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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4490 FILED ON: 7/24/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4079 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Nicholas A. Boldyga and Paul W. Mark |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the office of town clerk and town treasurer in the town known as Southwick. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Nicholas A. Boldyga3rd Hampden7/24/2023Paul W. MarkBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4490 FILED ON: 7/24/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4079 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representative Boldyga of Southwick and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied by |
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| 21 | 21 | | bill, House, No. 4079) of Nicholas A. Boldyga and Paul W. Mark (by vote of the town) relative |
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| 22 | 22 | | to the office of town clerk and town treasurer in the town of Southwick. Municipalities and |
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| 23 | 23 | | Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act relative to the office of town clerk and town treasurer in the town known as Southwick. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 331 of the acts of 1971 is hereby repealed. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the office of |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3town clerk for the town of Southwick shall be separate from the office of treasurer and from the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4office of the collector of taxes. The office of the town clerk shall be an appointive office. The |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5town clerk shall perform all functions of the town clerk's office and shall continue to be an ex- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6officio member of the board of registrars in accordance with section 15 of chapter 51 of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7General Laws. The town clerk shall be appointed by the select board for a term of 1, 2 or 3 years, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8and may be removed by the Southwick select board at its discretion. The select board may enter |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9into a personal services contract with the town clerk to provide for salary, fringe benefits and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10other conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, severance pay, reimbursement for |
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| 42 | 42 | | 11expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of office, liability insurance and conditions of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 12discipline, termination, dismissal, reappointment, performance standards and leave. 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 13 SECTION 3. The office of treasurer and the office of collector of taxes of the town of |
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| 45 | 45 | | 14Southwick shall be separate from the office of town clerk. The offices of town treasurer and |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15collector of taxes of the town of Southwick shall be merged into 1 office to be known as the |
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| 47 | 47 | | 16treasurer-collector. The office of the treasurer-collector shall be an appointive office. The |
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| 48 | 48 | | 17treasurer-collector shall have all the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities |
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| 49 | 49 | | 18and penalties now or hereafter conferred and imposed by law on town treasurers and town |
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| 50 | 50 | | 19collectors of taxes. The treasurer-collector shall be appointed by the select board for a term of 1, |
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| 51 | 51 | | 202 or 3 years, and may be removed by the select board at its discretion. The select board may |
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| 52 | 52 | | 21enter into a personal services contract with the treasurer-collector to provide for salary, fringe |
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| 53 | 53 | | 22benefits and other conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, severance pay, |
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| 54 | 54 | | 23reimbursement for expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of office, liability |
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| 55 | 55 | | 24insurance and conditions of discipline, termination, dismissal, reappointment, performance |
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| 56 | 56 | | 25standards and leave. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 26 SECTION 4. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, nothing in this |
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| 58 | 58 | | 27act shall prevent the select board from appointing 1 person to service as town clerk and treasurer- |
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| 59 | 59 | | 28collector. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 29 SECTION 5. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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