Chap. 641.   An Act relative to the insurance coverage  of
CERTAIN  EMPLOYEES  OF  TOWNS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Section 1.   Section 7A of chapter 32B of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out paragraph (d), as appearing in section 1 of
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chapter, 100 of the acts of 1968, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: —  - '      '                                                                 .
(d) This section shall take effect in a county, city, town or district upon its acceptance in the following manner: — In a county by vote of the county commissioners; in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter by majority vote of its city council; in any other city by vote of its city council, approved by the mayor;. in a district, except as hereinafter provided, by vote of the registered voters of the district at a district meeting;"in a regional school district by vote of the regional district school committee; in a veterans' services district by vote of the district board; in a welfare district by vote of the district welfare committee; in a health district established under section twenty-seven A of chapter one hundred and eleven by voteof the-joint committee; and in a town either by vote of the town or by a majority of affirmative votes cast in answer to the following question which shall be printed upon the official ballot to be used at an election in said town: — "Shall the town, in addition to the payment of fifty per cent of a premium for contributory group life and health insurance for employees in the service of the town and their dependents, pay a subsidiary or additional rate?" Section seven shall not apply in any governmental unit which accepts the provisions of this section.
Section 2. Section 9E of said chapter 32B, inserted by section 2 of' said chapter 100, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — A town may provide for such payment by vote of the town or if a majority of the votes cast in answer to the following question which shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at aii election in said town is in the affirmative:— "Shall the town, in addition to the payment of fifty per cent of a premium for contributory group life and health insurance for employees retired from the service of the town, and their dependents, pay a subsidiary or additional rate?".
Section 3. Section 11B of said chapter 32B, as appearing in section 3 of chapter 461 of the acts of 1964, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence: — This section shall take effect in a county, city, town or district upon its acceptance in the following manner: — In a county, by vote of the county commissioners: in a city having a Plan D or Plan E charter by majority vote of its city council; in any other city by vote of its city council, approved by the mayor; in a district by vote of the voters of the district at a district meeting; and in a town, by vote of the town or if a majority of the votes cast in answer to the folio wing, question, which shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at an election in said town, is in the affirmative: — "Shall the town extend contributory group, hospital, surgical and medical insurance to elderly persons retired from the service of the town and to their dependents with fifty per cent of the premium cost, a portion of administrative expense and the payment of a surcharge or subsidiary rate to be paid by the town?".                                   Approved July 10, 1972.   ,