interfering with fish weigher or deputies; penalty
Section 41:91 - Constables; appointment and removal in cities
Section 41:91A - Appointment in towns
Section 41:91B - Appointments; qualifications; application; investigation
Section 41:92 - Service of civil process
Section 41:93 - Remedies on bond
Section 41:94 - Powers and duties
Section 41:95 - Territorial jurisdiction
Section 41:95A - Service of civil process fees
Section 41:95B - Records of service of civil process fees
Section 41:96 - Police officers; appointment; tenure; discharge
Section 41:96A - Felons disqualified
Section 41:96B - Police training schools; attendance by persons exercising police powers; wages and expenses; exceptions; removal for failure to attend
Section 41:97 - Police departments; establishment; membership, etc
Section 41:97A - Police departments; establishment; membership, etc
Section 41:97B - Rape reporting and prosecution units within police departments; training and funding; personnel; preservation of evidence by hospitals; notice to vicitim
Section 41:97B 1/2 - Notification of law enforcement agencies of evidence of sexual assault and after using new kit for collection of sexual assault evidence
Section 41:97C - Special telephone exchange for reporting of rape
Section 41:97D - Confidentiality of reports of rape, sexual assault and domestic violence; violations; penalties
Section 41:97E - Chief of police; attendance at conventions
Section 41:97F - Firefighter duties; performance by police
Section 41:98 - Powers and duties
Section 41:98A - Arrest on fresh and continued pursuit
Section 41:98B - Foot patrol
Section 41:98C - Badges; identification by name or number
Section 41:98D - Identification cards
Section 41:98E - Public solicitations using words "police" or "firefighters"
Section 41:98F - Daily logs; public records; confidentiality
Section 41:98G - Domestic abuse; police reports
Section 41:98H - Nondisclosure or nondisparagement clauses; when allowed
Section 41:99 - Requisition of police officers by other towns
Section 41:99A - Members of regular police or fire department and fire alarm division; residence outside city or town
Section 41:99B - Purpose
Section 41:99C - Regional police districts; establishment
Section 41:99D - Town elections for acceptance; ballots
Section 41:99E - Powers and duties
Section 41:99F - Regional police district commission; membership; officers
Section 41:99G - Budget; apportionment; appropriations
Section 41:99H - Annual audits
Section 41:99I - Costs and expenses; annual estimates; apportionment; assessment of towns
Section 41:99J - Regional district police department; pending prosecutions; personnel transfers, etc
Section 41:99K - Revocation of acceptance of regional police district law; town elections; ballot; continuity of district
Section 41:100 - Indemnification of police officers, firemen and persons aiding them; actions for intentional or negligent injuries inflicted upon same
Section 41:100B - Indemnification of retired police officers and fire fighters
Section 41:100G - Payment of funeral and burial expenses of fire fighters and police officers killed in performance of duties; acceptance of section
Section 41:100G 1/4 - Payment of funeral and burial expenses of firefighters and police officers killed in performance of duties; acceptance of section
Section 41:100G 1/2 - [Effective in a city or town until accepted by such city or town and in a district when accepted by a majority of the towns comprising such district] Attendance by police officers at police association executive board meetings; acceptance of section
Section 41:100G 1/2 - [Effective in a city or town when accepted by such city or town and in a district when accepted by a majority of the towns comprising such district] Attendance by police officers at police association executive board meetings; acceptance of section
Section 41:100H - Indemnification of law enforcement officers for dogs used in connection with official duties
Section 41:101 - Commissioner of public safety; powers and duties
Section 41:101A - Police officers or firefighters; tobacco smoking
Section 41:102 - Inspector of health; appointment and duties
Section 41:102A - Appointment in towns under three thousand population
Section 41:102B - Appointment in towns of 5,000 or more inhabitants
Section 41:103 - Purchasing department; purchasing agent; duties and salaries
Section 41:104 - Establishment of purchasing department; submission to electorate
Section 41:105 - Trustees of soldiers' memorials; powers and duties; membership; tenure; vacancies; rules and regulations
Section 41:106 - Tree warden; appointment
Section 41:106A - Town physician; appointment in certain towns
Section 41:106B - Capital planning committees
Section 41:107 - Oath of office beginning of term
Section 41:108 - Compensation
Section 41:108A - Classification of positions; compensation plans; rules and regulations
Section 41:108B - Assessors and tax collectors in districts; compensation and expenses
Section 41:108C - By-laws pertaining to administration of personnel; consolidation
Section 41:108D - Fire fighters; minimum annual compensation
Section 41:108E - Policemen; minimum annual compensation
Section 41:108F - Fire fighters; schedule of minimum annual compensation
Section 41:108G - Policemen; alternate schedule of minimum annual compensation
Section 41:108H - Fire fighters assigned to photographic work; additional compensation
Section 41:108I - Policemen assigned to photographic work; additional compensation
Section 41:108J - Equal pay of male and female employees
Section 41:108K - Female police officers; equality of compensation
Section 41:108L - Police career incentive pay program; salary increases; reimbursement of cities or towns
Section 41:108M - Police officers attending law enforcement courses at accredited college or university for degree; payment of salary; duty hours; agreement
Section 41:108N - Town manager, administrator, executive secretary, administrative assistant to the board of selectmen, town accountants, city auditor or city manager; employment contract
Section 41:108N 1/2 - Employment contracts for appointed municipal treasurers, assessors or collectors
Section 41:108O - Employment contracts for police chiefs and fire chiefs
Section 41:108P - Collectors and treasurers; additional compensation for certification as municipal collector, treasurer or district treasurer
Section 41:109 - Resignation; notice; residence requirements
Section 41:109A - Fidelity bonds; payment of premiums
Section 41:110 - Authorization for holidays
Section 41:110A - Office hours on Saturday
Section 41:111 - Vacations of certain employees
Section 41:111A - Vacations for police and firemen
Section 41:111B - Sick leaves; accumulation
Section 41:111C - Attendance by employee veterans at funerals, etc., for veterans
Section 41:111D - Vacations for police and firemen
Section 41:111E - Vacation pay for separated employees; conditions
Section 41:111F - Leave with pay for incapacitated employees
Section 41:111G - Additional vacation time for longevity
Section 41:111G 1/2 - Vacations; duration
Section 41:111H - Overtime pay for police officers; conditions
Section 41:111I - Compensation due deceased employees; disposition
Section 41:111J - Attendance at veterans' conventions
Section 41:111K - Firemen; summer vacations
Section 41:111L - Policemen and firemen; vacations; 20 years' service
Section 41:111M - Emergency medical technicians; leave without loss of pay while incapacitated
Section 41:111N - Emergency medical technicians; indemnification for injuries incurred within scope of employment
Section 41:112 - Veterans; preference in public employment
Section 41:112A - Veterans in unclassified positions; procedure for involuntary separation
Section 41:113 - District officers; use of official ballots
Section 41:114 - Application of election laws
Section 41:115 - Nomination papers; filing; certification of nominators
Section 41:116 - Duties of prudential committee and clerk in certain districts
Section 41:117 - District elections; provision for election equipment; liability for expenses
Section 41:118 - District elections; provision for forms, tally and vote sheets
Section 41:119 - District meetings; qualifications
Section 41:120 - Fiscal year of districts
Section 41:121 - District treasurers; qualifications
Section 41:122 - Temporary treasurer; appointment; bond
Section 41:123 - Temporary clerk; appointment; bond
Section 41:123A - Assistant treasurers and assistant clerks; appointment; bond
Section 41:124 - Fire and water districts; appropriation for cost of water favorability studies
Section 41:125 - Temporary housing assistance plans
Section 41:126 - Definitions applicable to secs. 126 to 132
Section 41:127 - Eligibility to apply for tenure; offices excepted; restrictions; duration of tenure; removal for cause
Section 41:128 - City offices; application statement; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit
Section 41:129 - Town offices; application statement; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit
Section 41:130 - Applicability of town tenure provisions to districts
Section 41:131 - City or town offices; application statement by head of department for tenure of its members; filing; approval procedure; denial, re-application time limit
Section 41:132 - Tenure limitations
Section 41:133 - Appointment and reappointment of police officers