[Amended 5-21-2012 ATM]
There is hereby established a Bethany Conservation Commission,
which shall have as its object the development and conservation of
natural resources, including water resources and farmland resources,
within the territorial limits of the Town of Bethany.
The Commission shall be composed of five members, who shall
be appointed by the First Selectman of the Town of Bethany within
45 days of the effective date of this chapter.
The original appointees shall serve from the date of their appointment
until June 30, 1962. Thereafter, one of said members shall serve to
June 30, 1963, two of said members to June 30, 1964, and two of said
members to June 30, 1965. New appointees shall thereafter be appointed
by the First Selectman for three-year terms.
[Amended 10-22-1991 STM]
The First Selectman shall be empowered to remove any member
at any time for cause and to fill any vacancy.
Said Commission shall have all of the duties and all of the
powers given to it by C.G.S. § 7-131a and by any other statute
of the State of Connecticut.
The Commission shall render an annual report of its doings to
the Town in the manner required of other Town agencies.