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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TENANT MEMBER APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF THE NEEDHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

SECTION 1.  Section 19 of chapter 403 of the acts of 1971, as most recently amended by section 1 of chapter 341 of the acts of 2018, is hereby further amended by striking out clause (viii) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-

    (viii)  3 members of the Needham Housing Authority for 5-year terms;

SECTION  2.  Section 20 of said chapter 403, as so amended, is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(b)  The select board shall appoint a town counsel, members of the board of appeals, election officers, registrars of voters, except the town clerk, members of the historic commission, conservation commission, commission on disabilities, the tenant member of the housing authority and, except as provided in section 19, all other boards, committees and commissions for whom no other method of selection is provided in this charter or by-law.

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

Approved, November 28, 2022.