Bill H.4086

HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4421 FILED ON: 12/11/2017

HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4086

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_______________

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

_______________

An Act relative to boards and commissions of the city of Boston.

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

SECTION 1.

(a) Section 1 of chapter 410 of the acts of 1898 is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the second paragraph the following paragraph:-

Upon a vacancy on the commission resulting from either the resignation or removal of a commissioner prior to his or her term, or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice to the nominating entities herein described by certified or registered mail. If a nominating entity fails to recommend nominees to the mayor as herein described within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the commission by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein.

(b) Section 1 of chapter 410 of the acts of 1898 is hereby further amended by striking the phrase - "without confirmation" from the first sentence, and inserting "subject to confirmation by the City Council".

SECTION 2.

(a) The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter 625 of the acts of 1966 is hereby amended by inserting after the last sentence the following paragraph:-

Upon a vacancy on the commission resulting from either the resignation or removal of a commissioner or an alternate prior to his or her term, or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice to the nominating entities herein described by certified or registered mail. If a nominating entity fails to recommend nominees to the mayor as previously described within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the commission by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein. The members of the commission shall at all times during their terms of office be Boston residents.

(b) The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter 625 of the acts of 1966 is hereby further amended by inserting in the first sentence, after the phrase- "appointed by the mayor", the phrase- "subject to confirmation by the City Council,".

SECTION 3.

(a) The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1955, as amended by chapter 429 of the acts of 1965, is hereby amended by inserting after the last sentence the following paragraph:-

Upon vacancy on the commission resulting from either the resignation or removal of a commissioner or an alternate prior to his or her term, or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice to the nominating entities herein described by certified or registered mail. If a nominating entity fails to recommend nominees to the mayor within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the commission by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein. The members of the commission shall at all times during their terms of office be Boston residents.

(b) The first paragraph of section 4 of chapter 616 of the acts of 1955, as amended by chapter 429 of acts of 1965, is hereby further amended by inserting in the first sentence, after the phrase- "appointed by the mayor of the city", the phrase- "subject to confirmation by the City Council,".

SECTION 4.

The second paragraph of section 3 of chapter 772 of the acts of 1975 is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following paragraph:-

Upon a vacancy on the commission resulting from either the resignation or removal of a commissioner or an alternate prior to this or her term, or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice to the nominating entities herein described by certified or registered mail. If a nominating entity fails to recommend nominees to the mayor within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the commission by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein.

SECTION 5.

(a) Section 2 of chapter 88 of the acts of 1989 is hereby amended by inserting after the fourth sentence the following paragraph:-

Upon a vacancy on the Monitoring Committee in a seat reserved for a public housing tenant or rental assistance tenant resulting from the resignation or removal of a member prior to his or her term, or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice by certified or registered mail, in the case of a public housing tenant vacancy, to the city-wide public housing tenant organizations and public housing development-based tenant organizations of the Boston Housing Authority responsible for nominating mayoral appointees, or, in the case of a rental assistance tenant vacancy, to the rental assistance tenants who have served in a resident advisory capacity. If a nominating entity fails to recommend nominees to the mayor within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the Monitoring Committee by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein.

(b) The first sentence of section 2 of chapter 88 of the acts of 1989 is hereby amended by inserting in the first sentence, after the phrase- "appointed by the mayor", the phrase- "and confirmed by the City Council".

SECTION 6.

(a) Section 1 of chapter 625 of the acts of 1965 is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following paragraph:-

Upon a vacancy on the commission in a seat previously occupied by an appointee from the Freedom Trail Foundation, Inc., resulting from either the resignation or removal of a member prior to his or her term or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice to the Freedom Trail Foundation, Inc. by certified or registered mail. If the Freedom Trail Foundation, Inc. fails to recommend nominees to the mayor within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the commission by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein. The members of the commission shall at all times during their terms of office be Boston residents.

(b) Section 1 of chapter 625 of the acts of 1965 is hereby further amended by inserting in the first sentence, after the phrase- "appointed by the mayor,", the phrase- "subject to confirmation by the City Council,".

SECTION 7.

Section 1 of chapter 665 of the acts of 1956 is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph the following paragraph:-

Upon a vacancy on the zoning commission resulting from either the resignation or removal of a commissioner prior to his or her term, or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice to the nominating entities herein described by certified or registered mail. If a nominating entity fails to recommend nominees to the mayor within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the commission by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein.

SECTION 8.

Section 8 of chapter 665 of the acts of 1956 is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph:-

Upon a vacancy on the board resulting from either the resignation or removal of a commissioner or an alternate prior to his or her term, or the expiration of a term, the mayor shall provide written notice to the nominating entities herein described by certified or registered mail. If a nominating entity fails to recommend nominees to the mayor within ninety days of being notified of a vacancy, any individual may be appointed to the board by the mayor at his or her discretion notwithstanding any contrary provisions herein.

SECTION 9.

This act shall go into effect upon passage.

Name:	District/Address:	Date Added:
Daniel Cullinane	12th Suffolk	12/8/2017