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:

SECTION 1. Chapter 83 of the acts of 1991 is hereby amended by striking out sections 1 and 2 and inserting in place thereof the following three sections:-

Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the Martha's Vineyard regional high school district committee may make payments to defray administrative and operational costs, for which expenditures would otherwise be pro-rated and separately paid by the member towns of Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Tisbury, the Up-Island Regional School District of Martha's Vineyard and the Regional High School District.

Section 2. The treasurer of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School District is hereby authorized to pay the liabilities incurred under the provisions of section one after such payment is received from the towns of Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, the Up-Island Regional School District of Martha's Vineyard and the Regional High School District, according to each for its pro-rata share. Such reimbursements received by said treasurer from such school district shall be credited to the estimated receipts account.

Section 2A. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School District shall act as a fiscal agent for the payment of costs attributable to the employment of persons employed by any combination of the school district, the Up-Island Regional School District and the towns of Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Tisbury including costs attributable to the employment of persons employed in any combination but only by the member towns of Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and the Up-Island Regional School District to serve at the elementary school level.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage.