Amendment #122 to H4860

Commission Appointments

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, Gifford of Wareham, Frost of Auburn and Smola of Warren move to amend the bill, as amended, by striking SECTION 80 in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

“SECTION 80. Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 2 of chapter 6E of the General Laws, in making the initial appointments to the Massachusetts police standards and training commission, the governor shall appoint 1 commissioner for a 1-year term and 1 commissioner for a two-year term; the attorney general shall appoint 1 commissioner for a 1-year term and 1 commissioner for a two-year term; and the governor and the attorney general shall jointly appoint 1 commissioner for a 3-year term, 1 commissioner for a 4-year term and 1 commissioner for a 5-year term. Thereafter, as the term of a commissioner expires, their successor shall be appointed for a 5-year term pursuant to said section 2 of said chapter 6E. A person appointed pursuant to this section for less than 5 years shall be eligible for re-appointment to the commission for 2 full 5-year terms.”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #122 to H4860

Commission Appointments