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==Law and government== Like several other Massachusetts counties, Franklin County exists today only as a geographic region and has no county government. The Franklin County Commission voted itself out of existence, and all former state-mandated county functions were assumed by state agencies in 1997. The sheriff and some other regional officials with specific duties are still elected locally to perform duties within the county region. Counties in Massachusetts and New England generally are historically weak governmental structures.<ref name = "weak counties">{{cite book| title = State and Local Roles in the Federal System: A Commission Report | publisher = US Government Printing Office | author = United States Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations | page = 19 | year = 1981 | quotation = In New England the state and municipalities/townships were most prominent; counties drew almost a complete blank, reflecting their historically weak or non-existent position in that region.| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ROmSYCiD1AkC&q=historical+weakness+counties+new+england&pg=PA19 }}</ref> The primary subdivision of the Commonwealth is the municipal town. Communities are permitted to form regional compacts for sharing services. The municipalities of Franklin County have formed the Franklin Regional Council of Governments.<ref>[http://lwvma.org/govcounty.shtml Massachusetts Government: County Government] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040421135513/http://lwvma.org/govcounty.shtml |date=April 21, 2004 }} Massachusetts League of Women Voters. Retrieved October 10, 2007.</ref> The regional council provides various services on a regional basis, and a majority of the county's towns are members of the Franklin County Solid Waste Management District, which provides municipal waste disposal and recycling services to its members. Public transportation throughout the county and in the North Quabbin area of northwestern Worcester County is provided by the Franklin Regional Transit Authority. {{see also|New England town}}
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