Massachusetts Chapter 31 — Civil Service

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