AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A STORMWATER OFFICER 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, the office of stormwater officer for the town of Rehoboth shall be an appointed, rather than elected, position. The stormwater officer 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 stormwater officers. The stormwater officer 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 stormwater officer 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 office, liability insurance, conditions of discipline, termination dismissal, reappointment, performance standards and leave. A vacancy in the office shall be filled in a like manner for the unexpired portion of the term.
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1, the previously elected stormwater officer of the town of Rehoboth, upon the effective date of this act, shall continue to hold the office and to perform the duties of stormwater officer until the expiration of the term for which the stormwater officer was elected and the qualification and appointment of a successor stormwater officer unless the previously elected stormwater officer sooner vacates the office.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage
Approved, December 28, 2022.