| 1 | 1 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 5107 |
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| 2 | 2 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 3 | 3 | | ________________________________________ |
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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 18, 2024. |
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| 5 | 5 | | The committee on Public Service, to whom was referred the joint |
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| 6 | 6 | | petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4590) of James J. O'Day and |
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| 7 | 7 | | Michael O. Moore (with the approval of the mayor and city council) |
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| 8 | 8 | | relative to exempting the office of chief of police and the position of |
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| 9 | 9 | | deputy chief of police in the city of Worcester from the civil service law, |
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| 10 | 10 | | reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 5107) |
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| 11 | 11 | | ought to pass [Local Approval Received] [Senator Fattman dissents]. |
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| 12 | 12 | | For the committee, |
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| 13 | 13 | | KENNETH I. GORDON. 1 of 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | FILED ON: 11/14/2024 |
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| 15 | 15 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 5107 |
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| 16 | 16 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 17 | 17 | | _______________ |
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| 18 | 18 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 20 | 20 | | _______________ |
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| 21 | 21 | | An Act exempting the office of chief of police in the city of Worcester from the civil service law. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 23 | 23 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1 SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the Office of |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2Chief of Police of the City of Worcester shall not be subject to Chapter 31 of the General Laws, |
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| 26 | 26 | | 3and such Chief of Police shall not have Civil Service status, subject to Section 2. |
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| 27 | 27 | | 4 SECTION 2. If the city manager appoints a Chief from within the Police Department, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5that employee will be granted a leave of absence by the city manager from their Civil Service |
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| 29 | 29 | | 6rank and position during the time they serve as Police Chief. If they are no longer Police Chief, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 7they may return to their prior Civil Service rank and position, provided they have not reached the |
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| 31 | 31 | | 8maximum age for retirement under Chapter 32 of the General Laws for police officers. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 9 SECTION 3. Nothing in this act shall impair the civil service status of any tenured |
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| 33 | 33 | | 10employee holding a position governed by the civil service laws on the effective date of this act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 11 SECTION 4. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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