HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 14        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 14

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to enable municipal and regional planning agency employees to fully participate in gaming policy advisory committees.

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.  Section 68 of chapter 23K of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end the following paragraph:

(f) A municipal employee serving as a member of an advisory committee or subcommittee created by this section shall not violate section 4 of Chapter 268A by expressing the views of the employing municipality or regional planning agency during committee or subcommittee meetings or by receiving usual compensation as a municipal employee or by performing the usual duties of municipal employment, including acting as an agent or attorney for the municipality or regional planning agency, in relation to particular matters in which the employee participated or which are, or in the prior year have been a subject of official responsibility as a member of the advisory committee or subcommittee or which are pending before the advisory committee or subcommittee.