Section 1 - Decentralized personnel system; accepted merit principles

Section 2 - Definitions

Section 3 - Acceptance by municipality of local option; adoption of personnel ordinance; application of chapter thirty-one

Section 4 - Provisions of personnel ordinance

Section 5 - Submission of proposed ordinance to administrator; rescission of chapter thirty-one provisions; form of ballot

Section 6 - Personnel director; time of appointment; authority

Section 7 - Local merit appeals board; members; duties; hearing appeals

Section 8 - Appeals; options; conditions; collective bargaining agreements

Section 9 - Personnel administration department; performance and special audits; reports; appeal; compliance

Section 10 - Certified employee organizations; right to bargain; issues not subject to collective bargaining

Section 11 - Revocation of acceptance