Chap.  209.          AN   ACT   PROVIDING   FOR   THE    SUBMISSION    OF
THE REPEAL OF REPRESENTATIVE TOWN GOVERNMENT IN THE TOWN OF NORTH ATTLE-BOROUGH TO THE VOTERS OF SAID TOWN.
Be  it enacted,   etc.,   as follows:
Chapter 23 of the acts of 1981 is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 5. Said chapter 57 is hereby further amended by inserting after section  12 the following section :-
Section 12A. After the expiration of three years from the effective date of this act, the town may vote to reestablish open town meeting in said town government and the provisions of sections one to twelve, inclusive, shall no longer apply. The question of reestablishment of an open town meeting government in said town shall be, upon a petition filed as hereinafter provided, submitted to the voters thereof in the form of the following question: -
"Shall   representative  town   meeting   government  be   abolished   in the town of North Attleborough and an open                       I YES town meeting government be reestablished?"                        I NO_____
If a majority of the votes in answer to this question is in the affirmative, representative town meeting government in said town shall terminate and all provisions of law applicable to an open town meeting government shall apply.
A petition to place the aforesaid question on the ballot shall be signed by at least ten per cent of the voters of the town at least fifty of whom shall be from each precinct. If a majority of the votes cast in answer to the question submitted under this section is in the negative, said question shall not be again submitted to the voters until the third annual town meeting thereafter.
Approved      May      29,       1981.