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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN IN THE TOWN OF GOSHEN TO SELECT BOARD

     Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
     SECTION  1.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive body of the town of Goshen, previously known as the board of selectmen, shall be known as the select board and shall have the powers and authority of a board of selectmen under any general or special law and the members of the select board, previously known as selectmen, shall be known as select board members.

     SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding sections 21 and 32 of chapter 40 of the General Laws, section 5 of chapter 40A of the General Laws or any general or special law to the contrary, the select board of the town of Goshen may amend the general by-laws and zoning by-laws of the town by majority vote to revise all references to the board of selectmen and its members to select board and select board members, respectively, in accordance with section 1.

     SECTION 3.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved, October 5, 2022.