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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Clarify That the Assessor and Treasurer Are Incompatible Municipal Offices’
Amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and before the summary and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2526, sub-§8,  as enacted by PL 1987, c. 737, Pt. A, §2 and Pt. C, §106 and amended by PL 1989, c. 6; c. 9, §2; and c. 104, Pt. C, §§8 and 10, is further amended to read:
 
8. Treasurers and tax collectors.   Treasurers and tax collectors of towns may not be selectmensimultaneously serve as municipal officers or as elected or appointed assessors until they have completed their duties and had a final settlement with the town.
 
A.  The same person may serve as treasurer and tax collector of a municipality.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment clarifies that the prohibition on a person holding the municipal officer and assessor positions at the same time applies to both elected and appointed assessors.