An Act relative to municipal equity in Steamship Authority operations

This bill amends the governance structure of the Steamship Authority to ensure that smaller communities like Dukes County and Nantucket have equal voting power with larger towns. Under the new rules, the representatives from Dukes County and Nantucket would each hold 35% of the voting weight, while representatives from Barnstable, Falmouth, and New Bedford would each hold 10%. To pass any motion, the authority would need a majority of these weighted votes plus at least one vote from a town with less than 15% weight. This change directly affects how the authority makes decisions by giving smaller municipalities a more significant role in the voting process.