{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-43-134","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43, § 134","heading":"Residence of district members","body":"Section 134. Every city councillor and school committee member who is elected to represent an individual district or ward shall have been an inhabitant of a place within the district or ward for which he is chosen for at least one year immediately preceding his election; and he shall cease to represent such district or ward when he shall cease to be an inhabitant thereof.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 43"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter43/Section134","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:39Z","sha256":"285a1bdcbf40664e0b5d6d0722d87796d9ff7a70f816289254ceb7355718f3ce","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-43-133","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-43a-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}