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 any general or special law to the contrary, the municipal light board of the town of Marblehead shall be increased from 3 to 5 citizens of the town, 1 of whom shall be elected for an initial term of 2 years, and 1 of whom shall be elected for an initial term of 3 years from the date of an annual town election at which they were elected. Upon the expiration of these initial terms, these additional members and their successors thereafter shall be elected for 3-year terms.

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