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CHAPTER 15 AN ACT EXEMPTING THE POSITIONS OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CHIEF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY FROM THE PROVISIONS OF CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the acceptance by the town of Wellesley of the provisions of chapter thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two, the position of chief engineer of the board of fire engineers of said town shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.

SECTION 2. The provisions of section one shall not impair the civil service status of the incumbent of said position on the effective date of this act.

SECTION 3. The provisions of sections one and two of this act shall become effective only if the majority of the votes cast in answer to the following question, which shall be printed on the official ballot for the next annual or special election in the town of Wellesley, is in the affirmative:- "Shall the town revoke its acceptance of chapter thirty-four of the acts of nineteen hundred and thirty-two and remove the position of the chief engineer of the board of fire engineers of the town of Wellesley from the provisions of civil service law and rules for the employment of any successor to the incumbent, if any, of said position "

SECTION 4. Notwithstanding the acceptance by the town of Wellesley of the provisions of chapter four hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, the position of chief of police of said town shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter thirty-one of the General Laws.

SECTION 5. The provisions of section four shall not impair the civil service status of the incumbent of said position on the effective date of this act.

SECTION 6. The provisions of sections four and five shall become effective only if the majority of the votes cast in answer to the following question, which shall be printed on the official ballot for the next annual or special election in said town of Wellesley, is in the affirmative:- "Notwithstanding the town's acceptance of the provisions of chapter four hundred and sixty-eight of the acts of nineteen hundred and eleven, shall the town remove the position of chief of the police department of the town of Wellesley from the provisions of civil service law and rules for the employment of any successor to the incumbent, if any, of said position "

SECTION 7. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved April 5, 1991.