Chapter 121

2012 -- H 8046

Enacted 05/30/12

 

A N A C T

RELATING TO THE PRESERVATION OF FARM LAND AND OPEN SPACE IN THE

TOWN OF GLOCESTER AND ESTABLISHING A LAND TRUST

 

     Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, and Winfield

     Date Introduced: April 04, 2012

 

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

 

     SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 548 of the 1987 Public Laws entitled “An Act Relating

to the Preservation of Farm Land and Open Space in the Town of Glocester and Establishing a

Land Trust”, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows:

 

     SECTION 2. The trust shall be administered by seven (7) trustees, five (5) of whom shall

be appointed by the town council. The trustees who are first appointed shall be designated to

serve for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively. Thereafter,

trustees shall be appointed as aforesaid for a term of office of five (5) years, except that all

vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term. In addition to the five (5)

trustees appointed by the town council, the current chairperson or member designee of the

Glocester Conservation Commission and Glocester Planning Board shall also be trustees. One (1)

trustee shall be a member of the Glocester Planning Board and one (1) trustee shall be a member

of the Glocester Conservation Commission, each of whom shall serve a term of one (1) year. The

other trustees who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1), two (2),

three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively. Thereafter, trustees other than those trustees

who are appointed for a one (1) year term as set forth above shall be appointed as aforesaid for a

term of office of five (5) years, except that all vacancies occurring during a term shall be filled for

the unexpired term. Trustees shall be electors of the town of Glocester, shall serve without

compensation and shall hold office until their successors have been named. No trustee may be an

elected officer of the town. Trustees may be removed by the town council in accordance with

applicable town procedures.

 

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

     

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