Amendment ID: S2292-14-R1

Redraft Amendment 14

Establishing Tenant Election Procedures

Mr. Eldridge moves to amend the amendment by striking Section 4 and inserting:

“Said section 5 of said chapter 121B, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by adding the following:-

The department shall promulgate regulations establishing election procedures for tenants to elect a tenant as a member of the housing authority in the town; provided further that one member of the housing authority board shall be a tenant. The department may provide regulations creating an exemption of this section if federal law requires the town to maintain a tenant member as 1 of the 5 members.”