SECTION 1. Chapter 147 of said acts of 2004 is hereby amended by deleting the text of section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following:

(a)Notwithstanding sections 31 or 36 of chapter 43 of the General Laws or of any general or special law to the contrary, the school committee of the city of Revere shall consist of the mayor and 8 members, with 1 member to be elected by and from the voters of each of the 6 respective wards into which the city is divided and 2 members to be elected at large.

(b)If a vacancy occurs in the office of school committee member, whether by death, removal, resignation or otherwise, the candidate from that ward who received the second highest number of votes at the last regular election or the at-large candidate who received the third highest number of votes at the last regular election shall be sworn and take office immediately; provided, however, such candidate is willing to serve, registered to vote and domiciled in the appropriate ward, and otherwise eligible to fill the vacancy.

(c)If there is no candidate meeting the requirements of subsection (b), or such qualified candidate declines to be sworn to the position, the city council, and the remaining members of the school committee, shall within fourteen (14) days following the date of the vacancy, meet in joint convention and fill the vacancy by a majority vote of the city council and remaining members of the school committee. The person selected to fill the vacancy under this section shall be sworn and immediately take up the duties of the office. A vacancy occurring during the last six months of the term shall not be filled in the manner set forth herein.

(d)Any person selected to fill a vacancy under subsections (b) and (c) shall be sworn and take office immediately, serving until the 10th day after the next regular city election, at which time their successor shall be sworn and immediately take up the duties of the office in addition to the full term to which they were elected. Similarly, if the position remains vacant, the candidate elected to the position at the next regular election shall be sworn and begin serving on the 11th day after the election, in addition to the full term to which they were elected.

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