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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Aaron Michlewitz

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to the Massachusetts Port Authority community advisory committee.

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PETITION OF:

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3798        FILED ON: 2/15/2017

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninetieth General Court
(2017-2018)

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An Act relative to the Massachusetts Port Authority community advisory committee.

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

Chapter 46 of the Acts of 2013 as further amended by sections 47-50 of Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2015 is hereby amended by striking in its entirety subsection (a) and replacing it with the following subsection:

(a) There shall be an advisory board to the authority which shall be named the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee. The Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee shall consist of a voting member from each of the following cities and towns: Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Beverly, Braintree, Brookline, Cambridge, Canton, Chelsea, Cohasset, Concord, Everett, Hingham, Hull, Lexington, Lincoln, Lynn, Malden, Marblehead, Melrose, Medford, Milton, Nahant, Quincy, Revere, Scituate, Somerville, Swampscott, Watertown, Weymouth, Worcester and Winthrop; provided, that the city of Boston shall have 7 voting members, 1 of whom shall be from the East Boston section of the city of Boston, 1 of whom shall be from the South Boston section of the city of Boston and 1 of whom shall be from the South End section of the city of Boston. The members of the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee shall be appointed by the chief executive officer of each community listed above; provided, that appointed members shall be versed in at least 1 of the following disciplines: airport operations; environmental affairs, labor relations, public health or port operations. For the purpose of this section, the term “chief executive officer” shall mean the person designated as the chief executive officer under the provisions of a local charter or laws having the force of a charter, or, in the absence of such local charter or laws having the force of a local charter the mayor in every city and the chairman of the board of selectmen or president of the town council, as the case may be, in every town.