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. The second paragraph of section 3 of chapter 162 of the acts of 1994 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "shall", the first time it appears, the following words:- within ten days.

SECTION 2. Said chapter 162 is hereby further amended by striking out section 4 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

Section 4. The official whose recall is being sought may be a candidate to succeed himself in the recall election. The nomination of all candidates, including the official whose recall is being sought, the publication of the warrant for the removal election, and the conduct of the same, shall be in accordance with the provisions of the law relating to elections unless otherwise provided in this act.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage.