Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-273

GOV 273

Gaming Policy Advisory Committee - technical fix

Ms. Flanagan and Mr. Ross moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section ___, the following new section:-

Section ___.  Section 68 of chapter 23K of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end the following paragraph:

(f) A municipal employee serving as a member of an advisory committee or subcommittee created by this section shall not violate section 4 of Chapter 268A by expressing the views of his employing municipality or regional planning agency during committee or subcommittee meetings or by receiving his usual compensation as a municipal employee or by performing the usual duties of his municipal employment, including acting as an agent or attorney for the municipality or regional planning agency, in relation to particular matters in which he participated or which are, or in the prior year have been a subject of his official responsibility as a member of the advisory committee or subcommittee or which are pending before the advisory committee or subcommittee.