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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

AN ACT AMENDING THE ACT ESTABLISHING A CHARTER FOR THE TOWN OF WRENTHAM

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 1.3 of article I of the charter of the town of Wrentham, as appearing in section 1 of chapter 116 of the acts of 2014, is hereby amended by striking out clause (c) and inserting in place thereof the following clause:-
          (c) “Select board”, the duly elected select board for the town of Wrentham.

SECTION 2. Clause (bb) of said section 1.3 of said article I, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 3. Section 1.5 of said article I, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 4. Section 2.3 of article II of said charter, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 5. Section 2.5 of said article II, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 6. Section 2.6 of said article II, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 7. Section 2.7 of said article II, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 8. Section 3.1 of article III of said charter, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 9. Section 3.2 of said article III, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the title and inserting in place thereof the following title:-
          SELECT BOARD.

SECTION 10. Said section 3.2 of said article III, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 11. Subsection (c) of section 3.3 of said article III, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 12. Subsection (b) of section 3.9 of said article III, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 13. Section 4.1 of article IV of said charter, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 14. Section 4.2 of said article IV, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 15. Section 4.3 of said article IV, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 16. Section 4.4 of said article IV, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 17. Section 4.5 of said article IV, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 18. Subsection (b) of section 5.5 of article V of said charter, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 19. Subsection (c) of section 5.7 of said article V, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 20. Subsection (d) of section 5.8 of said article V, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 21. Subsection (c) of section 5.9 of said article V, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 22. Section 5.12 of said article V, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 23. Section 6.1 of article VI of said charter, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 24. Subsection (d) of section 6.2 of said article VI, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen”, each time they appear, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following words:- select board.

SECTION 25. Section 7.3 of article VII of said charter, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 26. Section 7.4 of said article VII, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the words “board of selectmen” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- select board.

SECTION 27. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved, April 17, 2024.