By Ms. Walz of Boston, petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3269) of Martha M. Walz and others relative to voting by alternate members of the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission.  State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PETITION OF:

Martha M. Walz

Thomas M. Menino

Michael F. Rush

Linda Dorcena Forry

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In the Year Two Thousand and Seven.

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An Act regarding vacancies in the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission .

    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 4 of Chapter 616 of the Acts of 1955, as most recently amended by Section 4 of Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1982, is hereby further amended by deleting the last sentence of the first paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following:-

Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of a commissioner, or whenever a commissioner is absent or unable for any cause to perform his duties, an alternate appointed in the same manner as such commissioner shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of such commissioner; but if neither a commissioner nor the alternate appointed in the same manner as such commissioner is present or able to perform such duties, any other alternate present shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of such commissioner; but an alternate shall not otherwise be deemed to be, or act as, a member of the board.