| Chapter 169 |
| 2017 -- S 0478 Enacted 07/07/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO THE CUMBERLAND FIRE DISTRICT |
| Introduced By: Senators Pearson, and Picard |
| Date Introduced: March 02, 2017 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 505 of the 2013 Public Laws entitled "An Act Relating |
| To The Consolidation Of The Cumberland, North Cumberland, Cumberland Hill, And Valley |
| Falls Fire Districts Into The Cumberland Fire District" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| Section 3. Governing Body |
| The initial governing body of the consolidated Cumberland Fire District shall be a Fire |
| Committee. Membership on said committee shall be a public office. |
| Beginning no later than November of 2014, with the regularly scheduled general election, |
| seven (7) members of the Cumberland Ffire Ccommittee shall be elected. Each of the five (5) |
| council districts shall elect one member, with two (2) members being elected from the town at |
| large. It shall be a non-partisan election for a two-(2) year (12) term. The winning candidates |
| shall be sworn in immediately after the election results are certified. Any vacancy in the |
| membership of the Ccommittee shall be filled by written ballot of a majority of all the members |
| of the Ttown Ccouncil for the remainder of the term of office, provided that the person selected to |
| fill said vacancy shall be a qualified elector from that district. A vacancy in said membership of |
| the Ccommittee shall occur if a member dies, resigns from office, ceases to be a resident and/or |
| elector of the district in which elected, or shall be absent for four (4) consecutive regular meetings |
| or six (6) regular meetings within a twelve-(12) month (12) period unless said absence(s) are |
| excused by a majority vote of the whole Ccommittee. Any and all elections, provided for under |
| this act, shall be governed by, and subject to, the provisions of title 17 and shall be administered |
| by the state board of elections and the town of Cumberland board of canvassers. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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