Section 12. In the regional planning and economic development district established pursuant to section nine, there shall be a regional planning and economic development commission which shall consist of the mayor of each city, or in a city that has a Plan D or Plan E form of government the city manager, or their designees, a member appointed by the board of selectmen of each town included within said district who need not be a member of the board of selectmen, a member appointed by the planning board of each such city or town who need not be a member of the planning board. Each member shall be appointed for a term of one year commencing June first of the year appointed to May thirty-first of the succeeding year, and the appointment or reappointment of each member shall be certified annually to the commission by the appointing authority in the month of May. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions, the commission may increase its membership by not more than six in order to provide representation to low-income and minority groups.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Districts
Chapter 40b - Regional Planning
Section 2 - Purpose of Chapter
Section 2a - Regional or District Groupings; Consent to Placement
Section 4 - District Planning Commissions; Membership; Employees; Meetings
Section 4a - Executive Committees; Establishment; Membership; Powers and Duties; Reports
Section 5 - Powers and Duties; Reports
Section 5a - Agreement for Water Favorability Studies
Section 5b - Economic Development Regional Commissions; Authorization to Act
Section 6 - Cooperation of State Agencies With Planning Commissions
Section 8 - Borrowing in Anticipation of Revenue From Member Municipalities
Section 9 - Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District; Establishment
Section 10 - Membership; Termination
Section 11 - Dissolution of Regional Planning Districts; Transitional Provisions; Procedure
Section 12 - Commission; Membership; Appointment; Term
Section 13 - Advisory Committee; Membership; Appointment; Term; Removal; Vacancies
Section 14 - Powers and Duties
Section 15 - Executive Officers; Committees; Meetings; Rules and Records; Expenses
Section 16 - Executive Director; Employees; Tenure; Compensation
Section 17 - Contracts; Expenditures and Obligations
Section 18 - Estimate of Costs; Fiscal Year; Assessment; Limitation; Payment; Reserve Funds; Audit
Section 19 - Data Exchange Between Agencies
Section 22 - Appeal to Housing Appeals Committee; Procedure; Judicial Review
Section 24 - Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Composition; Appointments; Vacancies
Section 26 - Establishment; Composition
Section 27 - Mutual Exchange of Data, Etc. Between Council and Other Governmental Agencies
Section 29 - Inter-Agency Agreements; Expenditures; Assessments; Gifts, Grants, etc.; Fund