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§6-180 Vacancies. Wherever any vacancy shall occur on the Committee, it shall be filled by the appointing authority that appointed the member whose position had become vacant. Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Committee shall hold office for the unexpired term of the person whom he succeeds. §6-�19. Organization. Committee members shall organize at the first meeting of the Committee following June 30 of each year and choose a Clerk. All members shall serve without compensation, although they may be reimbursed for expenses incurred in performance of duties, subject to Town Meeting appropriation. ARTICLE VIII -- Reversion of Appropriations, to General Fund History: Adopted 5-3-1982 ATM,Article 22,approved by Attorney General on 9-7-1982. §6-�20. Definitions. As used in this Article, the following words shall have the following meanings: GENERAL APPROPRIATION -Any appropriation made by Town Meeting that is not a specific appropriation within.the meaning of this Article. SPECIFIC APPROPRIATION - An appropriation made by Town Meeting that is described within the vote, makin the appropriation as being "specific," and is otherwise a"specific appropriation" under the law. §6-21. General Appropriations. General appropriations made by the Town Meeting shall continue to revert to the general fund at the close of the fiscal year for which they are made, as provided by law. §6-22. Specific Appropriations. A.Unless otherwise provided in a vote of the Town Meeting making a specific appropriation, or unless a specific appropriation has been encumbered by contractual obligations, a specific appropriation shall have a normal life of three (3) years from the commencement of the fiscal year, any funds remaining in that appropriation shall revert to the general fund. A vote making a specific appropriation may provide that the appropriation shall revert to the general fund at the end of any fiscal year. B. The Town may, at any time under a proper article in a Warrant, extend the date on which a specific appropriation would otherwise revert to the general fund. C. The reversion of the balance of the funds in the specific appropriation account shall include any subsequent transfer of funds to the specific account that remain unexpended on the date of the reversion. §6-23. Exception. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to affect the right of any creditor of the Town, regardless of the reversion of any appropriation to the general fund. 29