Year |
Chapter |
Subject |
Date of Acceptance |
1859 |
109 |
Act incorporating the Town of Belmont |
March 28, 1859 |
1861 |
11 |
Fixes town boundaries |
- |
1862 |
34 |
Fixes town boundaries |
- |
1885 |
296 |
Providing for a public water supply for Belmont |
September 23, 1885 |
1903 |
141 |
Establishes Board of Survey |
December 17, 1902 |
1906 |
246 |
Water courses and drainage in Belmont |
– |
1925 |
148 |
Sewer Assessments |
March 1, 1926 |
1926 |
302 |
Representative Town Meeting |
June 8, 1926 |
1938 |
27 |
Civil service for chief of fire department |
March 7, 1938 (Acceptance revoked on April 5, 1982) |
1938 |
371 |
Fixes boundary with Arlington |
October 3, 1938 |
1947 |
212 |
Division of Precinct 1 into two precincts |
March 1, 1948 |
1951 |
43 |
Five day work week for Belmont police officers |
March 5, 1951 |
1955 |
513 |
Authorizes commissioner of mental health to sell certain land to Belmont and establishes continuing conditions |
October 10, 1955 |
1956 |
401 |
Indemnification for civil defense volunteers |
March 10, 1958 |
1959 |
42 |
Authorizes lease of Town land to Waverley Post #1272, V.F.W. |
March 9, 1959 |
1966 |
117 |
Increase in amount of annual pension for certain retired police and fire department members |
March 13, 1967 |
1968 |
474 |
Authorize use of Concord Avenue park land for school purposes |
March 11, 1968 |
1969 |
710 |
Modification of procedures for electing town meeting members |
March 10, 1969 |
1972 |
621 |
Civil service for assistant superintendent of highways and highway and incinerator foreman in the highway department |
April 6, 1972 (Repealed by Chapter 370, Acts of 1981, effective September 2, 1981, but incumbents as of that date retain their civil status. Persons newly employed in the positions after that date are not subject to the civil service laws.) |
1974 |
381 |
Allows Belmont to establish rates of compensation for its fire and police chiefs |
April 7, 1975 |
1984 |
136 |
Increase in fees for dog licenses and payment of dog license fees into Town Treasury |
April 25, 1984 |
1984 |
72, s. 4 |
Allows Board of Assessors to increase exemptions by up to 100 percent provided that no taxpayer pays less than previous year’s taxes |
April 23, 2001 |
1988 |
41, s.106 |
Allows for the Tree Warden to be appointed by the Board of Selectmen |
June 15, 1988 |
1990 |
291 |
Enhanced 911 |
April 22, 1991 |
1994 |
235 |
Certain firefighters and police officers, terminated then reinstated, are credited with active service for termination period |
April 24, 1995 |
1995 |
15 |
Establishes a Capital Endowment Fund |
April 27,1994 |
1993 |
71.s.83 |
Teacher early retirement |
April 27, 1994 |
1995 |
227 |
Amends Capital Endowment Fund Act |
April 24, 1995 |
1995 |
16 |
Notice of Adjourned Town Meetings |
April 27, 1994 |
1996 |
71 |
Certain Town employees can get retirement credit for US armed service time |
October 28, 1996 |
1997 |
128 |
Authorizes Selectmen to grant licenses for the sale of beer and wine in certain restaurants |
May 7, 1997; April 6, 1998 |
1998 |
194.s.288 |
Retiree can receive a higher pension if spouse predeceases the retiree |
April 26, 1999 |
1999 |
126 |
Establishes a nonprofit housing corporation for the Town of Belmont. |
May 24, 1999 |
2000 |
306 |
Relative to the exemption from taxation of certain property owned by McLean Hospital Corporation |
May 24, 1999 |
2000 |
364 |
Authorizes Selectmen to grant licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises of clubs having an 18 hole regulation golf course. |
April 24, 2000, November 27, 2000; April 2, 2001 |
2000 |
411 |
Allows non-contributory veteran retirees whose spouses predecease them to change retirement allowance to higher option. |
April 23, 2001 |
2001 |
129 |
Authorizes Town to establish a Senior Center Furnishings and Accessories and Operations Fund |
April 23, 2001 |
2004 |
14 |
Authorizes Selectmen to grant up to 3 licenses for sale of all alcoholic beverages in restaurants having at least 130 and not more than 250 seats |
May 5, 2003; April 5, 2004 |
2004 |
23 |
Establishes a consolidated department of public works |
April 28, 2003 |
2004 |
42 |
Authorizes tax bills to include a place for voluntary contributions to the town's general fund |
May 5, 2003 |
2004 |
106 |
Agreement relative to the taxation of certain property in the Town |
May 28, 2002 |
2004 |
195 |
Authorizing modification of the form of quarterly property tax billing in the town |
April 28, 2003 |
2005 |
18 |
Town meeting members at large |
April 26, 2004 |
2005 |
187, s.2 |
Additional yearly retirement allowance for certain accidental disability retirees who are veterans, retroactive to the veteran's date of retirement |
April 24, 2006 |
2006 |
395 |
Authorizes Selectmen to grant one license for sale of all alcoholic beverages not to be drunk on premises |
April 24, 2006; April 2, 2007 |
2006 |
396 |
Authorizes Selectmen to grant not more than two licenses for sale of wine and malt beverages not to be drunk on premises |
April 24, 2006; April 2, 2007 |
2006 |
397 |
Authorizes Selectmen to grant special one-day licenses for the sale of alcoholic beverages |
April 24, 2006 |
2007 |
97 |
Authorizes the town to establish an Other Postemployment Benefits Trust Fund |
April 24, 2006; August 29, 2007 |
