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 the provisions of section 1 of chapter 41 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the office of treasurer/collector is hereby established in the town of Egremont. Said treasurer/collector shall be appointed by the board of selectmen for a term not to exceed three years and shall have all the powers and duties vested in the office of treasurer and the office of collector. A vacancy in such office shall be filled in a like manner for the unexpired portion of the term.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1, the incumbents in the offices of treasurer and collector upon the effective date of this act shall continue to hold said offices and to perform the duties thereof until the expiration of their terms 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.