HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4504        FILED ON: 9/23/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4101

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mindy Domb and Joanne M. Comerford

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act establishing the appointed office of town clerk in the town of Pelham.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mindy Domb

3rd Hampshire

9/23/2019

Joanne M. Comerford

Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester

9/23/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4504        FILED ON: 9/23/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4101

By Representative Domb of Amherst and Senator Comerford, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4101) of Mindy Domb and Joanne M. Comerford (by vote of the town) relative to establishing the appointed office of town clerk in the town of Pelham.  Municipalities and Regional Government.  [Local Approval Received.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act establishing the appointed office of town clerk in the town of Pelham.

 

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, there shall be established in the town of Pelham the appointed position of town clerk. The town clerk shall be appointed and may be removed by the board of selectmen of the town of Pelham, and shall serve at the pleasure of the board of selectmen. The town clerk shall have all the powers and duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties imposed by law on town clerks.

SECTION 2. Upon the effective date of this act, the elected office of town clerk shall be abolished and the term of the elected incumbent terminated; provided , however, that the incumbent holding the office of town clerk on the effective date of this act shall become the first appointed town clerk, and shall serve in that capacity for a period of time equivalent to the remainder of the incumbent 's elected term or until the position is otherwise vacated, whichever occurs first. Thereafter, appointments to the position of town clerk shall be made in accordance with section 1.

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