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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 334 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2640 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act removing certain positions from Massachusetts civil service law. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/10/2023Brian M. Ashe2nd Hampden1/12/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 334 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2640 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2640) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and Brian M. Ashe (with the approval of the town council) that certain |
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| 20 | 20 | | positions in the police department of the town of East Longmeadow be exempt from the civil |
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| 21 | 21 | | service law. Public Service. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 5171 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 28 | 28 | | _______________ |
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| 29 | 29 | | An Act removing certain positions from Massachusetts civil service law. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 31 | 31 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 Section 1. Pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement between the Town of East |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Longmeadow and the East Longmeadow Police Officers Union, the positions of police officer, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 3sergeant and lieutenant in the East Longmeadow Police Department shall be exempt from the |
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| 35 | 35 | | 4provisions of Chapter 31 of the Massachusetts General Laws and related regulations applicable |
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| 36 | 36 | | 5thereto. However, the foregoing exemption shall not impair the civil service status of the present |
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| 37 | 37 | | 6employees of the East Longmeadow Police Department except for the purpose of promotion. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 7 Section 2. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, each incumbent |
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| 39 | 39 | | 8employee who has the present status of permanent civil service employee in their present 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 9position shall retain their civil service status, except for purposes of promotion, until such time as |
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| 41 | 41 | | 10they no longer serve in that position. |
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