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 section 1 of chapter 41 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, the board of selectmen of the town of Carlisle shall appoint a treasurer-collector for a term of 1, 2 or 3 years. The town treasurer-collector, so appointed, shall have all the powers, perform the duties and be subject to the liabilities and penalties conferred or imposed by law on town treasurers or collectors.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding section 1, the incumbents in the offices of treasurer and collector, upon the effective date of this act, shall continue to hold their offices and perform their duties until the expiration of their term or until they vacate their office before the term expires.

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