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The first wave of home rule reform in the United States started in 1875 and lasted through the 1930s. Massachusetts missed this first wave, but it joined other states in passing a constitutional guarantee of home rule in a second wave of adoptions that began in the post-World War II era.
Missouri was the first state to adopt a Home Rule provision in 1875, followed by California, Washington and Wisconsin between 1879 and 1898. In Massachusetts, Home Rule authority was granted to cities and towns in 1966.
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Approved November 16, 1963. Something’s got to give …. nBeginning in 1963, in direct response to the volume of bills “related to the affairs of cities and towns,” the legislature begins work on Home Rule legislation. nOnce passed, submitted to the electorate and passed on November 8, 1966, effective in 1967.
The Massachusetts Municipal Management Association’s monthly meeting on Sept. 17 explored the origins of home rule in Massachusetts and the ways it is being used today. The webinar speakers were MMA Executive Director Geoff Beckwith, Arlington Town Counsel Doug Heim, and Margaret Hurley, chief of the Municipal Law Unit in the Massachusetts ...
region to find out how home rule functions in practice. The results suggest that the standard story about home rule in Massachusetts is largely a myth. Indeed, promising but largely overlooked avenues for regional reform exist that would involve expanding—rather than limiting—home rule. Among the report’s key findings are: 1.
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The Colorado Municipal League provides the following summary of the history of home rule: "In 1875, Missouri became the first state to adopt home rule by including in its new constitution a home rule entitlement for cities over 100,000 population.
Nov 6, 2019 · Nov 6, 2019. Did you know the first adoption law was passed in Massachusetts in 1851? As far back as anyone can remember, there have always been children who were placed into other households when their biological parents could not care for them. But adoption was not regulated like it is these days.