The fourth paragraph of section 3 of chapter 701 of the acts of 1960, as most recently amended by section 3 of chapter 429 of the acts of 2002, is hereby further amended by striking out the second and third sentences and inserting the following sentence:- The votes of the members of the authority shall be weighted such that the county of Dukes County member's vote shall count as 35 per cent of the whole; the Nantucket member's vote shall count as 35 per cent of the whole; and the Barnstable, Falmouth and New Bedford members' votes shall each count as 10 per cent of the whole, to the end that the votes of the county of Dukes County and Nantucket members, if cast on the same side of any motion placed before the authority, shall pass or defeat that motion, provided, however, that a vote of greater than 50 per cent of the weighted vote and a vote from a town whose vote is weighted under 15 per cent shall be necessary for any action taken by the authority.
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