No mayor, city manager, or town manager shall require a prospective appointee to a board, commission or position under his jurisdiction to submit as a condition precedent to said appointment an undated resignation from said board, commission or position. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 268A, § 21B
Prospective municipal appointees; demanding undated resignations prohibited
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