Amendment ID: S2708-6

Amendment 6

Requiring Community Meetings Before Opening Overflow Emergency Shelters

Messrs. Moore and Tarr move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section __ the following section:-

SECTION __. Section 30 of chapter 23B of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence:- At least one month prior to the opening of any overflow emergency shelter site, the director of the emergency shelter program, or his designee, shall hold at least one community meeting in the host community related to said emergency overflow shelter site, provided that notice for the meeting shall be posted on the website for the executive office of housing and livable communities and a copy of the notice shall be sent to the host community.