HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4131        FILED ON: 11/16/2011

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3824

By Representative Pignatelli of Lenox and Senator Downing, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3824) of William Smitty Pignatelli, Benjamin B. Downing and Paul W. Mark (by vote of the town) for legislation to authorize the Board of Selectmen of the town of Richmond to appoint two alternate members of the conservation commission of said town.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF RICHMOND.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Notwithstanding section 8C of chapter 40 of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, the board of selectmen of the town of Richmond may appoint 2 alternate members of the conservation commission of the town for staggered terms not to exceed 3 years.

The chairman of the conservation commission may designate any of the alternate members to sit on the commission in the case of absence, inability to act or conflict of interest on the part of a member of the commission or, in the event of a vacancy on such conservation commission, until the vacancy is filled in accordance with said section 8C of said chapter 40.