{"AmendmentNumber":"59","ParentBillNumber":"S2722","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JBL0","Name":"Joan B. Lovely","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JBL0","ResponseDate":"2025-11-17T14:13:43.773"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Alternate Commissioner","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Lovely and Mr. Eldridge move that the proposed new text be amended by striking out the language in lines 3-5, the following words:- 2 commissioners appointed by the governor, 1 of whom the governor shall designate as chair” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- 3 commissioners appointed by the governor, 1 of whom the governor shall designate as chair, and 1 alternate member. The alternate member will attend all commission meetings and shall have the duties and powers of a commissioner if a commissioner is absent. The alternate will not have the powers of the chair:”;\r\nBy inserting after the word “commission”, in line 14, the following words:- “The alternate member shall serve as regular members of the commission whenever any regular member is unable to attend a meeting of the commission.”;\r\nBy inserting after the word “commissioner”, in line 15, the following words:- “And alternate member”;\r\nBy inserting after the word “party”, in line 19, the following words:- “The alternate shall be designated as ‘unenrolled’ from a political party”;\r\nBy inserting after the word \"commissioner\", in line 24, the following words:- \"The alternate member shall serve for the term of 4 years.\";\r\nBy inserting after the word “commission”, in line 276, the following words:- “The alternate member will serve in the capacity of an absent commissioner for the purposes of a quorum.”; and\r\nBy inserting after the word “chapter 7”, in line 35, the following words:- \"The alternate shall also receive a salary equal to the 2 remaining commissioners\".\r\n"}