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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4735 FILED ON: 12/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4224 |
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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 | | James C. Arena-DeRosa |
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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 treasurer-collector of the town of Sherborn. |
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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:James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex12/12/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4735 FILED ON: 12/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4224 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Arena-DeRosa of Holliston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 19 | 19 | | 4224) of James C. Arena-DeRosa (by vote of the town) that the town of Sherborn be authorized |
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| 20 | 20 | | to establish the position of the treasurer-collector in said town. Municipalities and Regional |
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| 21 | 21 | | Government. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to the treasurer-collector of the town of Sherborn. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1 of Chapter 41 of the General |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, there shall be a treasurer-collector of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3town of Sherborn. The treasurer-collector shall be appointed by the select board for a term not to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4exceed three years. The select board may establish an employment contract with the treasurer- |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5collector for salary, fringe benefits and other conditions of employment. The treasurer-collector |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6shall have all the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties now or |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7hereafter conferred and imposed by law on town treasurers and town collectors of taxes. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 SECTION 2. Upon the effective date of this act, the offices of treasurer and collector |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9shall be abolished and the term of the incumbents of such offices terminated; provided, however, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10that notwithstanding section 1, the incumbent appointed town treasurer shall be the first |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11appointee to the new combined position of treasurer-collector and shall hold the office and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12perform the duties thereof until the expiration of the term for which the town treasurer was 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13appointed, unless the incumbent sooner vacates that office. Thereafter, appointments to the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14position of treasurer-collector shall be made pursuant to section 1. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15 SECTION 3. No contracts or liabilities in force on the effective date of this act shall be |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16affected by the abolition of the elected offices of town treasurer or town collector or the creation |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17of the combined appointed office and the appointed treasurer-collector shall, in all respects, be |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18the lawful successor of the offices so abolished or consolidated. All records, property and |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19equipment of the offices of the elected town treasurer and elected town collector shall be |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20assigned to the office of the appointed treasurer-coIlector. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21 SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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