AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION IN THE TOWN OF TEMPLETON
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 45 of the General Laws, there shall be a parks and recreation commission in the town of Templeton that shall consist of 7 members, each of whom shall be appointed by the select board for a term of 1 year. The initial members of the parks and recreation commission shall be members of the recreation commission in existence immediately prior to the effective date of this act and the members shall continue to serve for the remaining portion of their term. The parks and recreation commission shall be a policy-making board responsible for overseeing the management and maintenance of town-owned parks, fields and related facilities, and for providing year-round high quality indoor and outdoor recreation activities for children and adults with varying interests and physical abilities. It shall deliver programs that are diverse culturally, socially, mentally and physically and establish suitable policies and guidelines relating to the programs and the use, maintenance and improvement of the facilities under its oversight. The parks and recreation commission shall have all the powers and duties granted by the General Laws relative to park commissions and recreation commissions, except insofar as any such power or duty may be inconsistent with this act.
Approved, December 20, 2022.