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ARTICLE 66 AS PASSED AT PUS ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING HELD APRIL 6, 1977
Article 66 MOTION (A) That the Town accept Section 8E of Chapter
40 of the General Laws and establish a youth commission
consisting of seven members (D) That it is the desire
of this meeting that one appointee be between the ages of
18 and 21, and that the youth commission appoint an advisory
committee consisting of youth.
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Lexington, Mass ,
I, Mary R. McDonough, Town Cleric of the Town of Lexington,
Massachusetts, do hereby certify the above to be a true and
exact copy of Article 66 as passed at the Adjourned Town Meeting
held April 6, 1977 and as same appears on record.
Mary R McDonough, Town Clerk
Lexington, Massachusetts
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CHAPTER 391 OF THE ACTS OF 1969
CHAP . 391. AN ACT AUTHORIZING CITIES AND TOWNS' TO ESTABLISH
YOUTH COMMISSIONS.
Be it enacted, etc. , as follows:.
Section 1 . Chapter 40 of the General_Laws is: hereby amended by
inserting after section 8D the following section:--
Section 8E. K. city or town which accepts this section may esta-
blish a youth commission, hereinafter called the commission, for the
purpose of carrying out programs which may be designed or established
to meet the opportunities , challenges and problems of youth of said
city or town and in conjuction with any similiar or related programs:
of any agency of the commonwealth or any agency of the federal govern—
ment. It shall keep accurate records of its meetings and actions and
shall file an annual report which shall be printed in the case of towns
in the annual town report. The commission may appoint such clerks and
other employees as it may from time to time require. The commission
shall consist of not less than three nor more than seven members. In
cities the members shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the pro-
vision of the city charter, except that in cities having or operating
under a plan D or plan E form of city charter, said appointments shall.
be by the city manager, subject to the provisionsof the charter; and
in towns they shall. be appointed by the selectmen, excepting towns
having a manager form of government, in which towns appointments shall.
be made by the town manager, subject to the approval of the selectmen.
When a commission is first established, the terms of the members shall
be for one, two: or three years and so arranged that the terms of approx-
imately one third of the members will expire each year, and their suc=
cessors shall be appointed for a term of three. years each. Any member
of a commissio n so appointed may, after a public hearing, if requested,
be removed for cause by the appointing authority. A_ vacancy occuring
otherwise than by expiration of a term shall in a city be filled for
the. unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment, and
in a town in themanner provided in section eleven of chapter forty-one.
sM d commission may receive gifts of property, both real and personal,
in the name of the city or town, subject to theapproval of the city
council in a city or the selectmen in a town, such gifts to be managed
and controlled by the commission for the purposes of this section.
Section 2. Section 5 of chapter 40 of the General Laws is hereby
amended by inserting after clause 62 , added by chapter 330 of the acts.
of 1969, the following clause:--
( 63) For the purpose of establishing and maintaining a youth commis-
sion as authorized by the provisions of section eight...E of chapter forty.
Approved June 5, 1969