Section 14 Outdoor advertising board; membership; duties; report; compensation - Massachusetts Statutes

Section 14. There shall be in the outdoor advertising division a board to be known as the outdoor advertising board, consisting of three members, two to be appointed by the governor, one from each major political party, with the advice and consent of the council, and the third member to be the commissioner of highways, or an employee of the department of highways to be designated by him from time to time as his representative on the board. It shall be the duty of the commissioner of highways, or the employee of the department of highways designated by him as his representative on the board, in addition to his other duties as member of the board, to arrange for the co-operation of district engineers and other field employees of the department of highways in reporting the location of billboards, signs or other advertising devices along state highways, and in enforcing the rules and regulations of the board. The two members of the board to be appointed by the governor shall be designated in their original appointment to serve for two and four years, respectively, from June first, in the year of appointment. Upon expiration of the term of such a member, his successor shall be appointed in the manner aforesaid, for four years. The governor shall from time to time designate one of the members appointed by him as chairman of the board, and, with the advice and consent of the council, may remove any appointed member for cause, and, with like advice and consent, shall fill any appointive vacancy for the unexpired term. Each member shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Whenever any action by the board is required to be in writing, such writing shall be sufficient when signed by any two of the members. The board shall make an annual report for the preceding calendar year, setting forth the number of permits granted, the number of permits refused, the number of hearings held, the number of illegal signs removed, and other relevant matters, to the general court and to the commissioner of highways in January of each year. The chairman of the board shall receive from the commonwealth as compensation the sum of sixty-two dollars and fifty cents for each day spent in the performance of his official duties, but not exceeding forty-three hundred and seventy-five dollars in any one year, and the other member appointed by the governor shall receive the sum of fifty dollars for each such day, but not exceeding thirty-five hundred dollars in any one year. Each member of the board shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his official duties. No member who is regularly employed by the commonwealth shall receive compensation for his services as member of the board, but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of his official duties as member of the board as aforesaid. The board shall appoint, subject to chapter thirty-one, an officer, to be known as the executive director, who shall be the administrative and executive officer in charge of all administrative and executive details.