AN ACT AUTHORIZING ALTERNATE MEMBERS FOR THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE TOWN OF BECKET
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. Notwithstanding section 8C of chapter 40 of the General Laws, the select board of the town of Becket may appoint not more than 2 alternate members to the conservation commission of the town for staggered terms not to exceed 3 years. The chair of the conservation commission may designate an alternate member to sit on the commission in the case of the absence, inability to act or conflict of interest on the part of a member of the commission or, in the event of a vacancy on the commission, until the vacancy is filled in accordance with said section 8C of said chapter 40.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, February 26, 2026.