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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 331 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2919 |
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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 | | Joan Meschino |
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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 expanding access to the civil service examination. |
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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:Joan Meschino3rd Plymouth1/8/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 331 FILED ON: 1/8/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2919 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Meschino of Hull, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2919) of Joan |
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| 19 | 19 | | Meschino relative to expanding access to civil service examinations. Public Service. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2605 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act expanding access to the civil service examination. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Clause (n) of section 5 of chapter 31 of the General Laws, as appearing in |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the administrator shall waive all |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4costs and fees associated with taking a civil service examination for all persons 18 years of age |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5or younger. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6 SECTION 2. Section 58 of said chapter 31, as so appearing, is hereby amended by |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 No person shall be certified for original appointment to the position of firefighter or |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9police officer in a city or town which has not accepted sections 61A and 61B if that person has |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10reached 32 years of age on or before the final date for the filing of applications, as stated in the 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11examination notice, for the examination used to establish the eligible list from which the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12certification is to be made. No person shall be eligible to take an examination for original |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13appointment to the position of firefighter or police officer in a city or town if: (i) the applicant |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14will not have reached 17 years of age on or before the final date for the filing of applications for |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15the examination, as so stated; and (ii) the applicant will not have reached 18 years of age on or |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16before the date of the examination. No person shall be eligible for original appointment to the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17position of police officer in a city or town until that person has reached the age of 21. |
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