Amendment ID: S2311-49-R1

Redraft Amendment 49

Municipal opt-in relative to special permit votes

Ms. Creem moves to amend the bill by striking section 17 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:-

SECTION 17.  The twelfth paragraph of said section 9 of said chapter 40A, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding after the last sentence the following:- “; provided however, that a city or town may amend its bylaws to provide that issuance of a special permit shall require an affirmative vote of not less than a simple majority of the special permit granting authority”