AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE POSITIONS OF CLERK/REGISTRAR AND TREASURER/COLLECTOR IN THE TOWN OF RANDOLPH.
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 Chapter 92 of the acts of 1982 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. The office of town clerk for the town of Randolph is hereby separated from the office of treasurer, and the town clerk shall continue to be an ex officio member of the board of registrars in accordance with the General Laws. The office of the clerk/registrar shall be an elected office whose holder shall be chosen by ballot from said town's registered voters for a term of three years or until the election and qualification of a successor and whose first holder shall be the person holding the office of treasurer/clerk on the effective date of this act. Thereafter, the clerk/registrar shall be elected next at the first regularly scheduled town election following completion of the term of office of the present clerk/treasurer in April 2003, said term of office to commence seven days following election in accordance with section 107 of chapter 41 of the General Laws. The provisions of law relative to clerk and registrar, except insofar as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall apply to the office of clerk/registrar.
SECTION 3. The office of treasurer for the town of Randolph is hereby separated from the office of the treasurer/clerk and the office of treasurer is hereby merged with the office of collector for the town of Randolph into one office of treasurer/collector. All the powers and duties of the treasurer and of the collector shall be exercised by the treasurer/collector. The office of treasurer/collector shall be an elected position whose holder shall be chosen by ballot from said town's registered voters for the term of three years or until the election and qualification of a successor and whose first holder shall be the person holding the office of town collector on the effective date of this act. Thereafter, the treasurer/collector shall be elected next at the regularly scheduled town election following completion of the term of office of the present town collector in April 2002. The provision of law relative to treasurer and collector, except insofar as the same may be inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall apply to the office of treasurer/collector.
SECTION 4. The term of office of the person holding the combined office of treasurer/clerk, under chapter 92 of the acts of 1982 shall cease and terminate upon qualification of a treasurer/collector to the new position created by this act.
SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon its passage.