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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 4, § 3 (2026)

Enacting style of initiative measures

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Section 3. The enacting style of all measures submitted to the people in pursuance of an initiative petition for a law shall be: Be it enacted by the People, and by their authority.

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Cited in 1 case, 2016–2016 · leading case: Gray v. Attorney Gen., 52 N.E.3d 1065 (Mass. 2016).
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Gray v. Attorney Gen., 52 N.E.3d 1065 (Mass. 2016). · cites it 2× “48, The Initiative, II, § 3; (2) the petition does not propose a “law” as required by art. 48, The Initiative, II, § 1, insofar as it proposes to rescind the board’s July vote, a vote that had no operative effect because final board approval of the common core standards did not…”
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