FILED ON: 12/29/2021

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2610

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act further defining a quorum of a public body in the town of Monson.

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) For the purposes of this act, “public body” shall mean a multiple-member board, commission, committee or subcommittee within the executive or legislative branch of the town of Monson, however established, appointed or otherwise constituted, to serve a public purpose; provided, however, that “public body” shall not include a multiple-member board, commission, committee or subcommittee whose members are elected by the registered voters of the town.

(b) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, if a quorum of a public body in the town of Monson requires a simple majority of the members of that public body, then a quorum shall mean a simple majority of the members then actively serving on that public body.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.”.