[Amended 4-24-2023 ATM by Art.
16]
The Community Preservation Committee shall comply with the provisions
of the Open Meeting Law, MGL c. 30A, §§ 18 through
25. The Committee shall not meet or conduct business without the presence
of a majority of the members of the Community Preservation Committee,
which shall constitute a quorum. The Community Preservation Committee
shall approve its actions by majority vote. Recommendations to the
Town Meeting shall include the Committee's anticipated costs.
This bylaw may be amended from time to time by a majority vote
of the Town Meeting consistent with the provisions of MGL c. 44B.
In case any section, paragraph or part of this bylaw is, for
any reason, declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court, every
other section, paragraph or part shall continue in full force and
effect.
Following Town Meeting approval, this bylaw shall take effect immediately upon approval by the Attorney General of the commonwealth, and after all requirements of MGL c. 40, § 32 have been met. Each appointing authority shall have 30 days after approval by the Attorney General to make their initial appointments. Should any appointing authority fail to make their appointment within that allotted time, the current acting Chairman on each of the nine groups listed under §
111-21 will sit on the Community Preservation Committee until another representative is appointed.