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Select Board votes to approve amended warrant language expanding retail bag rules; advisory committee language and effective dates clarified
Summary
The Select Board voted to approve Article 19 as amended, which updates local bylaw language on retail exemptions and single-use product bags and corrects effective-date provisions; the advisory committee’s language was incorporated and some stores previously exempt may lose that status under the revised text.
The Town of Brookline Select Board voted on May 27 to take favorable action on Article 19 as amended, changing local bylaw language that governs retail exemptions and single-use product bags.
Town staff explained the amendment addresses effective dates and clarifies which retail establishments are exempt from section 8.33.4 of the town bylaw; staff cited the need to align town bylaw text with the advisory committee’s edits and with General Laws chapter 40, section 32. The staff member said the advisory committee’s language adds detail about establishments previously exempt and about when particular provisions take effect.
Under the amended language discussed during the meeting, some categories of retail…
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