AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A TREASURER-COLLECTOR IN THE TOWN OF REHOBOTH
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 an office of treasurer-collector in the town of Rehoboth. The treasurer-collector shall have all the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties now or hereafter conferred and imposed by law on town treasurers and town collectors of taxes. The treasurer-collector shall be appointed by the board of selectmen of the town for a term not to exceed 3 years and may be removed by the board of selectmen of the town. The board of selectmen may establish an employment contract with the treasurer-collector for salary, fringe benefits and other conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, severance pay, reimbursement for expense incurred in the performance of the duties of the office, liability insurance, conditions of discipline, termination dismissal, reappointment, performance standards and leave. A vacancy in the office of treasurer-collector shall be filled in a like manner for the unexpired term.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding section 1, upon the effective date of this act, the incumbent holding the office of treasurer-collector shall continue to hold the office and perform the duties thereof until the expiration of their term and the appointment and qualification of a treasurer-collector or a precedent vacating of office.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved, December 6, 2021.