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17F. specific information on any municipal matter



Sect. 17F.
As Ammended by St. 1982, Ch. 190, s16

The city council at any time may request from the mayor
 specific information on any municipal matter within
 its jurisdiction, and may request his presence to
 answer written questions relating thereto at a meeting
 to be held not earlier than one week from the date of
 the receipt of said questions, in which case the mayor
 shall personally, or through a head of a department or
 a member of a board, atttend such meeting and publicly
 answer all such questions.

 The person so atending shall not be obliged to answer
 questions relating to any other matter.


Specific information, as used in this section, shall
 include any and all records, other than those exempt
 from disclosure under clause Twenty-six of section
 seventy-seven of chapter four of the General Laws,
 within the control of any executive department or
 agency of the city, including the
 Boston water and sewer commission and the
 Boston Redevelopment Authority, whether the
 information is in printed or electronic form.

 For the purposes of enforcing this section, the
 city council shall have standing to request a justice
 of the superior court department of the trial court of
 the commonwealth to issue appropriate orders to compel
 compliance with this section.

 The mayor at any time may attend and address the
 city council in person or through the head of
 department, or a member of a board, upon such subject
 as he may desire.

Excerpt from Boston's Charter
Section numbers refer to Chapter 452 of the Acts of 1948,
as amended through January 1, 1996

Boston City Charter
Containing major provisions of
the Charter of the City of Boston,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
April, 1996
Prepared by the
Boston City Council

Bostonia.
Condita. A.D. 1630
Sicut patribus sit deus Nobis.
Civitatis regimine donata A.D.1822

City of Boston Printing Section
Allied Printing Trades Council
Boston, Mass
Union Label

Print format available from City Clerk
rsalerno@ci.boston.ma.us

Electronic format available from
City of Boston Printing Department
Graphic Arts/Printing Section's word processing software files
174 North St
Boston MA 02109
tel. 617.635.3700

Printing Department will be ordered to release
the electronic format under freedom of information
principles
http://www.state.ma.us/sec/arc/arcaac/aacinfo.htm




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