Massachusetts Code — 31
Browse 97 sections in division 31 of the Massachusetts code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
Sections (showing up to 300)
- § 1. Definitions
- § 2. Powers and duties of commission
- § 3. Rules
- § 4. New or amended rules; hearings; publication
- § 5. Powers and duties of administrator
- § 6. Appointments; requisitions
- § 6A. Performance evaluation system; implementation
- § 6B. Weight of performance evaluation in promotions
- § 6C. Employee disagreement with evaluation; appeal
- § 6D. Original appointments of municipal appointing authority
- § 7. Promotional appointments in official service
- § 8. Promotional appointments in official service within same departmental unit
- § 9. Departmental promotional examinations
- § 10. Alternate departmental promotional examinations
- § 11. Competitive promotional examinations
- § 12. Provisional appointments
- § 13. Provisional appointments; notice; filing
- § 14. Provisional appointments; authorization; reports; length of service; termination
- § 15. Provisional promotions
- § 16. Scope of examinations; marks; appointments based solely on training and experience
- § 17. Persons with bachelor's degrees; examination; eligible list; certification
- § 18. Notice of examinations for original appointments; posting
- § 19. Notice of examination for promotional appointments; posting
- § 20. Applications for examination or registration; fees
- § 21. Educational and physical requirements; eligibility based on gender
- § 22. Passing requirements of examinations; credits; requests for review
- § 23. Review of examination papers; errors
- § 24. Appeals; petitions
- § 25. Eligible lists; certification; refusal to accept employment
- § 26. Order of persons on eligible lists; veteran's preference; veterans with disabilities; fire and police service
- § 27. Appointment or promotion; manner of selection
- § 28. Labor service applicants; eligibility; age limit; veteran's preference
- § 28A. Appointment of apprentice lineman; age restrictions
- § 29. Labor service appointments; promotional bulletins
- § 30. Promotional appointments from labor service to official service
- § 31. Emergency appointments; renewal
- § 32. Emergency appointments to laborer positions; renewal
- § 33. Seniority; computing length of service
- § 34. Probationary periods
- § 35. Transfers
- § 36. Transfers from official service to labor service positions
- § 37. Leaves of absence
- § 38. Unauthorized leaves of absence; reports; separation from employment; review
- § 39. Separation from employment; lack of work or money; abolition of position; disability
- § 39A. Conditional employees
- § 40. Reemployment list
- § 41. Discharge; removal; suspension; transfer; abolition of office; reduction of rank or pay; hearings; review
- § 41A. Discharge, removal or suspension; hearing before disinterested hearing officer; review
- § 42. Complaints; hearings; jurisdiction; filing of civil action
- § 43. Hearings before commission
- § 44. Judicial review
- § 45. Reimbursement for defense expenses
- § 46. Reinstatement; hearings
- § 47. Blind persons; examinations; temporary appointment of persons with an intellectual disability
- § 47A. Disadvantaged persons; certified work-training programs; examination; eligible lists; appointment
- § 48. Civil service offices and positions; exemptions
- § 48A. Career management service program; designation of positions; selection of persons; annual listing; performance appraisal system
- § 49. Students in temporary position appropriate to academic interest; appointments to certain state positions subject to or exempt from civil service law; confidential employees
- § 50. Persons ineligible for civil service
- § 51. Cities; civil service offices and positions
- § 52. Towns; civil service offices and positions
- § 53. Application of chapter to municipalities; school districts; elections
- § 54. Petitions; number of signatures; filing
- § 55. Signatures to petitions; certification; objections
- § 56. Incumbents; status; seniority; transfer of school employees
- § 57. Permanent positions in city labor service; removal of intermittent junior building custodians; certification of inspector of wires
- § 58. Municipal police officers and firefighters; qualification
- § 58A. Municipal police officers and firefighters; maximum age restrictions
- § 59. Municipal police officers and fire fighters; examinations; appointments and promotions
- § 59A. Registers of entry-level municipal police and firefighter candidates; original appointment; candidate requirements
- § 59B. Entry-level police cadet program
- § 59C. Appointment of fire cadets to civil service fire force
- § 59D. Limit on appointments from local public safety service register or cadet program
- § 60. Intermittent or reserve police or fire forces; appointments to regular force
- § 60A. Intermittent or reserve police or fire force members; effect of refusals to accept employment on permanent basis in regular police or fire force
- § 61. Municipal police officers or fire fighters; probationary periods; evaluation
- § 61A. Police officer and firefighter health and physical fitness standards
- § 61B. Wellness program for police officers and firefighters
- § 62. Punishment duty; police officers or fire fighters
- § 62A. Punishment duty; police officers or firefighters employed by cities or towns
- § 63. Paraplegic persons; municipal police or fire departments; appointments
- § 64. Massachusetts bay transportation authority police; qualifications
- § 65. Massachusetts bay transportation authority police; appointments and promotions; probationary periods; evaluation
- § 66. Labor service positions in highways department; certification; promotions; districts
- § 67. Annual list of civil service employees; posting; enforcement; penalties
- § 68. Reports of appointment, promotion, demotion, leaves of absence, etc.
- § 69. Reports of appointment or employment by appointing authority upon request; enforcement; penalties
- § 70. Records; examination papers; inspection; destruction
- § 71. Rosters of positions; filing; use; penalties
- § 72. Investigations; subpoenas; summoning witnesses, etc.
- § 73. Violations; notice; writs of mandamus
- § 74. Prohibited activities; penalties
- § 75. Rights of municipal employees
- § 76. Positions subject to federal merit system standards; minimum qualifications
- § 77. Enforcement of laws and rules
- § 78. Recruitment, hiring and retention of municipal police officers and firefighters commission
- § 79. Environmental police officer, probationary period