Bylaw Proposal Form

For all proposed bylaw amendments and new bylaw proposals, please fill out the form below.

Revisions or additions to the Town’s General Bylaws appear as either Town Meeting or Special Town Meeting articles. The Bylaw Review Committee requests that sponsors provide us with a “draft” proposal, in the appropriate format shown below, as part of your submission.

“Drafts” are subsequently reviewed and approved “as to form”, by Town Counsel, prior to inclusion in the Town Meeting warrant.

To further assist in this process, we recommend a review of previous Hanover Annual Town Reports. These reports contain Town Meeting articles from the previous year, including examples of “approved” formatting to address your request.

Annual Town Reports are available for review at the Hanover Town Hall, located at 550 Hanover Street.

We are pleased to assist with this process. Please contact the current Bylaw Review Committee Chair with requests.

Submissions will be reviewed by the Bylaw Review Committee at its regularly scheduled meetings, once received. Sponsors are welcome to attend meetings. Please check the published meeting agendas in advance of the meeting to see if your proposal will be discussed.

Before you fill out the online form, please review the Bylaw Review Committee Guidelines for Residents.

Please select an option below before completing the following questions.
This is the actual proposed bylaw text
If attaching a document, please make note of it.
Files must be less than 5 MB.
Allowed file types: txt rtf pdf doc docx odt ppt pptx odp xls xlsx.
Residents, town departments, board, committees, commissions, etc.
Informational only and not a requirement for this submission.