SENATE DOCKET, NO. 2803        FILED ON: 11/12/2010

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2651

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Ten

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An Act providing for an elected tax collector in the town of Brookfield..

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 other general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the office of Tax Collector in the town of Brookfield shall not be appointed by the Board of Selectman but shall be elected by the voters of said town for a term of three years commencing with the 2011 annual town election. A vacancy in the elected office shall be filled by special election for the unexpired portion of the term.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding section 1 an incumbent in the office of Tax Collector on the effective date of this act shall continue to hold the office and perform the duties thereof until the election of a Tax Collector to perform the duties pursuant to the terms of this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.