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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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Section 2 of the Home Rule Amendment, provides: "[a]nycity or town . . . [has] the power to adopt or revise a charter or to amend its existing charter . . . [the provisions of which] shall not be inconsistent with the constitution or any laws enacted by the general court in conformity with the powers reserved to the general court by section eight."
Oct 7, 2023 · 1839 - Palmer Palmer, Massachusetts Hampden county. This town was originally settled by a colony from Ireland. It was incorporated in 1752. The surface of Palmer is hilly, but the soil is good, particularly along the banks of Ware and Swift rivers, by which it is finely watered, and supplied with water power.
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 Local Authority Principle. The Principle: A state’s law of home rule should provide local governments full capacity to govern within their territorial jurisdiction, including the power to adopt laws, regulations, and policies across the full range of subjects— and with the powers—available to the state.
Author: Alvin D. Sokolow. Also referred to as local control, community autonomy, and self-governance, home rule is the principle that local governments in the American federal system should possess a high degree of discretionary authority in serving their communities. The contrast is with strong state government control over community public ...
