Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Chapter 30 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 12, as appearing in the 1984 Official Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 12. A person appointed to an office by the governor with or without the advice and consent of the council shall be notified of his appointment by the state secretary and his commission delivered to him upon qualification, and if he does not, within three months after the date of such appointment, take and subscribe the oaths of office, his appointment shall be void, and the secretary shall forthwith notify him thereof, and shall also certify said facts to the governor. This section shall be printed on every such commission.