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CHAPTER 286 AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENT OF TENANT MEMBERS TO THE BOARDS OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

The sixth paragraph of section 5 of chapter 121B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1994 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following three sentences:- The mayor shall notify in writing tenant organizations as specified herein not less than ninety days prior to the expiration of the term of a tenant member. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the term of a tenant member for any reason other than the expiration of a term, the mayor shall notify in writing the tenant organizations specified herein within ten working days after the vacancy occurs. The mayor shall make an appointment within a reasonable time after the expiration of sixty days after said notice.

Approved August 8, 1996.