SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 13 of the Acts of 2000, as amended by Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2002, is hereby amended by deleting the references to board of selectmen in the first definition and replacing them with: - select board.
SECTION 2. Section 2 of Chapter 13 of the Acts of 2000 is hereby amended by deleting the words chapter 7 and replacing them with: - chapter 4.
SECTION 3. Subsection (b) of section 3 of chapter 13 of the Acts of 2000 is hereby amended by deleting the words board of selectmen everywhere they appear and replacing them with: - select board.
SECTION 4. Section 4 of Chapter 13 of the Acts of 2000, as amended by Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2002 is hereby furthered amended by deleting Subsection (a) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: - The corporation shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of five regular members and one alternate member, appointed by the select board. There shall also be two non-voting members appointed by the select board, one of who shall represent commercial fishermen and the other shall represent the charter boat industry or other tenant of the pier. The two non-voting members shall serve in an advisory capacity to the board of directors and shall be limited to making recommendations on matters of general policy affecting commercial fishermen, charter boat operators or other tenants of the pier, subject to the limitations set forth in Chapter 930 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations, Section 6.23. Members of the board of directors shall have education and experience in one or more of the following fields: law, finance, marine operations and real estate and the board as a whole shall include persons with education and experience in several of these fields. Each of the members shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her official duties as a director of the corporation. A majority of the five regular members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business, but any action of the board of directors shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire board. The board of directors shall elect from among its members a chairman, vice-chairman, clerk, treasurer and other officers as it finds necessary and determine their duties. Upon the expiration of the term of office of any member of the board of directors, the successor of such member shall be appointed for a term of five years. Members of the board of directors may only serve for two consecutive five-year terms. When a member is appointed to complete the term of another, it shall count as a full term if it exceeds thirty months. Members of the board of directors who have served two consecutive five-year terms may be re-appointed after an absence of one year.
SECTION 5. Subsection (e) of section 4 of chapter 13 of the Acts of 2000 is hereby amended by deleting the words board of selectmen everywhere they appear and replacing them with: - select board.
SECTION 6. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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