{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-43b-18","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 43B, § 18","heading":"Method of electing officers","body":"Section 18. Any city or town having a charter under chapter forty-three or forty-three A or a method of electing officers under chapter fifty-four A may change the same in accordance with the procedures for the adoption or amendment of a charter prescribed by this chapter. Except as may be permitted by any general or special law enacted after November eighth, nineteen hundred and sixty-six, no city or town shall adopt or change charters or change its method of electing officers under said chapters forty-three, forty-three A or fifty-four A or under any special laws in effect on such date, including without limitation chapters four hundred and fifty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-eight, six hundred and sixty-one of the acts of nineteen hundred and forty-nine and one hundred and fifty-two of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-four, as amended, and the procedures set forth in this chapter shall be exclusive.","path":["Part I","Title VII","Chapter 43B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter43B/Section18","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:20:39Z","sha256":"4b7054bfcfc0ffb3c99727bbd192daae1dfff7563c7c4b0bd9bf6a83cd924d2c","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-43b-17","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-43b-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}