General Laws

[ Text of section effective until November 29, 2011. For text effective November 29, 2011, see below.]

  Section 39C. The collector of a city or town may in writing appoint, with approval of the mayor or the selectmen thereof, an assistant collector who may be an employee in said collector's department. The assistant collector shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties, and a record shall be made of his appointment and oath. The assistant collector shall be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the commonwealth, and shall give bond annually for the faithful performance of his duties in a form approved, and in an amount determined by the commissioner of revenue. Unless a temporary collector is appointed in accordance with law, the assistant collector may, in the absence of the collector, perform his duties and when performing such duties shall have the powers and be subject to the requirements and penalties applicable to him; provided, however, that the assistant collector shall not be authorized to sign for the collector instruments of taking pursuant to section fifty-four of chapter sixty. The person appointed as assistant collector may receive a salary from the city or town for service as such.

Chapter 41: Section 39C. Assistant collector

[ Text of section as amended by 2011, 205, Sec. 2 effective November 29, 2011. For text effective until November 29, 2011, see above.]

  Section 39C. The collector of a city or town may in writing appoint, with approval of the mayor or the selectmen thereof, an assistant collector who may be an employee in said collector's department. The assistant collector shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his duties, and a record shall be made of his appointment and oath. The assistant collector shall be a citizen of the United States and shall give bond annually for the faithful performance of his duties in a form approved, and in an amount determined by the commissioner of revenue. Unless a temporary collector is appointed in accordance with law, the assistant collector may, in the absence of the collector, perform his duties and when performing such duties shall have the powers and be subject to the requirements and penalties applicable to him; provided, however, that the assistant collector shall not be authorized to sign for the collector instruments of taking pursuant to section fifty-four of chapter sixty. The person appointed as assistant collector may receive a salary from the city or town for service as such.