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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4645 FILED ON: 10/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4156
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
William M. Straus and Mark C. Montigny
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act providing for alternate members of the Mattapoisett conservation commission.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:William M. Straus10th Bristol10/20/2023Mark C. MontignySecond Bristol and Plymouth10/20/2023 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4645 FILED ON: 10/20/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4156
By Representative Straus of Mattapoisett and Senator Montigny, a joint petition (accompanied
by bill, House, No. 4156) of William M. Straus and Mark C. Montigny (by vote of the town)
relative to providing for alternate members of the Mattapoisett conservation commission in the
town of Mattapoisett. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act providing for alternate members of the Mattapoisett conservation commission.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding section 8C of chapter 40 of the General Laws, the Select
2Board of the Town of Mattapoisett may appoint two alternate members of the Conservation
3Commission of the Town for staggered terms not to exceed 3 years.
4 SECTION 2. The Chair of the Conservation Commission of the Town of Mattapoisett
5may designate any of the alternate members to sit on the Commission in the case of absence,
6inability to act or conflict of interest on the part of a member of the Commission or, in the event
7of a vacancy on the Conservation Commission, until the vacancy is filled in accordance with
8section 8C of chapter 40 of the General Laws.
9 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.