AN ACT RELATIVE TO VACANCIES ON THE BEACON HILL ARCHITECTURAL COMMISSION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:
The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1955, as appearing in section 4 of chapter 24 of the acts of 1982, is hereby amended by striking out the last sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of a commissioner, or whenever a commissioner is absent or unable for any cause to perform his duties, an alternate appointed in the same manner as such commissioner shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of such commissioner, but if neither a commissioner nor the alternate appointed in the same manner as such commissioner is present or able to perform such duties, any other alternate present shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of such commissioner; but an alternate shall not otherwise be deemed to be, or act as, a member of the board.
Passed without Governor’s signature, January 2, 2009.